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and bar serves up fine local dishes (such as cured meats, local cheeses and
casoncelli
in a
warm, brick-lined space and with a carefully chosen and very cool musical soundtrack.
There's an excellent lunch
menu Bergamasco
(Bergamo menu) for €15.
ITALIAN
€€€
Colleoni & Dell'Angelo
( 035 23 25 96;
www.colleonidellangelo.com
;
Piazza Vecchia 7, Città Alta; meals €50-60, tasting menus
€75; noon-2.30pm & 7pm-10.30pm Tue-Sun)
Piazza Vecchia provides the ideal backdrop to
savour inventive local cuisine. Grab an outside table in summer or opt for the noble 15th-
century interior, with its polished tile floors, spotless linen and the odd suit of armour
standing around. Classic dishes range from the strictly local chickpea soup with cod tripe
to national favourites such as grilled turbot with Sicilian lemon peel or
tagliolini
with king
crab.
Information
Airport Tourist Office
(
035 32 04 02;
www.turismo-bergamo.it
; Airport arrivals hall;
8am-9pm)
Città Alta Tourist Office
(
035 24 22 26;
www.turismo-bergamo.it
;
Via Gombito 13;
9am-5.30pm)
Città Bassa Tourist Office
( 035 21 02 04;
www.turismo.bergamo.it
; Piazza Gugliemo Marconi;
9am-12.30pm & 2-5.30pm)
Province-wide information, including Alpine activities. Check out
www.apt.bergamo.it
too.
Getting There & Away
AIR
035 32 63 23;
www.sacbo.it
)
Bergamo's airport, 4km southeast of the train
Orio al Serio
(
station.
BUS
Bus Station
( 035 28 90 00, 800 139392;
www.bergamotrasporti.it
)
Located just off Piazza
Gugliemo Marconi. SAB
(
035 28 90 00;
www.sab-autoservizi.it
)
operates services to Bres-
cia, Mantua and the lakes.
TRAIN
Train Station
( 035 24 79 50; Piazza Guglielmo Marconi)
Services to Milan (€5.25, 65
minutes), Lecco (€3.45, 40 minutes) and Brescia (€4.55, one hour, with connections for
Lake Garda and Venice).
