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Hostaria Don Lisander
Chef Federica Sana, with a ‘curious and experimental attitude’, has been able to give the kitchen a touch of sophistication with innovative cuisine inspired by classic and popular recipes, the roots of which go deep. Federica creates full, modern tastes, where each ingredient is enhanced in elegant harmony.
The desire to bring authentic dishes to the table led our Chef to create a seasonal menu, a set of dishes designed with the finest ingredients, selected to enhance and display the flavours and colours of every season.
Via Roncalli, 17
24039 Sotto il Monte
Tel. 035/798949
Hotel Guglielmotel ****
The elegant Guglielmotel, surrounded by a large garden, is just off the A4, a 10-minute drive from Bergamo”s Orio al Serio, and offers a 24-hour fitness center.
Overlooking either the garden or the mountains, the air-conditioned rooms and combine a modern style with classical elements.They also come with a large bathroom, satellite TV with free Sky Sports, minibar and desk. Some rooms even have beds with painted headboards that blend with wall behind it.
The motel has a business center and 2 meeting rooms. Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel.
Via delle Industrie, 1 – uscita casello autostrada A4 Capriate
24041 Brembate
Tel. 035/4826248
www.guglielmotel.it
Il Borgo
In Marne, a small medieval town, the B & B Il Borgo offers hospitality in a beautifully recovered structure from the 1500’s.
The vaulted ceilings, a large stone fireplace and the peculiarities of the structure contribute to the pleasure of a warm and hospitable stay, with a taste of the past.
The hospitality that the owners offer is not that of a hotel, but the sharing of domestic spaces with informal spontaneity.
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 9
24040 Filago
Cell. 333/6282983 Cell. 339/7117456
Il Gatto Che Ride
B&B Il Gatto che ride welcomes you at the foot of Mount Canto, in the heart of the Isola Bergamasca, right in the middle of the leading companies in the economic market of Lombardy. You can stay here for work reasons, enjoying the tranquility of the place, or for pleasant tourist trips.
The B&B is located 300 meters from the birthplace of Pope John XXIII in Sotto il Monte, a 15-minute drive from Bergamo Orio al Serio airport (4th in Italy), 15 minutes from the A4 Milan-Venice, 40 minutes from Linate and Milan and 20 minutes from Lecco (Manzoni Itinerary).
Il Gatto che ride, “a mini suite” is on the second floor of the newly built villa, with a large, green and quiet garden and separate entrance.
Via Roncarro, 9
24030 Carvico
Tel: 035 792793 – Cell. 346 3049407
www.bebilgattocheride.bg.it
Johannine places (Sotto il Monte John XXIII)
One of the most famous centres of the Isola bergamasca is Sotto il Monte, birth place of John XXIII. This is a destination for thousands pilgrims that wish to visit the native place of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli.
The Torre di S. Giovanni welcomes tourists on the top of hte hill. In the town, a large number of buildins reminds of S. John XXIII.
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born on 25th November 1881 inside the building now called “Palazzo”, where the bedroom and the siters’ room are stil visible, so as forniture and the desk where Angelo Roncalli wrote the first pages of the “Giornale dell’Anima”.
Inside is possible to visit a multimedial project of 400 mq called PAPAJ23. This exhibition illustrates the life of the Good Pope through 4 different thematic rooms, with projections, videos and animations.
Next to his birth place, a gallery made of colourful glass windows leads to the PIME (Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere). In the hall a sculpture protrays the Pope, while, in the upper floor of the seminary, there are the church and the rooms where ex-voto are preserved.
In front of the birth place and inside the Santa Maria di Brusicco church, the baptismal font where Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was baptized is now a place of pilgrimage. Since 2005 the original tombstone which covered the grave of the Pope in the Vatican Necropolis was moved here.
The “casa dei ricordi Ca’ Maitino”, was Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli’s summer residence between 1925 and 1958, it preserve many documents and objects that were once belonged to the Pope.
At the upper floor, the living room, the study and the bedroom contains documents and objects of the Pope. Among these, there are the altar where he celebrated Mass in the Vatican and the bed where he died.
The complex of the Santuario Giovanni XXIII is composed by the parish church, the Chapel of Peace and the Garden of Peace. The Altar mayor was a gift from Pope John. Next to the parish church, the Chapel of Peace contains a marquetry made of 70.000 wooden pieces made by Andrea Gusmai di Trani, and portraying Pope John
The crypt is the most intimate and intense place of the whole journey, and the bronze molds of Pope’s face and hand have been showed here since his death.
