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 Car Hire & Driving in Bergamo, ItalyWelcome to Bergamo Car Hire, Italy; available at Bergamo Airport.Lombardy region Northwest Italy Car HireThe region of Lombardy has plenty to explore in your hire car, stretching from the Alps, on the border with Switzerland, down through the romantic lakes of Como and Maggiore to the broad, flat plain of the River Po. Lombardy is an area of lakeside villas with azalea-filled gardens, of wealthy towns with imposing palazzo and highly decorated churches, and of efficient, modern industry and large-scale agriculture, the financial heart of Italy which you can investigate in your hire car. At the centre of Lombardy stands Milan, the style-conscious capital of Lombardy. Visit our Milan Car Hire link for more information on what you might see on a trip to Milan in your hire car. Bergamo Car HireBergamo is a delightful, hill top town which you can explore in your hire car, which owes much of its artistic inspiration and architectural splendour to the influence of Venice, which ruled Bergamo from the 15th to the late 18th century. Bergamo is divided into two districted parts which you can explore in your hire car: Bergamo Alta crowning the hill, with its cluster of attractive medieval and Renaissance buildings, and the more modern and airy Bergamo Bassa lying below. The jewel of upper Bergamo is Piazza Vecchia, containing one of the most appealing architectural ensembles in the region. Its buildings are worth visiting in your hire car as they include the 12th century Torre del Comune with its fine clock and curfew bell that rings every night at 10pm, the late 16th century Biblioteca Civica and the attractive 12th century Palazzo della Ragione, or law courts, adorned with a statue of the lion of Venice. Another place to visit in your hire car in Bergamo is the arcades of the Palazzo della Ragione, leading to Piazza del Duomo, the square of the Neo-Classical Duomo, which is dominated by the façade of the Cappella Colleoni. The chapel was built in 1476 to house the tomb of Bergamo’s famous political leader, Bartolomeo Colleoni. The Galleria dell’Accademia Carrara is the highlight of Bergamo Bass and is definitely worth a visited in your hire car. A major picture gallery with a fine collection of works by Venetian masters and local artists, as well as masterpieces from the rest of Italy and major artists from the rest of Europe. Italy Car HireHome of opera, Ferrari and designers like Giorgio Armani, Prada and Gucci; Italy is a place of diversity and culture, all free to be explored in your hire car. From the snow capped peaks of the Alpes in the north, through to the unique and magical city of Venice in the northeast of Italy, whose streets are full of water, the central Tuscany region of Italy, full of evocative landscapes; peaceful and timeless, and the main wine making region of Italy; Florence, its capital, is a great art centre. Italy’s capital Rome is home of one of the greatest amphitheatres, the Colosseum, which was commissioned in AD 72, you will also find the Vatican City here in your hire car, the world capital of Catholicism and the world’s smallest state, occupying just 43ha (106 acres). The south of Italy is rich in archaeological remains, such as the famous Pompeii. Italy also includes the beautiful islands of Sicily and Sardinia, equally worth a visit in your hire car. See our links to Venice Car Hire, Florence Car Hire, Rome Car Hire, Naples Car Hire, together with Alghero, Cagliari, Olbia for Sardinia Car Hire and Catania and Palermo for Sicily Car Hire, for details of what you may see on a trip to these places in your hire car while exploring Italy.
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