Bergamo is a wonderful cozy town in the Lombardy region at a distance of approximately 50 kilometers from Milan. The region itself is located in an amazingly picturesque place - between the Alps and the river valley in the north of Italy. The old part of the city is located on a hill of 380 meters high above sea level, essentially this hill is also part of the Alps. The new part of the city lies on the neighboring hills and in the river valley. The old and new parts of Bergamo connects the funicular, the length of the line of as many as 228 meters.
The funicular ride leaves indelible impressions for life, because the surrounding landscapes and views are simply extraordinary. Of course, you can walk and walk (if enough forces is enough :), but it is better to ride on this mountain tram.
It is believed that the city was founded back in 49 BC. Celts-centurians, and called the city in honor of the protever of the local population of Berbimus. It also gives the right to the city to be considered one of the oldest cities in Italy.
The new city is similar to many other Italian modern cities - industrial, noisy and ever-busy, but the old part is completely different, it can be fairy tale, old and mystery.
The old part of the city is surrounded by a ring of walls with bastions, which securely guard the secrets of the old Lombardy.
There is no sea in Bergamo and lakes with velvet shores, but there are many such corners and secluded places that simply amazing imagination. The town itself is not a megapolis, but as in any Italian city there is its own highlight, such as in Rome there are collies, Venice is a city on the water, Verona - the city of Romeo and Juliet, and Bergamo is a two-limit Yanus - there is a modern and Hurrying to the future part, and there is an old, quiet part that saves their secrets and secrets behind the high walls, as well as this city of Truffaldino. Only here Romeo did not imagine the life out of Verona, but Truffaldino touched from the poor Bergamo to a rich Florence.
Probably, in the same way, Harlequin left the city in this is the same narrow old street, which here is a huge set, they are an amazing labyrinth and in it so nice to walk, enjoying a warm evening.
Of course, go to Bergamo or not to solve you, but I think every city, especially with such a story, is worthy of visiting it. Moreover, where else can you see the oldest and richest library of Italy, in which 650,000 volumes are stored. And Bergamo can be called with confidence one of the most delicious cities of Italy, because local cheeses and sausages are known throughout the country. Especially in winter, it's so nice to sit in a small cafe drinking hot wine "Vinbryul" with a bun or hot cake watching the bustle towns.
So if you are in Milan, they are simply obliged to call into the little cozy Bergamo to relax in the old Lombardy.