Best Pizza in Bergamo: Città Alta, Città Bassa and Beyond

Bergamo's pizza styles: Neapolitan, tonda and al trancio

Bergamo serves several distinct styles, and knowing which one you are ordering shapes the evening. Pizza napoletana means a soft, blistered crust with a high cornicione, the puffy rim Neapolitan pizzaioli are judged on; in Città Alta, Assaje works in that tradition, with a Margherita built on San Marzano DOP tomatoes and mozzarella di bufala, the protected buffalo-milk cheese.

The standard Italian round pizza, pizza tonda, is what most sit-down pizzerias serve, and the crust varies from thin and crisp to medium with a crunchy edge. Pizza al trancio is different again: a rectangular slab baked in a tin, sold by the slice or by weight and often eaten standing up or taken away. On the sweet side, if you want the local cheeses and cured meats with your pizza, note that the Taverna del Colleoni tops pizzas with Branzi, an Alpine cow's-milk cheese, and salame bergamasco, the area's own salami.

Pizza in Città Alta: Assaje and Da Franco

Città Alta, the walled upper town, is where most visitors want to eat, and it rewards a little planning. Assaje, in the heart of the old town, runs a Neapolitan kitchen with seasonal toppings alongside the classics, so it suits a group where some want a Margherita and others want something less predictable. Pizzeria da Franco is the other old-town anchor, an informal, family-style place with an outdoor terrace on Via Colleoni, the main street through the upper town; it is often busy, so booking is advisable at weekends.

The trade-off is simple: Città Alta gives you medieval lanes and terraces, but the popular rooms fill up, so it pays to book for weekend dinners rather than turning up and hoping. If pizza is only part of a wider eating plan, our guide to the best restaurants in Bergamo covers the rest of the old town, including the trattorias where you would order casoncelli.

Da Mimmo and Taverna del Colleoni: sit-down pizza in the old town

Two old-town addresses suit a longer, more formal dinner. Da Mimmo is a polished, multi-room restaurant where pizza sits alongside a full Italian menu; its thin, crisp bases come out of a wood oven, and the toppings include swordfish and prawn with fried aubergine, which is a good signal that this is a seafood-leaning kitchen as much as a pizzeria. The Taverna del Colleoni occupies a historic building on Piazza Vecchia, the main square, with a large outdoor terrace facing the fountain, and its pizzas use selected flours and lievito madre, a natural sourdough starter.

Choose Da Mimmo if you want a proper seated meal with several courses and a wine list, and the Taverna if the square itself is the point and you want to eat outside. Either way, these are dinner bookings rather than quick stops, and the terrace tables on Piazza Vecchia are the ones to ask for.

Pizza alla Fara and the takeaway option near the Fara

Near the large green of the Fara, inside the Venetian walls, Pizza alla Fara is a small takeaway-focused pizzeria rather than a sit-down restaurant. It turns out both pizza in pala romana, the long rectangular Roman-style tray pizza, and the classic round pie, which makes it the practical choice when you want to eat in the open air or take something back to your room.

Pizza in Città Bassa: BellaNapoli on Via Sant'Alessandro

Down in Città Bassa, the modern lower city, BellaNapoli has been serving Neapolitan food in the centre since 2016 and lists two addresses, Via Sant'Alessandro 28/A and Via Sant'Orsola 12, both open every day from 12:00 to 15:00 and from 19:00 to 23:00. The kitchen lists gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian pizzas alongside double-fermented and fried versions, so it works for mixed groups and for a late lunch between sights.

Its position makes it a sensible base-camp dinner if you are staying in the new town rather than climbing up to Città Alta. For the morning equivalent, our breakfast in Bergamo guide covers the same central streets.

Nasti: Bergamo's Gambero Rosso Due Spicchi pizzeria

Nasti is the only pizzeria in Bergamo city itself to appear in the Gambero Rosso Pizzerie d'Italia 2025 guide, where it holds Due Spicchi, the guide's award for quality and innovation. That recognition matters less as a ranking than as a signal: this is the city address the guide's inspectors thought worth a detour within Bergamo proper.

Because it is the single city name on that list, it is the obvious pick if you want one pizza dinner that represents Bergamo's current standing in the national guide. Book ahead for weekends, and expect a modern pizzeria rather than an old-town trattoria.

Pizza al trancio: Il Fornaio and Mauro

If you want a slice rather than a whole pie, Città Alta has two names for pizza al trancio: Il Fornaio and Pizzeria al trancio e Gastronomia Mauro, the latter with a second location in Città Bassa. This is the format to choose at lunchtime or when you are eating on the move, since you buy by the piece or by weight and pay at the counter.

Do not expect a restaurant table or a full menu; the appeal is a fast, cheap, high-quality square of focaccia-style pizza eaten standing up. A trancio and a coffee is a perfectly good light lunch, and it frees up the evening for a sit-down dinner.

Beyond the city: Lievin, La Lanterna and the Castione della Presolana trip

The most decorated pizza in the Bergamo area sits in the province, not the city. At Castione della Presolana, the Spampatti family runs two places: Lievin, which took the Tre Rotelle, the Gambero Rosso award for the pizza al trancio category, and La Lanterna, which holds Due Spicchi. Lievin's pizza in teglia alla romana, the Roman-style tray pizza, is the one to order if you make the trip.

Castione della Presolana is in the Bergamo province, so treat this as a half-day or full-day outing rather than a city dinner. For a visitor with a short stay, that journey competes with the city's own pizzerias; for anyone with a car and a free afternoon, the Tre Rotelle makes the case. Whichever you pick, order a trancio and a round pie and share, so you taste both formats.

Other province pizzerias in the Gambero Rosso guide

Five more province kitchens made the same 2025 list. In Castelli Calepio, Giuly Pizza is a new entry and Al Posto Giusto also holds Due Spicchi. Elsewhere in the province, Da Sobb in Casirate d'Adda and LoRo&Co. in Trescore Balneario earned Due Spicchi, while Leone d'Oro in Telgate kept its Uno Spicchio, the guide's entry-level recognition.

Read these as the guide's picks for the 2025 edition, not as a permanent ranking, and use them to justify a detour only if you are already heading that way. If a day in the province is not on the cards, the city's own pizzerias cover the ground well, and our best pasta in Bergamo guide is the companion piece if you want to split a stay between pizza and filled pasta such as casoncelli.

How to order and eat pizza in Bergamo

Sit-down pizzerias expect you to order a whole pie each, and portions are generous enough that many visitors share a starter instead. A trancio shop works the other way: you point at the slab you want, it is weighed or counted, and you pay at the till, often before eating. Bread and a small cover charge, the coperto, are normal at a table and are added to the bill, so the price you see on the menu is not always the total.

Order a beer, a sparkling water or a glass of house wine with pizza; a light red or a birra artigianale both work. If you want to cook rather than order, cooking classes in Bergamo run locally, and they are a useful way to learn the dough before you go home. A gelato afterwards is the Italian habit, and our best gelato in Bergamo picks give you somewhere to walk to.

Città Alta dinner or a province detour?

For most visitors, the answer is a Città Alta pizza: Assaje for a Neapolitan pie, Da Franco for the terrace on Via Colleoni, or Da Mimmo and the Taverna for a slower dinner on or near Piazza Vecchia. Add Nasti if you want the one city pizzeria the Gambero Rosso guide singled out, and BellaNapoli if your base is down in Città Bassa.

Make the province trip only if you have a car and an evening to spare, with Lievin and La Lanterna in Castione della Presolana as the headline stops. For everything else in the city, from sandwiches to sit-down dinners, our Bergamo Attractions guide is the natural next step.