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Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo, a medieval city

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo: a place of art and culture

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo Museums

Bergamo (10,1Km)A visit to the oldest part of Bergamo

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo, a city truly worthy of attention

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo and the two cities

Bergamo (10,1Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part 1

Bergamo (10,1Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part II

Alzano Lombardo (13,2Km)Excursion to M. Canto Alto dalla fraz. M. by Nese

Crespi d'Adda (15,7Km)Crespi d'Adda Village, Bergamo

Roncola (21,7Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Cazzago San Martino (24,4Km)The Bornato Castle in Franciacorta

Excursion to M. Canto Alto dalla fraz. M. by Nese

Monte Canto Alto

Canto Alto can be rightly defined as the “mountain of Bergamo” par excellence: clearly visible from the city, with its unmistakable silhouette, it can also be reached by having only half a day off. Passable almost all year round, except in the case of heavy snowfalls, the trip is characterized by the vast and suggestive panorama visible from the summit, on which stands a giant iron cross, built in 1979 and visible tens of kilometers away. While easy, the hike requires a minimum of experience and attention in the last steep stretch on the ridge.

From the town of Alzano Lombardo, at the entrance of the Val Seriana, you can reach the hamlet Monte di Nese, at 800 meters above sea level, in a beautiful panoramic position (about 20 kilometers from Bergamo). From the new parish church we continue briefly along the paved road, and then take on the left a mule track, which soon leads to a marked pass, called the Forcella.

Then turn left, starting to cross with a few ups and downs the steep northern slopes of Monte Cavallo, immersed in a thick forest.
You then reach a wide and rounded meadow hill — the Canto Basso — from which you continue in a west direction along the comfortable ridge, which later turns into a ridge, sometimes steep and bumpy. With a little effort and attention, we finally take you to the wide summit of Canto Alto, with its colossal cross: 1146 meters altitude, 1.30 hours from the start. The return takes place along the same path as the climb, and takes about 1.15 hours. In
the dark centuries of the Middle Ages, in the midst of the bloody disputes between Guelphs and Ghibellines, exactly on the top of the mountain, by virtue of its exceptional strategic position, a real and own fortress, repeatedly documented. Probably had to be a fortified structure of considerable size, as demonstrated by some excavations carried out in 1978, which brought to light among other things a cistern for the rainwater collection, an indication of the presence of an unlimited group of soldiers.

It should also be noted that we are in the heart of the Parco dei Colli, an important protected area that in recent decades has had the great merit of preserving almost intact the vast and suggestive a succession of hills that surround the city of Bergamo to the north.

Technical sheet
Travel time: 2.45 hours
Starting altitude: m. 800 Gain
altitude: m. 400 approx. lt; br> Difficulty: T — Tourist
Recommended period: All year round, in the absence of any
Region: Lombardy
Province: Bergamo
Valle/area: hill

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scritto da David Perkins - ultima modifica il 12/09/2019

Crespi d'Adda Village, Bergamo

View of the village with the working houses

In the province of Bergamo, near Trezzo d'Adda, a bit hidden between the Brembo and Adda rivers lies this extraordinary village. The result of the commitment of the Crespi family, cotton industrialists, more than a century ago. In 1878 Cristoforo B. Crespi decided to build in that green corner, near the water and a bit isolated, a modern factory. Unlike other industrialists, Crespi believed that a comfortable and quiet life was of vital importance for the workers and for the proper functioning of the factory. He had three buildings built together with the plant for the workers who worked in the cotton mill. His son Silvio, returning from his studies in Great Britain, proposed the construction of a real workers' village. Houses complete with external services and garden were built. The families were large and they found enough space in the beautiful, comfortable homes. The gardens were charged for a vegetable garden, so people became almost self-sufficient and had something to do beyond work. The village was slowly completed completely. Nothing was missing. The church full of frescoes and the house of the parish priest not far away, near the doctor's house. Public toilets, a laundry room, a grocery store, a hospital and even a school.
The Crespi especially cared for the education of young people. The school days were long and in addition to normal subjects, the children were also taught the techniques of working in the factory. The management also lived in the village but in beautiful villas, one different from the other. The Crespi family built the Castle, a large medieval villa next to the factory. Nothing was missing, a short distance from the village, there was the cemetery with the mausoleum for the master family. This beautiful place remained as it was then, with so many houses still inhabited by descendants of the old workers. Ordered and clean remains a unique country, to be visited without a doubt.

scritto da Sheila Pickles - ultima modifica il 05/09/2019

Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Mount Linzone

Excursion as easy as profitable, especially from a panoramic aspect. The coastal of Monte Linzone is in fact the first significant elevation of the Orobic prealps, with its sweet and verdant summit dome overlooking the underlying Bergamo plain, a thousand meters lower. The trip is feasible almost all year round, except in the case of heavy snowfalls, however rare now.

From the town of Roncola San Bernardo, one of the most famous tourist resorts in the province (20 kilometers from Bergamo, altitude 858 meters), you start to follow the steep paved road that leads to the cemetery. Continue straight, until beyond the end of the road, entering a comfortable signposted path. Having come out of the woods, and passed a wavy lawn with a large cabin, the most strenuous stretch of the trip begins: a wide but steep rocky and gravel channel, which requires a minimum of caution. At its end, you reach the spectacular ridge of the mountain, where the view opens onto the Imagna Valley below and the entire Orobie chain in the background.

Now bending to the left, continue along the easy and undulating summit ridge, until you reach the wide grassy dome of the summit, on which is placed a large iron cross: Monte Linzone, altitude 1392 meters, 1.30 hours from the start. The return takes place along the route followed uphill, and takes about an hour.

