Venice diary, entry 5 of 5 Venice, a last morning, mid-August. The heat was already in the stones by eight, and I left the room with the shutters half-open behind me, the way you do when you mean to come…
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Venice – The Most Serene
Venice diary, entry 4 of 5 I practised early again, before the light had found its way down into the canal, playing quietly by the open window until the first delivery boats began to move below and the city cleared…
Venice – The Painted Islands
Venice diary, entry 3 of 5 I practised the violin again before the city was properly awake, this time on a small wooden altana above the rooftops, one of those improbable platforms the Venetians built centuries ago so their women…
Venice – City of Lovers
Venice diary, entry 2 of 5 I practise the violin before I do anything else, wherever I happen to wake, and this morning I played at a window thrown open over a canal so narrow I could almost have passed…
Where to Stay in Bergamo
Where to Stay in Bergamo Where you sleep in Bergamo shapes the whole trip, because the city is really two towns stacked on a hill, and each offers a different kind of stay. My short answer is to sleep inside…
Victoria’s Complete Guide to Bergamo
Victoria’s Complete Guide to Bergamo Most people meet Bergamo by accident. They fly into a low-cost airport that calls itself Milan, climb straight onto a bus toward the city an hour away, and never once turn to look at the…
The Best Things to Do in Bergamo
The Best Things to Do in Bergamo Bergamo rewards the traveller who slows down. The upper town is small enough to cross in fifteen minutes, which fools people into thinking they have seen it, when in fact the whole pleasure…
Where to Eat in Bergamo: Food and Wine
Where to Eat in Bergamo: Food and Wine Bergamo is a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, and the local cooking is exactly what you want from a place with the Alps at its back: buttery, generous, built on cheese and polenta…
How to Get to Bergamo
A tourist exiting a train in Bergamo. How to Get to Bergamo Getting to Bergamo is refreshingly simple, and it is one of the reasons the city makes such a good base for northern Italy. You can fly almost to…
The Perfect Bergamo Itinerary: One to Two Days
The Perfect Bergamo Itinerary: One to Two Days Bergamo is small, which makes it perfect for a short, unhurried visit. Here is how I would spend a day, and how I would stretch it to two if I had them,…
The Best Time to Visit Bergamo
The Best Time to Visit Bergamo Bergamo is a city for all seasons, sheltered a little from the extremes by its position between the Lombard plain and the Alpine foothills. But some months are lovelier than others, and the right…
The Best Photo Spots in Bergamo
The Best Photo Spots in Bergamo Bergamo is one of those cities that seems designed to be photographed: a walled town on a hill, honey-coloured stone, long views over the plain, and a great square that has been admired for…
