PRACTICAL INFORMATION
(Travel, Accommodation, Maps etc.)
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HOW TO GET TO BERGAMO
landing in Bergamo
Bergamo has an international airport that is situated at only 15 minutes by bus from the
town centre: Orio al Serio airport - sometimes advertised as Milan-Orio al Serio, or MilanBGY. http://www.sacbo.it/Airpor/portalProcess.jsp?languageID=2
From there you can take a bus to the city centre and the Upper Town (ca. € 2), or a short
taxi ride (ca. € 15-20).
landing in Milano Malpensa (1) or Milano Linate (2) airports
Alternatively you can also fly either to Milano Malpensa or to Milano Linate. In this case
you will then need to take a bus, train or taxi to Milano Centrale station and then the train
to Bergamo station:
(1) From Milano Malpensa airport to Milano Centrale station:
i. bus: Malpensa Express or Malpensa Shuttle Air Pullman (Terminal 1; the same buses
also call at Terminal 2): buy tickets from the driver standing by the door of the next bus
to leave; buses leave every 20 mins from 6 to midnight every day for Milan Stazione
Centrale (takes 50 mins; check that it goes to Centrale not to Cadorna station). Cost: ca.
€ 5.
ii. train (Malpensa Express): not advised if you're going to the Central train station: it
takes 10 mins less than the bus, but goes to Cadorna station and then you have to get
the underground to Centrale, so in the end it takes the same time and you have the
hassle of getting the Metro; the train goes every half hour. Cost: ca. € 10 (more if you
pay on board).
iii. taxi: quite expensive as the airport is some way out: around € 50/60.
(2) From Milano Linate airport to Milano Centrale station: bus or taxi to Stazione
Centrale (takes 20 mins)
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Train from Milano Centrale to Bergamo station
Trains run every hour from Milano Centrale to Bergamo station from 7.20 to 23.40 (except
for a gap between 8.43 and 11.20); for more detailed information, see the timetable of the
Italian Railway Company, http://www.trenitalia.it/ - which has pages in English. Cost:
ca. € 5 (ca. € 6 1st class) — train tickets are probably the best bargains in Italy.
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ACCOMMODATION IN BERGAMO
The seminar will be held in the Upper Town (Città Alta), but available beds are relatively
few. If you wish to be close to the Conference venue, you are therefore advised to book
well in advance.
Rates in €, inevitably subject to variation (checked at Easter 2007). Bed and breakfast
accommodation. All rooms with ensuite bathroom
B&Bs E HOSTELS
http://www.bedandbreakfastbergamo.com/
http://www.bedandbreakfastbergamo.info/index.html
http://www.bedandbergamo.it/
http://www.lesorgentibergamo.it
http://www.centralhostelbg.com/
http://www.ostellodibergamo.it/
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HOTELS IN THE UPPER TOWN
Nome
Indirizzo
AGNELLO D'ORO
Via Gombito 22
Descrizione
tel. +39 035.249883 - fax +39 035.235612
camere: 20 - posti letto: 36
singola: 57 €;
[email protected]
doppia: 93 €
IL SOLE
Via Colleoni 1
tel. +39 035.218238 - fax +39 035.240011
camere: 10 - posti letto: 20
doppia: 85 €
HOTEL PIAZZA
VECCHIA
Via Colleoni 3
tel. +39 035.4284211 - fax +39 035.4284211
camere: 13 - posti letto: 25
singola: 90 - 130 €;
doppia: 115 190 €
IL GOURMET
Via San Vigilio 1
tel. +39 035.4373004 - fax +39 035.4373004
camere: 11 - posti letto: 23
singola: 75 €;
doppia: 110 €
[email protected]
LA VALLETTA
Via Castagneta 19
tel. +39 035.242746 - fax
camere: 8 - posti letto: 16
doppia: 80 - 120 €
SAN LORENZO
Piazza Mascheroni 9/A
tel. +39 035.237383 - fax +39 035.237958
camere: 25 - posti letto: 43
