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Highlights
13 from neighbouring places
Chiesa parrocchiale e Cappella della Pace
The parish church of Sotto il Monte with the Chapel of Peace, where John XXIII was baptised.
Kloster
A monastery at Sotto il Monte, on the Bergamasque hills near the birthplace of John XXIII.
Ehemaliges Kloster von Astino
10.5 km away, in Bergamo
A Vallombrosan monastery in a green valley below Bergamo, restored and open with its farmland around it.
Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro
10.5 km away, in Bergamo
A church in the Astino valley below Bergamo, part of the former monastery there.
Chiesa S. Martino della Pigrizia
10.6 km away, in Bergamo
A small church on the western edge of Bergamo, in the Astino valley.
Archäologisches Museum der Stadt
12 km away, in Bergamo
The civic archaeological museum of Bergamo, housed in the Cittadella of the upper town, with prehistoric and Roman finds from the province.
Basilika von St. Maria Maggiore
12.3 km away, in Bergamo
Bergamo's Romanesque basilica in the Città Alta, hung with Flemish tapestries, with Donizetti's tomb inside.
Schloss Medolago Albani
12.3 km away, in Bergamo
A palace in Bergamo's Città Alta, with a garden behind the street front.
Kloster des Heiligen Franziskus
12.4 km away, in Bergamo
A former Franciscan convent in Bergamo's Città Alta, its cloisters now a museum of the city.
Sestini Museum für Fotografie
12.5 km away, in Bergamo
A photography museum in Bergamo, in the Palazzo della Ragione area of the upper town.
Rocca
12.6 km away, in Bergamo
The fortress on Bergamo's upper town hill, with the Risorgimento museum inside and guns on the terrace.
Kirche der Heiligen Bartholomäus und Stephanus
12.9 km away, in Bergamo
A Bergamo church holding Lorenzo Lotto's Martinengo altarpiece of 1516.
IL RIFUGIO DI ELIZABETH
13 km away, in Bergamo
A small hillside refuge on the Bergamo slopes above the city.
Museo del Burattino
13.1 km away, in Bergamo
A museum in Bergamo devoted to puppet theatre, with glove and string puppets, backdrops and stage machinery.
Nothing of this kind in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII.
Routes
17 from neighbouring places
Da Pontida a Sotto il Monte attraverso il Monte Canto
A walk between two Romanesque abbeys, S. Giacomo at Pontida and S. Egidio di Fontanella, crossing the hill of the Monte Canto in between.
- 8.0 km
- Distance
- 295 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 38 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Alle pendici del Monte Canto
A circuit on the flanks of the Monte Canto above Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, crossing the Colle di Monte Albano and topping the hill itself.
- 16.3 km
- Distance
- 696 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 2 min
- Duration
- 19
- Check-ins
Giro ad anello sul Monte Canto
A loop from Ca' Maitino at Sotto il Monte past the Madonna delle Caneve sanctuary and the ruined village of Canto to Monte Canto.
- 9.1 km
- Distance
- 481 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 27 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
In bici sulle tracce di Leonardo
3.8 km away, in Imbersago
A riverside route along the Adda through the landscape that drew Leonardo da Vinci, passing the Stallazzo rest house on the Imbersago bank.
- 16.8 km
- Distance
- 240 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 44 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Ciclabile della Valle Imagna
9.6 km away, in Ubiale Clanezzo
A short cycle path at the mouth of the Valle Imagna, running through woodland entirely on its own right of way, away from traffic.
- 2.9 km
- Distance
- 158 m
- Ascent
- 25 min
- Duration
Un sentiero davvero per tutti
11.3 km away, in Costa Valle Imagna
An almost level path over Passo di Forcella Alta to the old Convento del Pertüs, with an open viewpoint beside the saddle.
- 3.2 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 52 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Greenway del Morla
13.2 km away, in Bergamo
The Morla greenway, better known as the Sombreno cycle path, running out of Bergamo along the foot of the hills.
