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- Portuguese
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- English
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- Italian
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Explore Bergamo at your own pace with a self-guided walking tour on your phone. You get a clear map of all 11 stops, simple directions through Google Maps, and short audio stories you can play when you reach each location.
The route covers the historic Upper Town, from Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe to the Piazza della Cittadella, passing sites like the Torre del Gombito, Piazza Vecchia, the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and the Colleoni Chapel.
Start anytime, pause whenever you like, and explore freely. No groups, no schedules. Audio and text available in 7 languages.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Start your walk at Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe in Bergamo Alta. Just open Ciceru nearby to begin exploring this old “shoe market” gateway where the Upper Town has welcomed merchants, pilgrims, and modern day funicular riders for centuries.
Wrap up your tour at Piazza della Cittadella. Take a moment to enjoy the fortress mood and Visconti intimidation factor before ending your walk.
Itinerary
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1Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe
Start your walk at Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe in Bergamo Alta. Just open Ciceru nearby to begin exploring this old “shoe market” gateway where the Upper Town has welcomed merchants, pilgrims, and modern day funicular riders for centuries.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Rocca di Bergamo (Pass by)
Admire the fortress walls from the outside and let the view do the talking, because this hilltop stronghold was built as much to stop local chaos as to scare off distant enemies.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Look up at the blunt medieval tower that once treated this crossroads like a surveillance job, turning an ordinary street corner into Bergamo’s stone faced “point zero.”
Admission ticket free -
2Antico Lavatoio
Pause by the elegant iron roof and marble basins, an outdoor monument to the days when laundry meant public labor, loud gossip, and civic survival.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Piazza Vecchia
Stand in the city’s living room and take in the perfectly staged Renaissance scene, where fountains murmur and every façade seems to know it is being photographed.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
View the great arches and loggia from the square and imagine medieval justice happening in public, with Venice’s winged lion still supervising the whole operation.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Admire the cathedral’s neoclassical exterior and remember it exists because Venice literally demolished the old one, proving military logistics can outrank holiness.
Admission ticket free -
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Pass by)
Circle the basilica outside to find the lion guarded portals and the carved measuring marks, because this “church of the people” doubled as Bergamo’s official ruler.
Admission ticket free -
Cappella Colleoni (Pass by)
Study the jewel box façade from the piazza, since this is what happens when a mercenary decides his ego deserves its own marble masterpiece.
Admission ticket free -
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Stroll the narrow main artery of the Upper Town where shutters, shopfronts, and stone walls keep the city’s daily theatre running at street level.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Wrap up your tour at Piazza della Cittadella. Take a moment to enjoy the fortress mood and Visconti intimidation factor before ending your walk.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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