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kirk707 Oct 28th, 2019 11:58 AM

A Month Stay Bergamo/Città Alta
 
We are considering a month stay in Bergamo in September 2020. Our goal would be to have a 2 bedroom 2 bath furnished apartment in Città Alta for the month of September. Could someone offer some suggestions Regarding this request.. Thank you in advance.

Jean Oct 28th, 2019 12:14 PM

Suggestions of an apartment? Or....?

Personally, I like Bergamo, but I don't think I'd want to stay there for a month. Will you have a car?

I'm not sure you were asking for comments...

kirk707 Oct 28th, 2019 01:40 PM


Originally Posted by Jean (Post 17007671)
Suggestions of an apartment? Or....?

Personally, I like Bergamo, but I don't think I'd want to stay there for a month. Will you have a car?

I'm not sure you were asking for comments...

Yes I’m anxious for input on possible apartments in Citta Alta. We will have a car and plan to use Citta Alta as a base to travel from. We would visit the Lake area as well as possible train to Switzerland and Austria while we are there for the 30+ days. Please offer input on my ideas.
Thanks

StCirq Oct 28th, 2019 03:34 PM

You probably won't want my comments, either, but much as I'm fond of Bergamo I wouldn't want to stay there for a month, either. Is there a reason you've zeroed in on this location?

If you're determined to do this, I'd contact the tourist office. They almost always have leads on locals who have places to rent out. Otherwise, use booking.com and use the filters to narrow down what you're looking for?

Jean Oct 28th, 2019 05:03 PM

I don't think Bergamo is very convenient for the excursions you mention. You could make multiple trips to Lake Como to see different things, but a single day trip won't give you very much time if the sights on your list are scattered around the lake. Same problem with Lakes Maggiore, Orta and Lugano, but the fastest driving route is boring and not one I'd really want to do multiple times. You can reach the southern end of Lake Garda within a reasonable amount of time, but it's a big lake and, IMO, the best parts are at the north end which would take more than 2 hours to reach by car.

As for trips to Switzerland and Austria, would you be going to places for a couple of nights? Otherwise, places that immediately come to mind, like Interlaken, St. Moritz, Luzern and Salzburg would take 5-9 hours to reach by train. You could take an overnight train to Vienna, otherwise look into flying nonstop from Bergamo to Vienna. There's at least one airline that operates that route. Lauda Airlines.

With what you want to do, it might be better to stay in two places. One location for the lakes and another location for the Switzerland/Austria part of the trip.


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