Tourist services
Discover tourism within Bergamo City.
Airport Bus
Airport Bus is the bus that connects International Milan Bergamo Airport - BGY with the city of Bergamo, every day, running every 20 minutes. It takes you to Bergamo railway station, very close to the city centre, and allows you to reach Città Alta with direct routes or with quick changes with bus route number 1 and the Funicular.
TICKETS
At Airport - Bergamo city route is applied the Three Zones fare.
Alternatively, you can purchase tourist tickets valid 24 and 72 hours from validation on the entire ATB network (luggage included).
Here you can see the valid fares.
POINTS OF SALE
The sales network is widespread.
As an alternative you can purchase your ticket by ATB Mobile app, from both ground and on board automatic vending machines and by Passa e Vai system.
SERVICE TIMETABLES
Dowload the timetables from Colle Aperto, Porta Nuova, Bergamo Station direction Airport or from the Airport direction Città Alta.
Timetables are available at every stop of the network, by the Route planner, at Search for routes and Search for stop pages, reachable from the main Public Transport menu, on the ATB Mobile app and by Google Maps.
NOTICES
Visit this page to see possible disruptions.
ACCESSIBILITY
All buses have both a low floor, with a maximum height of 30 cm from the ground, and a boarding platform for wheelchairs and walking aids.
For an easier access, travellers with physical disabilities, even if not in a wheelchair, can also request to board the bus through the central doors, which are generally reserved for getting off.
The complete map of accessible stops is available in the Route Planner section.
TRAVELLING WITH CHILDREN
A child under 1 meter in height goes free with a paying adult.
See here the complete terms and conditions of travel.
Via Rovelli bus park
INFORMATION AND OPENING HOURS
The parking space is located in Bergamo - via Rovelli 30 and it is dedicated to tourist busses.
It is open every day from 8.15 a.m. till 8.30 p.m.
The parking area is unattended.
FARES AND REGULATIONS
The parking space costs:
- Half a day (4 hours): Euros 40
- Whole day (more than 4 hours): Euros 70
- Night - booking requested (after 8.30 p.m.): Euros 40 till 12.15 p.m. of the following day
During the day it is possible to go directly to the location without booking and to pay by ATM or bank cards upon arrival.
For invoice requests fill out this form and send it to rovellipark@atb.bergamo.it.
RESERVATIONS
Reservations must be made sending an email to rovellipark@atb.bergamo.it with date, time of arrival and of departure.
Booking is mandatory only when night parking is requested.
Reserved parking must be paid by bank transfer within 3 working days from booking.
Reserved parking allows, within the time slot already paid for, to exit and re-enter the parking lot at no additional cost upon presentation of the reservation code to the operator present at the parking area.
Download here the Regulations.
BERGAMO EASY ACCESS
The parking is purchasable also within the project Bergamo Easy Access together with a bus transfer from Città Bassa a Città Alta.
For further information keep reading this page.
Bergamo Easy Access
A NEW WAY TO ACCESS CITTÀ ALTA
With the aim to facilitate the decongesting tourist busses flow near the lower funicular station, one of the main access points to the Upper City, it has been opened in via Rovelli, where once was the custom, a 10.000 square metres parking space dedicated to GT busses and it has been prepared a project, named Bergamo easy access to provide tourists with two way to access the Upper Town.
WHAT IS IT PROVIDED WITHIN THE SERVICE
Bergamo easy access provides a range of different services to meet the needs that any incoming group may have:
- parking only in via Rovelli bus park
- parking in via Rovelli bus park and bus transfer to Città Alta
- bus transfer to Città Alta only
FARES
The parking within the dedicated area can be short, till 4 hours, or longer than 4 hours.
The cost is € 40,00 and € 70,00 respectively.
Parking can be reserved in advance and paid by bank transfer or used and paid directly on site upon arrival.
The complete offer provides for the distinction between short and long parking too (fares VAT included valid from 1st January 2024):
- Parking within the 4 hours and bus transfer € 150,00
- Parking longer than 4 hours and bus transfer € 180,00
The round-trip bus transfer from piazzale Alpini to Citta Alta alone costs € 110,00.
MEANS FEATURES
Bus transfer is carried out by a vehicle equipped for urban service that can transport up to 80 passengers (75 in the presence of a passenger on wheelchair).
All buses are accessible.
