Alto bergamasco is a tourist region ofLombard Alps.
To know
Geographical notes
The upper Bergamo area constitutes the northern part of the Province of Bergamo.
Territories and tourist destinations
Alto Bergamasco: full screen map.- Val Brembana - The spa town of San Pellegrino Terme, a renowned tourist resort and famous all over the world for its waters and style buildings Liberty.
- Taleggio Valley - Small side valley to the Brembana Valley famous for the production of cheeses such as Taleggio and Strachitunt
- Val Seriana —
- Scalve Valley - Small side valley of the Val Camonica marked by the course of the river Dezzo. Its main country is Schilpario.
Urban centers
- Clusone - a town in the Val Seriana, it is often remembered for the Baroque-style Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta and for the triumph over death and for the macabre dance contained in the Oratory of the Disciplini. The clock tower, considered a symbol of Clusone, also deserves a special mention. The clock still shows the astral movements, of the earth, of the sun and of the moon with great precision.
- Cornello dei Tasso (fraction of Cornello dormitory) - a small village in the upper Brembana Valley, thanks to its fairly isolated position it still retains its historic center today. Despite this uncomfortable position, here, thanks to the de I Rate the postal system with the name of was born in the 13th century Company of Couriers.
- Foppolo - Ski center in Alta Val Brembana.
- Brembana Square
- Rota d'Imagna - In Imagna Valley.
- Schilpario - a quiet and orderly center, a holiday destination and an important cross-country ski resort.
Thermal centers
- San Pellegrino Terme - In the Alto Bergamasco, the Terme di San Pellegrino had their consecration between the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the development as a place of thermal treatment led to a notable urban transformation.
- Sant’Omobono Imagna - Another spa in the Alto Bergamasco, enjoys a lesser reputation than the more famous San Pellegrino. The first spa building [1] dates back to the 1920s - 1930s.
Other destinations
- Endine Lake - small lake of glacial origin, it is suggestive to see it in the winter season when, often, it is frozen in many parts.
How to get
By plane
The nearest airport is that of 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
By car
The main road arteries of the region are:
- Highway
of the Val Brembana which starts from Bergamo and goes up to Lenna; - Provincial road ex
of the Val Seriana which starts from Treviolo and goes up to Cholere; 
Bergamo-Nembro-Albino;
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How to get around
What see
- 1 Serio waterfalls. In Valbondione, with their 315 m high, the Serio waterfalls are the highest inItaly and the latter in Europe.
- Tasso and Postal History Museum, Via Cornello 22, Cornello dormitory, ☎ 39 034 543479. The museum, divided into 4 rooms, contains the first stamp ever issued, the Penny Black and equipment for the 19th and 20th century postal system such as telephones and telegraphs. Torquato Tasso (writer of the Conquered Jerusalem, known to most with the title chosen by Angelo Ingegneri while Torquato was locked up in the psychiatric hospital of Sant'Anna: Jerusalem Liberated) and his father Bernardo.
Itineraries
What to do
As in the whole of the Alps, also in this region it is possible to go hiking in the mountains and admire amazing landscapes. Mushroom picking is a popular hobby in this region. It is important to know that to practice this activity it is necessary to pay a permit, not to exceed the maximum quantity allowed and to put the mushrooms in baskets or nets in order to allow the spores to fall. In the summer, many municipalities or mountain communities usually open counseling centers where anyone can have their crop checked to avoid unpleasant surprises.
In the territory of the region there are numerous mountain paths, for information on them visit the page on the paths of Bergamasco.
At the table
In the Upper Bergamasco the casoncelli (stuffed pasta), however, there is no single recipe as each country has its own variant.
Drinks
- Valcalepio wines (red, white and Moscato di Scanzo)
