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BERGAMO, BRESCIA & CREMONA
There are excellent accommodation possibilities everywhere here, especially in the three
main cities. There are some good choices around Lake Iseo and its hinterland, but fewer
than the other lakes in the region.
Bergamo
Nuovo Ostello di Bergamo€
( 035 369 23 76;
www.ostellodibergamo.it
;
Via Galileo Ferraris 1, Monterosso; dm/s/d €18/35/50; )
Ber-
gamo's state-of-the-art HI hostel is about 4km north of the train station. Its 27 rooms offer
views over Bergamo's Città Alta old centre. Take bus 6 from Largo Porta Nuova near the
train station (get off at Leonardo da Vinci stop) or bus 3 for Ostello from the Città Alta.
HOSTEL
Hotel Piazza Vecchia€€
( 035 428 42 11;
www.hotelpiazza-vecchia.it
; Via Bartolomeo Colleoni 3; s/d from €120/145; )
Carved
out of a 13th-century building a few steps off Piazza Vecchia, this charming hotel's 13
rooms are all quite different. All have parquet floors and baths set in stone, but the decor
varies. Some have exposed beams, some a balcony, some a king-size bed.
HOTEL
Albergo Il Sole€€
( 035 21 82 38;
www.ilsolebergamo.com
; Via Bartolomeo Colleoni 1; s/d €70/90)
The picture windows and
colourful bedspreads at Albergo Il Sole lend its otherwise fairly straightforward but im-
maculately maintained rooms a countrified air. This is perhaps odd, given that it is jammed
deep inside the medieval rabbit warren of the Città Alta.
HOTEL
Agriturismo Casa Clelia€€
( 035 79 91 33;
www.casaclelia.com
; Via Corna 1/3, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII; s/d from €60/100; )
Barely a 10-minute stroll from the centre of Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, and 18km
from Bergamo's airport, this working farm offers 10 spacious, beautiful rooms in the care-
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