Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Driving Tour
Castle Circuit & the Good Pope
Start & Finish
Bergamo
Length
105km; one day
The plains south of Bergamo are dotted with interesting towns and villages, some of them dominated by castles
and palaces that stand as eloquent testament of their colourful history.
Take the SS42 east out of Bergamo, or drop south to the A4 motorway and head a short way east, turning south
at the Seriate exit, taking the S provincial road for
Cavernago
, a village presided over by one of several forts
built by the mercenary commander Bartolomeo Colleoni.
Castello Colleoni
, a turreted, stone hulk, looms up on
the right as you trundle south into Cavernago. It was raised in the Middle Ages but substantially overhauled in the
