It is a public holiday in Italy today and we went for a short trip to this town nearby called Bergamo. I was told that the sunset in Bergamo is fantastic.
Bergamo has an upper town and a lower town; the upper town being the older one is on the hill while the lower town is more bustling with high-rise building. We reached the place around noon but most of the shops were closed probably due to the public holiday. Hence, we had a hard time searching for a place to eat. There was a small flea market though and the things were mostly handicrafts or antiques-like teacups and what-nots.
After roaming the town for a while, we took the funicular up to the upper town and the place is totally different from its sibling downhill. It is a medieval town with very ancient buildings and it has a fort overlooking the town below. The view is er... not that "wow", a bit like Mount Faber in Singapore. Ha!
Bergamo has an upper town and a lower town; the upper town being the older one is on the hill while the lower town is more bustling with high-rise building. We reached the place around noon but most of the shops were closed probably due to the public holiday. Hence, we had a hard time searching for a place to eat. There was a small flea market though and the things were mostly handicrafts or antiques-like teacups and what-nots.
After roaming the town for a while, we took the funicular up to the upper town and the place is totally different from its sibling downhill. It is a medieval town with very ancient buildings and it has a fort overlooking the town below. The view is er... not that "wow", a bit like Mount Faber in Singapore. Ha!
We walked towards the castle on the highest part of the hill hoping to see something that will take my breath away. We climbed like hundred over steps to the entrance of the castle and it literally took my breath away. We were late by half an hour to the opening hours of the castle! We hurried back down to the direction of the sunset for the much anticipated sight but it was a disappointment. The sun was not very bright in the first place and when it sets, it did not emit those red and purplish rays of dusk.
Overall, it is not a place which I would recommend to go though unless you have no other better place to spend the day then perhaps you can go feel the contrast of the upper and lower town and wait for sunset to see if you are lucky enough to witness the so-called fantastic sunset of Bergamo.
