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Bergamo (2,7Km)A visit to the oldest part of Bergamo

Bergamo (2,7Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part 1

Bergamo (2,7Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part II

Bergamo (2,7Km)Bergamo and the two cities

Alzano Lombardo (7Km)Excursion to M. Canto Alto dalla fraz. M. by Nese

Roncola (14,5Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Crespi d'Adda (15,1Km)Crespi d'Adda Village, Bergamo

Cazzago San Martino (28,7Km)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

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

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

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Hotel Settecento

Presezzo (9 Km) - Via Milano 3

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Hotel Excelsior San Marco

Bergamo (3 Km) - Piazzale Repubblica, 6

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B&B ARMONIE

Ranica (5 Km) - Via Colombo 18

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Hotel Daina

Dalmine (6 Km) - Via Provinciale 78

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B&B Al Calicanto

Sorisole (7 Km) - Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 2/B

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Hotel Ristorante Continental

Osio Sotto (10 Km) - Via Milano 1

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Hotel Villa Zoia

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

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Hotel Camoretti

Almenno San Bartolomeo (13 Km) - Via Camoretti, 2/A

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GuglielMotel

Brembate (13 Km) - Via Delle Industrie 1

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HOTEL MAZZOLENI

Roncola (14 Km) - Piazza Marconi 5

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Hotel Meuble' Atlantic

Treviglio (18 Km) - Via Canonica, 1

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GREM BIKE HOSTEL

Premolo (25 Km) - Via Dell'Agro 5

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Art and culture

Duomo di Bergamo

Bergamo (4 Km)

The Cathedral of Bergamo is the main place of Catholic worship in the city. Dedicated to Saint Alexander patron, it is located in the upper city. In front of the facade of the cathedral, on the opposite side of Piazza del Duomo, is the baptistery.

Piazza Vecchia

Bergamo (4 Km)

The most known and popular part of Bergamo Alta is Piazza Vecchia, with the Contarini fountain, the Palazzo della Ragione, the Civic Tower, which still today at 10 pm hits 100 shots - those that in the past announced the closing of the gates of the Venetian walls at night.

Palazzo della Ragione

Bergamo (4 Km)

The Palazzo della Ragione is a historic building in the city of Bergamo. Located in the upper city, and home to the Angelo Mai Civic Library, it was built at the end of the twelfth century.

Porta San Giacomo

Bergamo (4 Km)

Biblioteca Civica "Angelo Mai"

Bergamo (4 Km)

The library was established in 1768, initially composed of the book collection of Cardinal Alessandro Giuseppe Furietti. The collection is arranged within the sixteenth-century Palazzo Nuovo, and contains more than 730,000 pieces of documents, volumes, photos, prints and numerous written testimonies of the cultural life of the city. Over the years, the structure was expanded with new materials, thanks to the continuous donations and purchases of the library itself. Today, the library is the primary institution for the collection and preservation of Bergamo's book heritage.

Accademia Carrara

Bergamo (3 Km)

Castello di Malpaga

Cavernago (8 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 (7 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.

Museo Storico della Città

Bergamo (4 Km)

The Historical Museum of Bergamo is located in the convent of San Francesco, within which we can find remarkable testimonies of Bergamo's Risorgimento history, starting from the mid-17th century until World War II. In addition, the Museum offers ample space for temporary exhibitions and exhibitions and is also an educational place where various studies and research are carried out.

Museo di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi"

Bergamo (4 Km)

The Museum was opened in 1918, and was named after Enrico Caffi, his first director. It is a large collection of specimens of a lepidotterological, ornithological, malacological character, in addition to a vast teaching material. Inside you can admire closely exhibitions from the world of zoology, paleontology, geology and many other scientific research. Today, the museum is open for all interested parties.

Battistero

Bergamo (4 Km)

In Piazza del Duomo, in front of the Basilica, stands the Baptistery. Built in 1340, inside the basilica by Giovanni da Campione, it was then married in 1900 at the current headquarters in the center of the square. Octagonal, it has eight fourteenth-century statues depicting the three theological virtues and the four Cardinal Virtues with the addition of an eighth virtue, Patience.

Museo del Presepio

Dalmine (9 Km)

The Nativity Scene Museum was established in 1974 by the first parish priest of Brembo, Don Giacomo Piazzoli. The exhibition is divided into two floors, where more than nine hundred cribs different by origin and age are exhibited. The fine collection includes cribs dating from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

Castello di Urgnano

Urgnano (9 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.

