IN BERGAMO FOR TOURISM

Bergamo often better known for its laboriousness than for the infinite cultural attractions and historical, artistic heritage it offers. The "Città dei Mille" hotel is at the centre of everything that could interest the visitors.
Bergamo preserves a historical, cultural and musical heritage you might visit. The visit to Bergamo must perforce follow a set of itinerary, with the Città Alta surrounded by the city walls up on the hills and the Città Bassa on the plain below. Visitors can discover the former as they walk through the narrow, little medieval streets and squares, with their Renaissance palazzos, the Old Main Square and the adjacent cathedral courtyard and monuments such as the Cappella Colleoni ; meanwhile a visit to the latter is indispensable in order to see art gallery at the Accademia Carrara, followed by a number of churches, home to important works of art, many painted by Lorenzo Lotto.
The visit to Bergamo must also include the Gaetano Donizetti theatre which is proud of having the richest tradition in Lombardy after La Scala, it is also one of the most spacious theatre hall in the Italian peninsula.
The Gaetano Donizetti theatre was the first one to be built in brick in Bergamo and one of the first in the whole of Italy.