The Giardino della Pace is a green lung that helps pilgrims to get in touch with the spirituality of Saint John XXIII.
In a hill country rises the ancient Abbazia di Sant’Egidio in Fontanella, an art treasure of Romanic origins, founded in 1080. The three apsis are oriented to the east; on the walls there are many windows characterised by geometric decorations. Some of the most ancient ruined frescos are still visible inside the presbytery, whereas other proofs of Renaissance origins are situated in the apsis and on the left aisle’s walls.
Recommended routes:
Percorso del Romanico
Percorso tra Chiese e Santuari
L’Isola di Casa
A beautiful B&B 700 meters from the Capriate exit of the A4 Milan-Venice.
It welcomes guests in a charming apartment, with an exposed beam ceilings, in a villa with a floral garden.
A bed and breakfast that combines the simplicity and the highest level of hospitality.
All the rooms, decorated by the owners, are functional, elegant and satisfying both tourists and those on business.
Warm colors create a wonderful energy with a true mix of good taste and elegance.
The bathrooms are equipped with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries.
Upon awakening, the delicious fragrance of freshly baked pastries, will lead you to the breakfast room.
For guests there is parking, solarium, informative material available.
Via Mazzini 22,
24041 Fr. Grignano – Brembate
Tel. 035/4826460 – 349/6539454 – 339/8570277
La Pacchiana
An apartment in a cottage, on the edge of the forest in the village of Crespi d’Adda, a UNESCO protected site because it is a living example of industrial archeology.
At the convergence of the Brembo and Adda river, it’s located only 2 km from the Capriate exit on the on the A4 Milan – Bergamo, 30 minutes from Milan, 15 minutes from Orio al Serio, 1 hour from one of Lombardy’s most beautiful lakes and the ski slopes of Val Brembana and Seriana.
Wonderful walking and cycling paths along the rivers; the famous “the path of Leonardo”, long locks, levees, canals, dams, ponds along the Adda River. Bicycles are available and furry friends are welcome.
Via Mazzini, 1
24040 Fr. Crespi d’Adda – Capriate San Gervasio
Tel. 349/2248971
La Scaletta Cafè
The ladder Café offers guests a quiet atmosphere, carefully decorated in a simple, elegant style, dedicated to all the lovers of good food.
We will offer you specialities from land and sea, local dishes, rich Sicilian cuisine or traditional Spanish delicacies, and of course, crispy pizzas cooked in our wood oven.
In the recently renovated bar you will find a cozy lounge, an intimate basement lounge with a barrel vault and a bright refreshing outdoor area, in addition to the kindness of the owners and staff.
Via Bergamo, 32, Capriate San Gervasio
Tel. 02/90964826 – fax 02/90964826
www.lascalettacafe.it
info@lascalettacafe.it
La Torre del Sole
The most complete observatory in all of Italy.
Located in Brembate, it aims to make Astronomy available to as vast and diverse an audience as possible by combining education and audience participation.
The building is made up of a digital planetarium, the first one built in Italy and among the top 30 in the world, with a projection dome 8 meters in diameter and housing 52 seats, a refractor telescope, a heliostat to reflect the light of the sun for the observatory, a media room with 120 seats, an astro-shop and planetarium park.
For further information visit www.latorredelsole.it
Le Ghiaie
The parish of Ghiaie di Bonate is located in the diocese of Bergamo, 10 km far from the county seat. Its name’s origin derives from the Brembo’s gravelly riverbed.
In this village, on 13th May, 1944, the 7-years-old Adelaide Roncalli, claimed she had seen the Virgin Mary. In 1944, a chapel was built in this place. The following year the curia commissioned a small shrine, that still remains unbuilt.
The chapel is decorated by sacred relics and it is a destination of incessant pilgrimage.
Leolandia
The largest amusement park in Lombardy.
In addition to traditional Italian miniatures, which characterized the previous park and reproduce the Italian peninsula with models of the most famous monuments at a 1:50 scale, the park offers many attractions seen in Italy for the first time, like the incredible dry wave experience of Surf’s Up, the whirling Bici Da Vinci ride and ‘The Rapids of Leonardo’, great fun in rubber dinghies.
Between musicals, shows, mechanical attractions, an aquarium, reptile house, miniatures, farm animals and Minitalia, Leolandia is the ideal place to spend an extraordinary day.
For further information visit