Bergamo Alta

Bergamo (4 Km)

The splendid Piazza Vecchia in the High part of the city is the symbol of the city. There are the Ragione Palace and the Civic Tower.

Galleria Fumagalli

Bergamo (2 Km)

Gruppo Petit Prince

Bergamo (3 Km)

Galleria d'Arte Moderna E Contemporanea

Bergamo (3 Km)

Gnaccarini Galleria d'Arte

Bergamo (9 Km)

Museo dei Ricordi

Grassobbio (3 Km)

Museo delle Guerre

Grassobbio (3 Km)

Torre San Giovanni Diroccato

Costa di Mezzate (7 Km)

Food and wine

Il Fontanile - Az. Agr. Tallarini

Bergamo (16 Km)

Beauty, pleasure and passion. Not only grapes and prestigious winery, but a refined and pleasant farmhouse, able to offer guests and visitors a diverse mix of proposals gastronomic and cultural activities. Tradition and innovation are the ideal environment in which to live for over 30 years, this is "The Fontanile." Experiences appreciate fine wines and gastronomic products. An art that is expressed in the tasting courses in the laboratories of learning and discussion, where the flavors of the great cuisine combine to perfumes and harmonies of wine in their most natural environment.

Moscato di Scanzo Pagnoncelli Folcieri

Scanzorosciate (5 Km)

Azienda Vitivinicola e Agrituristica La Tordela

Torre de'Roveri (6 Km)

Ristofante

Ponteranica (10 Km)

Ristorante Giapponese Suzuran

Bergamo (4 Km)

Sport and fun

Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle

Valbrembo (5167 Km)

Le Cornelle is the only Italian park that hosts the very rare white tiger. This animal is almost completely extinct in nature, it lived in the forests and savannahs of Bengal in Southeast Asia. The reintroduction into its environment does not seem possible because of its white coat that makes it an easy prey and coveted by fraud hunters.

Associazione Golf Parco dei Colli Bergamo

Bergamo (6 Km)

Services and tourist information

BG Orio al Serio

Orio al Serio

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

Orio al Serio

Autocaravan Zambelli

Torre Boldone (4 Km)

I.A.T. Bergamo

Bergamo (4 Km)

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

Pedrengo (4 Km)

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

Ponteranica (7 Km)

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

Ranica (5 Km)

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

Scanzorosciate (5 Km)

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

Seriate (2 Km)

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

Sorisole (7 Km)

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

Stezzano (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Torre Boldone

Torre Boldone (4 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Torre De' Roveri

Torre de'Roveri (6 Km)

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

Treviolo (6 Km)

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

Urgnano (8 Km)

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

Valbrembo (8 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Villa Di Serio

Villa di Serio (6 Km)

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

Zanica (4 Km)

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

Albano Sant'Alessandro (6 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Alzano Lombardo

Alzano Lombardo (7 Km)

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

Azzano San Paolo (3 Km)

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

Bagnatica (7 Km)

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

Bergamo (3 Km)

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

Brusaporto (5 Km)

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

Cavernago (8 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 Costa Di Mezzate

Costa di Mezzate (8 Km)

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

Curno (7 Km)

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

Dalmine (8 Km)

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

Gorle (3 Km)

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

Grassobbio (3 Km)

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

Lallio (5 Km)

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

Levate (8 Km)

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

Mozzo (7 Km)

I.At. Bergamo

Bergamo (4 Km)

A.P.T. Azienda Autonoma di Turismo

Bergamo (3 Km)

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Bergamo (2,7Km)Bergamo: a place of art and culture

Bergamo (2,7Km)Bergamo, a city truly worthy of attention

Bergamo (2,7Km)A visit to the oldest part of Bergamo

Bergamo (2,7Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part 1

Bergamo (2,7Km)Orio al Serio Airport — Bergamo — a bit of information part II

Bergamo (2,7Km)Bergamo and the two cities

Alzano Lombardo (7Km)Excursion to M. Canto Alto dalla fraz. M. by Nese

Roncola (14,5Km)Excursion to Monte Linzone from Roncola S. Bernardo

Crespi d'Adda (15,1Km)Crespi d'Adda Village, Bergamo

Cazzago San Martino (28,7Km)The Bornato Castle in Franciacorta

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