WHERE DOES THE TRANSFER LEAVE
Tourist buses arriving in the city will drop off passengers near the bus station on Viale Papa Giovanni XXIII along the dedicated bus lane at Piazzale Alpini level.
Via Rovelli parking starts 20 minutes after the time of arrival scheduled in viale Papa Giovanni XXIII and stops 20 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
HOW TO BOOK
To offer the best city tour experience and meet each group needs, reservation must be made at least 10 days before the day of the service required by filling out the dedicated following form in every part and sending it to servizispeciali@atb.bergamo.it:
Different needs
For specific needs and customized quotes write to servizispeciali@atb.bergamo.it.
Return tickets for groups
They are the ideal solution for groups because they allow a return trip of the duration indicated for the individual ticket on both ways, in selected areas, at a lower price than the single and the 10-trip ticket.
Return tickets for groups are purchasable:
- at Bergamo Station ticket office;
- at ATB Point;
- at the lower City Funicular station ticket office;
- Online, just printing the PDF voucher containing the QRCode and the instructions for use and filling it in with the departure time of the outward and return journey.
Fares valid from 1st September 2023, per person and duration for each trip:
- One Zone: € 3,10 per person valid 60 minutes
- Two Zones: € 3,40 per person valid 75 minutes
- Three Zones: € 4,00 per person valid 90 minutes
- Four Zones: € 4,40 per person valid 105 minutes
- Five Zones: € 4,90 per person valid 120 minutes
Return ticket for groups can be purchased for a minimum of 10 people.
The ticket issued is unique and participants are required to travel together.
Both trips must be used during the same day.
Once the ticket is purchased, the system will generate a voucher in printable pdf format containing a QRCode and the instructions for use.
The payment must be made by credit card no later than 2 working days before the use of the service, otherwise the request will be automatically cancelled.
To travel around by buses and funiculars within the same zone, including the city of Bergamo, select the One Zone ticket.
To reach the International Milan Bergamo Airport - BGY, select the Three Zone ticket.
For any further information visit the fare system page.
Bergamo funiculars
ATB operates two funiculars:
• The funicular that connects Lower and Upper City
• The funicular that connects Upper City with San Vigilio hill.
Two cableways equipped with three cars that every year cover almost 40.000 km and transport about 2.100.000 passengers.
Download the valid timetables of both the funiculars from the routes, stops and timetables page.
Timetables are available at the four stations, by the Route planner, at Search for routes and Search for stop pages, reachable from the main Public Transport menu, on the ATB Mobile app and by Google Maps.
Here you can read something about the history of the funiculars.
BERGAMO CITY FUNICULAR
The first funicular connecting the Lower Town with the Upper Town, with a traditional type of system with two to-and-fro cars, was built in 1887 to the design of Emilian engineer Alessandro Ferretti, who operated the line until 1906 when it was taken over by AMFTE, now ATB. In 1917 a resolution was passed to completely transform the funicular in order to increase its transport capacity and minimize service suspensions. The original system took on the characteristics of two elevator systems on an inclined plane moved by two independent winches in Engineer Zaretti's new version, built by Stigler Otis. Between 1920 and 1921 the old cars were replaced by a new model built by Stigler, and the two stations at Bergamo Bassa and Bergamo Alta were modernized. Further work was needed in 1954 and 1963-64 with the installation of two new observation cars. The last restoration took place in 1987, a century after the first ride, when the funicular took on its present appearance. In 2008 a general overhaul of the system was carried out with complete replacement of the automation.
Features: line length: right m. 240; left m. 234; difference in height m. 85 (from m. 271 to m. 356); slope: maximum 52%; two cars with 50 seats each.
SAN VIGILIO FUNICULAR
It began working on August 27, 1912. The mechanical part was built by Société des Usines L. de Roll of Bern, while the two cars, carrying 32 people each, were made by Fervet of Bergamo.
After operating for more than half a century, the service was suspended in 1976 as the government concession had expired and safety requirements were now lacking. In 1984 the company's Administrative Commission decided to prepare a radical transformation project. Renovation works on the line was started in 1987, and the Ceretti Tanfani company of Milan was entrusted with the construction of the system. Service resumed in 1991.
Features: line length: m.630; difference in height m. 90 (from m. 369 a m. 459); slope: minimum 10%, maximum 22%; one car with 55 seats.
Visit Bergamo
To discover and better organize your sightseeing in Bergamo and its province go to the tourist page Visit Bergamo - an Italian masterpiece.