Bergamo City Centre Transfers, Taxis & Shuttles

Bergamo City Centre

Bergamo is a pleasant weekend break destination in Lombardy, northern Italy. The attractive town is close to Milan, and popular with the Milanese who want to breathe some fresh air outside the city. The town is to the north-east of Milan, and is also close to Lake Como. Bergamo is situated where the northern Italian plain meets the foothills of the Alps, so as well as offering fantastic views, its also a gateway to completely diverse tourist regions.

Bergamo is a town of two halves, the upper hillside town (Bergamo Alta) and the lower town (Bergamo Bassa). Like many Italian towns, the attractive older settlement is at a higher level than the newer developments, which are based around the towns railway station. A funicular links the two towns.

Bergamo old town has many good eating-places, bakeries and take-aways - and also a generous selection of shops selling speciality foodstuffs and mouthwatering pastries and delicacies.

There are a couple of convenient tourist information offices in Bergamo: can be found one in a block immediately in front of the railway station, the other in Via Gombito between the Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe (where the funicular arrives) and Piazza Vecchia.

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