We’d seen the ancient walled city of Bergamo (Città Alta) from the airport so although this wasn’t on our itinerary, it was only 2km away so we thought ‘why not?’.
Sadly, we never made it to the old town. Although it’s only 2km away, the traffic was impossible so after 15 minutes, we were still only in the lower town! We decided to stop off and have breakfast before heading up to the lakes.
The cappuccino was delicious and just the thing we needed to kick start the day. Parking was horrendously expensive – 3€ for the first 2 hours and 1.40€ for each consecutive hour, so I was glad we didn’t stay long!
The lower town was quite pretty with banks occupying some of the most impressive buildings including the Bank of Italy. We could just make out the upper town on the hillside above and discovered that there is a funicular bus that takes you up, but we didn’t have time to do that.
Although a busy town, Bergamo didn’t have anywhere near the noise and pollution of Milan so it would be worth another visit when we have more time.
Sadly, we never made it to the old town. Although it’s only 2km away, the traffic was impossible so after 15 minutes, we were still only in the lower town! We decided to stop off and have breakfast before heading up to the lakes.
The cappuccino was delicious and just the thing we needed to kick start the day. Parking was horrendously expensive – 3€ for the first 2 hours and 1.40€ for each consecutive hour, so I was glad we didn’t stay long!
The lower town was quite pretty with banks occupying some of the most impressive buildings including the Bank of Italy. We could just make out the upper town on the hillside above and discovered that there is a funicular bus that takes you up, but we didn’t have time to do that.
Although a busy town, Bergamo didn’t have anywhere near the noise and pollution of Milan so it would be worth another visit when we have more time.
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