Inside the stone walls that surround Città Alta, the upper town of Bergamo, Italy, a medieval city continues to thrive. In the 17th century, Venetians built the walls to protect the town from Milan. Today, residents and university students live and shop here, dine at local restaurants and lounge in the sun on the Piazza Vecchia. For baby boomer travelers, history and life meld in Città Alta, providing an authentic look at Italian life in a medieval town. That’s what Alan and I discovered on a northern Italian road trip guided by Claudio Fontana of A La Carte Italy Tours.

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