Move over Milan: A long weekend in brilliant Bergamo, a city that is more than an airport — dailymail.co.uk

By Max Davidson UPDATED: 04:20 EST, 18 January 2012 It is one of the prettiest cities in Italy, but how many of the passengers landing at the airport go near it? Most make a bee-line for Milan, for which Bergamo is the airport of choice of the low-cost airlines. Waiting to be discovered: Bergamo is far more than a low-cost gateway to Milan They are missing a treat, because this little walled city, in the foothills of the Alps, is Italy in perfect miniature: a walk-through gallery of Italian culture, with thrilling buildings cheek-by-jowl with terrific restaurants and the strains of classical music throbbing in the background.

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