The city of Bergamo is situated in the centre of the Lombardy, 50 kilometres from Milan.
You can arrive in Bergamo by train or by car with the motorway A4.
The airport of Orio al Serio, at 5 kilometres from the city, is served by different domestic flights and international flights and it’s connected to the city by a shuttle bus service every few minutes.
From the station a bus leaves every 10 minutes (line 1), which carries you at the inferior station of the funicular railway. You can take it to reach Upper Bergamo.
Bergamo is divided in two parts: the Low City modern and dynamic, and the Upper City, which is a real historical and artistic jewel.
This city is recommended by the biggest international tour operators that present you Bergamo as a fascinating discovery.
It’s one of the most interesting Italian cities and it combines the talent of man with the beauties of the place. Bergamo “City beautiful as few in the world “is the perfect combination of culture and nature that characterizes the whole provincial area.
The area offers the big variety of the natural environment, with the mountains at one side and a wide plain at the other side with the rivers and the lakes.
The diffusion of the typical products has known a big increase in the last years, in particular thanks to the creation of specific denominations which aim at protecting these alimentary goods.
These agricultural produces tell us the area where they come from; they are examples of the history and local culture.
Rediscover the typical products means rediscover the ancient period, it’s like to plunge into the tradition of a village to understand all its secrets.
The processing methods are the same of those used in the past and the ingredients are genuine because they respect the traditional recipes.
The area of Bergamo is located in the heart of The Lombardy and it’s the link between two environments and cultures: Padana plain and the Alps.
Wonderful natural sceneries alternate with ancient constructions full of art and history.
From the Orobie, rivers and torrents flow marking valleys which are as industrialized as ideal for tourist stay.
The hills of Bergamo are a wide green area of absolute environmental interest. The territory is able to satisfy the demands both of the tourist and the most exacting sportsmen.

The lands of the vineyards
The rocks of the hills of Bergamo developed in the Mesozoic Era about 100 million years ago.
During the period of their formation, where now there are the hills, in the past there was a wide maritime dock, and the rocks are composed by deposited materials then joined at the bottom of the dock.
The varieties of the lands influence very much the wine production. We pass from deep and clayey lands as the lands of the western of Bergamo which give more structured wines with a colour more intense, to the eastern area (Grumello and Scanzorosciate) characterized by drier lands so more adapted for the production of aromatic and prestigious wines.

The area of production
The area of production of Valcalepio is included in the hill zone from the Lake of Como to the Lake of Iseo. It involves the villages of : Villongo, Credaro, Gandosso, Cenate Sotto, Carobbio degli Angeli, San Paolo d’Argon, Torre De Roveri, Villa di Serio, Ranica, Entratico and part of the villages of Pedore, Sarnico, Viadanica, Adrara San Rocco, Foresto Sparso, Castelli Calepino, Grumello del Monte, Telate, Bolgare, Chiuduno, Gorlago, Zandobbio, Trescore Balneario, Luzzana, Cenate Sopra, Costa di Mezzate, Montello, Bagnatica, Brusaporto, Seriate, Albano Sant’Alessandro, Scanzorosciate, Nembro, Alzano Lombardo, Torre Boldone, Bergamo, Ponteranica, Sorrisole, Almeno S.S., Almeno S.B., Villa d’Almè, Paladina, Valbrembo, Mozzo, Curno, Palazzago, Pontida, Barzana, Mapello, Villa d’Adda, Carvico and Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII°.