singola: 70 - 115 € ;
doppia: 90 190 €
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HOTELS IN THE LOWER TOWN
WITH DIRECT ACCESS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT (BY BUS N° 1 OR FUNICULAR)
TO THE UPPER TOWN (THE USE OF CARS IN THE UPPER TOWN IS RESTRICTED)
Nome
Indirizzo
Descrizione
CAIRONI
Via Torretta 6
tel. +39 035.243083 - fax +39 035.211319
camere: 7 - posti letto: 11
singola: 25 - 30 €;
doppia: 40 - 50
€
[email protected]
NOVECENTO
Via Statuto 23
tel. +39 035.254696 - fax
camere: 9 - posti letto: 17
singola: 35 €;
doppia: 45 €
SAN GIORGIO
Via San Giorgio 10
tel. +39 035.212043 - fax +39 035.310072
camere: 38 - posti letto: 62
singola: 65 €;
doppia: 80 €
[email protected]
HOTEL POST
Via Borgo Palazzo 191
tel. +39 035.240700 - fax +39 035.240700
camere: 12 - posti letto: 20
singola: 40 - 50 €;
doppia: 40 - 70
€
[email protected]
AB RESIDENCE
ANTICO BORGO
Via Borgo Palazzo 27
tel. +39 035.249550 - fax +39 035.249206
camere: 7 - posti letto: 13
doppia: 60 - 160 €
[email protected]
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ALBERGO HOTEL
SANTA CATERINA
Via Alberico da Rosciate,
11/13
HOTEL ARLI
Largo Porta Nuova 12
tel. +39 035.222077 - fax +39 035.239732
camere: 66 - posti letto: 100
singola: 70 - 140 €;
doppia: 80 150 €
[email protected]
HOTEL CITTA' DEI
MILLE
Via Autostrada 3/C
tel. +39 035.317400 - fax +39 035.317385
camere: 40 - posti letto: 66
singola: 70 - 95 €;
doppia: 99 - 140
€
PIEMONTESE
Piazzale Marconi 11
tel. +39 035.242629 - fax +39 035.230400
camere: 55 - posti letto: 92
singola: 85 - 100 €;
doppia: 90 145 €
[email protected]
tel. +39 035.219525 - fax +39 035.4135953
camere: 7 - posti letto: 14
doppia: 80 - 120 €
[email protected]
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MISCELLANEOUS PRACTICAL MATTERS
Public transport within Bergamo: if your hotel is in the Lower Town, you are strongly
advised not to rely on a car, because parking in the Upper Town is highly restricted. All
buses with the number ‘1’ (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D), which pass through the city centre (Porta
Nuova), and the funicular will take you to the Upper Town. Tickets cannot be bought on
the bus, but are available at newsagents’ and tobacconists’. They must be time-stamped by
the yellow machine you will see when you board the bus; the green tickets (‘urbano’) have
a validity of 75 minutes from the time they are stamped regardless of distance travelled
withn the central zone.
Clocks. Italy is 1 hour ahead of GMT and BST.
Electricity. The current in Italy is 220 volts.
Post Offices. These are open Mon. - Fri. 8.30 a.m. - 13.30 p.m. and Sat. 8.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Tobacconists’ also sell postage stamps. Please note that the Central Post Office (via
Locatelli) stays open Mon. - Fri. 8.30 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Sat. 8.30 p.m. - 12.30.
p.m. Further information is available at the website www.posteitaliane.it
Tourism. For enquiries and brochures, the best place to go to is the main Bergamo APT
(Azienda Promozione Turistica) offices in: viale Vittorio Emanuele 20, (opposite the hotel
Excelsior San Marco) tel. +39 035 213185 - e-mail [email protected]; piazzale Marconi
(in front of the rail station), tel. +39 035 210204 - e-mail [email protected]; via
Gombito 13 (at the foot of the Gombito Tower) tel. + 39 035 242226 - e-mail
[email protected]. See the website: www.apt.bergamo.it
• Map of the Upper Town: www.unibg.it/static_content/ricerca/dlam/citta_alta.jpg
• Map of the city: www.unibg.it/static_content/ricerca/dlam/bergamo_citta.jpg
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