The panorama is of those who are not easily forgotten, and it is rightly famous: the Val San Martino, which sinks for a thousand meters below us, the entire Po Valley, closed by the nuanced chain of the Apennines; on the opposite side the Imagna Valley lying at our feet, with the Orobie chain in the background, in a succession as far as the eye can see valleys and peaks.
By completing the excursion in the months of May and June, it will also be possible to admire in all its beauty the flowering of daffodils: a bloom so extraordinary to the point that, until the 1960s, on these meadows took place the traditional as indispensable “narcisata”, a sort of race for those who collected the biggest and most beautiful decks. According to chronicles of the time, on May 1, 1960, something like twenty thousand people counted on the meadows of Roncola San Bernardo! If we think that, at the time, the access road was not yet paved — it would have been only three years later, in 1963 — we can understand how popular this real “party of spring.”

Data sheet
Travel time: 2.30 hours Starting altitude: m. 858 Difference

in height: m. 534
Difficulty: T — Tourist
Recommended period: All year round, in the absence of snow
Region: Lombardy
Province: < /strong > Bergamo
Valle/area: hill

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scritto da Ali Mustafa - ultima modifica il 29/10/2019

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Hotel Settecento

Presezzo (14 Km) - Via Milano 3

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Hotel Daina

Dalmine (9 Km) - Via Provinciale 78

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Hotel Excelsior San Marco

Bergamo (10 Km) - Piazzale Repubblica, 6

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Hotel Ristorante Continental

Osio Sotto (10 Km) - Via Milano 1

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Hotel Villa Zoia

Boltiere (11 Km) - Via Cardinal Gustavo Testa, 12

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B&B ARMONIE

Ranica (12 Km) - Via Colombo 18

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GuglielMotel

Brembate (14 Km) - Via Delle Industrie 1

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Hotel Meuble' Atlantic

Treviglio (15 Km) - Via Canonica, 1

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B&B Al Calicanto

Sorisole (15 Km) - Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 2/B

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Hotel Camoretti

Almenno San Bartolomeo (20 Km) - Via Camoretti, 2/A

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HOTEL MAZZOLENI

Roncola (21 Km) - Piazza Marconi 5

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Art and culture

Museo Africano

Basella

The African Museum is located inside the rooms of the convent of Basella di Urgnano, built in 1984 by the Passionists. The Museum exhibits objects from schools and craft workshops in Kenya and Tanzania.

Castello di Malpaga

Cavernago (2 Km)

The Castle of Malpaga was purchased in 1456 by Bartolomeo Colleoni. He restored it with the aim of making it a private residence, but eventually it became a fortress. Inside the Castle there were special frescoes from different eras and important artists.

Castello Martinengo-Colleoni

Cavernago (3 Km)

The Castle of Cavernago was erected between 1243 and 1470. It was purchased by the famous leader Bartolomeo Colleoni. Its structure is square but has typical elements of a military fortification. Currently, it is the property of Prince Gonzaga of Vescovate.

Castello di Urgnano

Urgnano (3 Km)

The castle of Urgnano was built by Archbishop Giovanni, in 1354, after his brother Luchino Visconti died. Over the centuries he had several owners, finally passing, once and for all, to the municipality. The building has a quadrilateral shape with four towers at the end. To make it difficult to attack enemies, he is surrounded by the moat. It has two entrances, one to the north and the other on the other side, and is built entirely of terracotta. Inside it is divided in half, to the west there is the courtyard, to the east the roof garden.

Museo dei Ricordi

Grassobbio (5 Km)

Museo delle Guerre

Grassobbio (5 Km)

Museo della Civiltà Contadina

Verdello (8 Km)

Torre San Giovanni Diroccato

Costa di Mezzate (7 Km)

Services and tourist information

BG Orio al Serio

Orio al Serio (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Albano Sant'alessandro

Albano Sant'Alessandro (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Azzano San Paolo

Azzano San Paolo (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Bagnatica

Bagnatica (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Bolgare

Bolgare (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Brusaporto

Brusaporto (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Calcinate

Calcinate (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Carobbio Degli Angeli

Carobbio Degli Angeli (10 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Cavernago

Cavernago (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Cologno Al Serio

Cologno al Serio (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Comun Nuovo

Comun Nuovo (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Cortenova

Cortenova (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Costa Di Mezzate

Costa di Mezzate (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Ghisalba

Ghisalba (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Grassobbio

Grassobbio (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Levate

Levate (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Lurano

Lurano (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Martinengo

Martinengo (5 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Montello

Montello (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Morengo

Morengo (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Mornico Al Serio

Mornico al Serio (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Orio Al Serio

Orio al Serio (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Palosco

Palosco (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Pedrengo

Pedrengo (9 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Pognano

Pognano (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Seriate

Seriate (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Spirano

Spirano (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Stezzano

Stezzano (7 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Urgnano

Urgnano (3 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Verdello

Verdello (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Zanica

Zanica (5 Km)

Visit Basella - Tourism and travel tips for your vacation or weekend.

Travel guides and videos

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo, a medieval city

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo: a place of art and culture

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo Museums

Bergamo (10,1Km)A visit to the oldest part of Bergamo

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo, a city truly worthy of attention

Bergamo (10,1Km)Bergamo and the two cities

Bergamo (10,1Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part 1

Bergamo (10,1Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part II

Alzano Lombardo (13,2Km)Excursion to M. Canto Alto dalla fraz. M. by Nese

Crespi d'Adda (15,7Km)Crespi d'Adda Village, Bergamo

Roncola (21,7Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Cazzago San Martino (24,4Km)The Bornato Castle in Franciacorta

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