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Live tours in Bergamo

Explore Bergamo, Italy, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Piazza Vecchia, Palazzo della Ragione and Cappella Colleoni on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

11 live tours From 16,00 €

Explore Bergamo live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Città Alta is worth asking about: the walled upper town, reached by funicular, holding Piazza Vecchia and the basilica.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Piazza Vecchia The Renaissance square at the heart of Città Alta, framed by the Palazzo della Ragione and a library built centuries later to face it.
  • Palazzo della Ragione A twelfth-century civic palace with a loggia over Piazza Vecchia, among the oldest town halls in Italy.
  • Cappella Colleoni A Renaissance funerary chapel built for the mercenary captain Bartolomeo Colleoni, its facade inlaid with coloured marble.
  • Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore A plain Romanesque church holding a lavishly decorated Baroque interior with tapestries and inlaid wooden choir stalls.
  • Duomo di Bergamo The city's cathedral, rebuilt from the eighteenth century onward beside the older basilica.
  • Torre Civica (Campanone) A medieval bell tower whose bell still rings a hundred strokes each night at ten, marking a centuries-old curfew.
  • Venetian Walls (Mura di Bergamo) Sixteenth-century defensive walls encircling Città Alta, added to UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2017.
  • Rocca di Bergamo A medieval fortress on a hill above Città Alta, now surrounded by a public park.

Neighbourhoods

  • Città Alta the walled upper town, reached by funicular, holding Piazza Vecchia and the basilica
  • Città Bassa the modern lower town, centred on the Sentierone promenade
  • Borgo Santa Caterina a quieter district below the walls known for small workshops and neighbourhood bars

Food to know

  • Casoncelli alla bergamasca
  • Polenta taragna
  • Formaggella della Val Seriana
  • Torta Donizetti
  • Scarpinocc di Parre

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Good to know about Bergamo

Do I need to be in Bergamo to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Bergamo, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer Italian and English; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.