- 10.0 km
- Distance
- 128 m
- Ascent
- 1 h
- Duration
Un Monte chiamato Tesoro
8.1 km away, in Almenno San Bartolomeo
A long ridge day above the Valle Imagna on the Dorsale Orobica Lecchese, over Monte Linzone and Monte Albenza and across Passo di Valcava.
- 14.3 km
- Distance
- 876 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 2 min
- Duration
- 122
- Check-ins
Le vie del verde - secondo percorso
11 km away, in Bergamo
A route through the woods on the north side of the Bergamo hills, following the old Vasi aqueduct back to Colle Aperto.
- 7.3 km
- Distance
- 168 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 11 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Lungo la ciclovia della Val Brembana
12.3 km away, in Bergamo
The Val Brembana cycleway on the old railway line, past the closed Brembilla-Grotte station.
- 40.6 km
- Distance
- 353 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 53 min
- Duration
- 68
- Check-ins
La Città Verde
11.3 km away, in Bergamo
A walk through the green parts of Bergamo, joining parks, gardens and the lower slopes of the hills.
- 5.4 km
- Distance
- 121 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 38 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Monte di Brianza da Olgiate Molgora
8.3 km away, in Olgiate Molgora
A long climb on foot from the station up through farmland past the Cascina Rapello to the Ristoro Alpino and the top of Monte di San Genesio.
- 16.0 km
- Distance
- 883 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 17 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
Giro ad anello nel Parco dei Colli
12 km away, in Bergamo
A ring in the Parco dei Colli from Colle Aperto, climbing past the botanical garden to the church of San Rocco in Castagneta.
- 7.1 km
- Distance
- 142 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 1 min
- Duration
Bergamo Bike UP
12.9 km away, in Bergamo
A loop around Bergamo mixing asphalt and cycle paths with gravel through the Parco dei Colli, up past Colle Aperto in the upper town.
- 19.7 km
- Distance
- 315 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 2 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Da S. Vigilio al Colle Bastia
11.3 km away, in Bergamo
An easy ridge walk on the Bergamo hills from San Vigilio to the Colle Bastia, above the walls of the upper town.
- 3.7 km
- Distance
- 50 m
- Ascent
- 59 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Bergamo Urban Trail
13.1 km away, in Bergamo
The city course of the Orobie Ultra Trail, kept entirely within Bergamo and linking the lower town with the hills and the walls.
- 20.1 km
- Distance
- 613 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 7 min
- Duration
- 23
- Check-ins
La Via delle Sorelle
12.3 km away, in Bergamo
A stage of the 130-kilometre path between Bergamo and Brescia, over hills and through villages linking the two upper towns.
- 128.7 km
- Distance
- 3 289 m
- Ascent
- 38 h 27 min
- Duration
- 188
- Check-ins
Greenway dei Torrenti di Bergamo
13 km away, in Bergamo
A long low-level route along the streams on the edge of Bergamo, from Via Sporchia into the Parco dei Colli.
- 18.6 km
- Distance
- 245 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 53 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Da San Vigilio a Paladina
11.4 km away, in Bergamo
A descent from San Vigilio to Paladina in the Parco dei Colli, past castle ruins, working farms and a church with a sixteenth-century altarpiece.
- 4.9 km
- Distance
- 24 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 23 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Dalla città di Bergamo all’Albenza
13.3 km away, in Bergamo
The first leg of the DOL walk out of Bergamo towards the Albenza ridge, on a long route that ends at Colico on Lake Como.
- 18.4 km
- Distance
- 980 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 10 min
- Duration
- 25
- Check-ins
No routes of this kind in Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Da Pontida a Sotto il Monte attraverso il Monte Canto
A walk between two Romanesque abbeys, S. Giacomo at Pontida and S. Egidio di Fontanella, crossing the hill of the Monte Canto in between.
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