BERGAMO

Guided city tour of the old "Città Alta" with English/Italian speaking guide. Return bus trip from Milano.

Bergamo was founded on a hill by a first very old settlement in the protohistoric age, age which gave it the configuration that still characterizes it: the oldest part of the town, enclosed within walls, lays up on the hill while the modern centre has developed on the plain.
Two different cable railways take people from downtown either to the Castle or to the upper town.
Developing for more than five kilometres, the still well-preserved town walls that encircle Bergamo on the hill are one of the most important evidence of bulwarks of the fifth century.
Celts, Goths, Romans, Lombards succeeded on the hill, but the four centuries under the Venetian domination are the most significant period, when Venice and Bergamo were very close, both from an historical and a cultural point of view.
Piazza Vecchia, the heart of the old town, is enriched by such remarkable historical and religious monuments as the Palazzo del Comune or Palazzo della Ragione, the Cathedral, St. Maria Maggiore, the Colleoni Chapel and the Baptistery.
The old town lays amongst the greenery, to the advantage of the landscape. This strip of lush vegetation connects the historical town with the hill region extending westward. The territory, included in the regional park "Parco dei Colli" of Bergamo, is full of villas, farmhouses, gardens, woods.

PROGRAM

H 14.00 Departure from Milano, Zani Viaggi Agency, Foro Bonaparte 76
(MM1 Cairoli stop)
15.00 Arrival at Bergamo and meeting with the tourist guide
15.15 Walking tour of the "Città Alta" and visit of main monuments
18.00 Departure for return trip
19.00 Arrival at Milano, Foro Bonaparte 76

NOTE: Times subjected to organization and/or traffic problem