Know some language.
by JennysTravels
Ok OK....Ill admit it, after all these years traveling I still only speak one language. I found it ver difficult to communicate in Italy. I arrived late into the Milan bus station and I couldn't make heads or tails of where to buy a ticket to the hotel and where to get on the bus. Umbrellas dotted the twilight rain drenched street and every person I went up to in my poliet Canadian way did not speak an ouce of English. Ignorance on my part.
Learn some Italian!! It will help you.
the elusive castle
by call_me_rhia
The elusive castle is the castle that doesn't exist, on Colle San Vigilio. There's a bus going there - there's a marked path leading up there - but the castle is definitely not there. Ask anyone from Bergamo and they'll tell you so.
What's called a castle is nothing more than a few ruins and walls of a fortress that doesn't exist anymore. However the locaton is really scenic: there's greeat views over the surrounding hills and countryside, as well as over the Città Alta.
Parking legal in Città Alta
by irisbe
It is not really evident to go with your car into the Città Alta.
A lot of the streets are one direction streets, some exceptional two direction streets but then only for locals.
To save the city from too much unnecessary traffic, the legal parking spaces are really limited and some are only for locals. You need a residence card to park there.
When Caroline needed to drive back to Bergamo the day previous to her departure, she needed a place to park nearby the B&B. Enrica, the lady of the B&B lend her a residence parking card for that day. So her problem was solved.
As you can see on the picture, even the locals have problems finding a space to leave their cars and they often park them on places where it is not allowed.
a dining experience 3 hours long
by call_me_rhia about trattoria al castello
It's inside the elusive castle... in the sense that there are the castle walls but not the castle itself. So where the trattoria is, it's the building where - upstairs - there are the museum exhibitions. The restaurant has a nice garden terrace where you can eat, if it's warm, and the views over the Città Alta of Bergamo are stunning the antipasti (starters) are wonderful: a combination of local cold meats like salami and lard, and several types of polenta (grinded corn meal). The "casoncelli" are also delicious: they are a local type of tortellini filled with sausage.
Great Neapolitan Pizza
by barrikello about Amalfitano
Finding a good pizzeria in Bergamo is not easy. Even worse, finding the real Neapoli pizza is almost impossible. So, I tried this place which is located 15 kms far from the town in Calcinate village. And I found a very good pizza and - they say - wonderful seafood at affordable prices. Don't miss pizza with aubergines and Napoli pastries like Cassata and Pastiera
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1 umbrella between 5!
Piazza Mascheroni (Bergamo, Italy)
View from the boat
Palazzo della Ragione - sun dial
