The rigorous Romanesque external profile contrasts with the baroque explosion you’ll find on the inside. Majestic, imposing: it’s Bergamo’s most beloved church.

Bergamo’s most relaxing and panoramic borough! Don’t miss the amazing landscape from this incredible place, along with Gaetano Donizetti’s birth house!

Explore the heart of the massive Venetian strongholds surrounding Città Alta! 

A compendium of art and beauty, in the heart of Città Alta. Every detail in this building is going to amaze you with its incredible elegance: come visit it! 

“However, my birth was more secret, as I was born (sic) underground in Borgo Canale. You had to go down along a cellar staircase, where no light had ever entered. And I took flight, just like an owl…” reads a marble plaque located in Gaetano Donizetti Birthplace. 

Get a medieval fortress, rent it to a wealthy patron, sprinkle it with plenty of frescoes and stucco and there you have it: Casa Palma!

Building them caused eight excommunications by the local clergy, but it was worth it: today the massive defensive Walls of Bergamo are a Unesco World Heritage site.

The Moroni have always been fans of art, to the point of filling their building with the works of the eponymous painter, not to mention Luini, Tallone, Previtali, Gianpietrino, Gozzi and Ronzon. And if you're still not sure about visiting, there's also a beautiful garden!

This old aristocratic mansion with an amazing courtyard overlooking the flatland managed to astonish an excellent traveller: Hermann Hesse. Come in and visit it!

It’s the heart of the Upper Town, Città Alta. Just close your eyes: you will immediately feel the presence of history, since Ancient Rome to the present days.

An architectural jewel dating back to the XIX Century, hidden among the buildings of the historical via Colleoni, in the Upper Town, the ultimate celebration of aristocratic power. 

The main street in the heart of Upper Bergamo, full of historical artisan shops and lovely restaurant where time seems to have stopped.

Keyword: slow. 

The "Alta Via delle Grazie" Walk is the first spiritual journey in Bergamo, measuring 300km, it winds between the Marian shrines of the city, the mountains and the lake.

Bergamo is worth more than 12 hours, but one day may be enough to enjoy all its charms. 

The “Cammino di Carlo Magno” or “Way of Charlemagne” unites Bergamo and the Camonica Valley along a legendary route.

Art nouveau architecture meets a charming medieval hamlet and an untouched nature. A pleasant and relaxing walk inside and outside the Walls of the Upper Town.

You've come to Bergamo, you have a few hours to spare and you're hungry? For food, but also for history, culture, art and, why not, for fun and relaxation? 

To say Gaetano Donizetti means saying Bergamo.