The lower town by the walls

Città Bassa

Città Bassa

Sentierone, Via Torquato Tasso, Piazza Matteotti, Via Pignolo

  • Theatre
  • Academy
  • Avenue
  • Lower town

The lower town under the hill. Teatro Donizetti is on the main avenue, the Accademia Carrara by the east gate, Santa Maria delle Grazie further south.

Map

Città Bassa
Photo: Dimitris Kamaras from Athens, Greece, CC BY 2.0

Known for

The lower town under the hill: the Teatro Donizetti on the main avenue, the Accademia Carrara by the eastern gates, and Santa Maria delle Grazie further south.

Why go

In the evening after the upper town, or in the hour you arrive. See the Carrara while the rooms are open.

Where to stay

A practical base by the station. The way up is a funicular or a steep walk. Leave the suitcase here if you will not start every morning on the hill.

Local guide

Fedor Samorodov · guide

The Teatro Donizetti stands on the Sentierone, in the flat town, while the Accademia Carrara is by the climb to the eastern gates, a walk uphill from the avenue, not inside the upper walls. Santa Maria delle Grazie is south of the avenue, away from the hill.

Where to have it

  • Barrier — Коктейльный бар Мауро Коломбо, Николо Росси и Эдоардо Брикколи Понтиджия на площади Маттеотти: утром кофе и завтрак, вечером авторская миксология, которую они сначала собрали на маленькой стойке виа Брозета.
  • Caffè Falconi — Историческое кафе на виа Камоцци, которое Лука Панаттони и семья Марианны держат как городскую стойку: кофе и бокал в зале, куда Бергамо ходила десятилетиями.