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Da Parabèl

Da Parabèl, grocery at via Roma 116 in Oltre il Colle, opened in 2022 in the old shoemaker's workshop: home delivery, phone number and the story behind it.

AddressVia Roma 116
Phone351 3936177

Da Parabèl is the youngest grocery in the main village: it opened on Monday 23 May 2022 on via Roma, in the old centre, near the church and the Pro Loco office according to Prima Bergamo, near the town hall according to Valbrembanaweb. It is run by Simona Parravicini and Rita Manenti. At the opening the family expected autumn and spring, when the holiday homes stand empty, to be difficult months, and said it wanted above all to provide a service to elderly people and residents, as well as to holidaymakers.

The name comes from the history of the premises. The shoemaker Aldo Parravicini, Simona's father, known in the village as Parabèl, worked there: Valbrembanaweb places him in the 1960s, Prima Bergamo writes that the workshop stayed open until the 1970s. Then the shop had become a sports shop, which closed in the early 2000s. For the village the opening was news: it was the first grocery to open since 2016, when the Monymarket had opened.

In the advertisement published in the Pro Loco's summer 2026 booklet the shop, with an edelweiss in its logo, presents itself as a grocery with home delivery, at via Roma 116, with the mobile number 351 3936177. The same number is on the Pro Loco's page about the shops of the area.

What you'll find

  • Groceries
  • Home delivery

What you can buy and the home delivery service

The 2026 advertisement says two things: groceries and home delivery. There is no list of products, and the sources we read do not describe the range: it is a village grocery, set up to serve people who live in Oltre il Colle all year round and those who spend their holidays there.

For home delivery the contact is the mobile 351 3936177. The sources do not say which hamlets are covered or on what terms: ask on the phone, especially if you are staying in Zambla or Zorzone.

The story: from the shoemaker's workshop to the grocery

Three newspapers tell the story of the premises, with some differences in the dates. For decades the shoemaker Aldo Parravicini, the Parabèl, worked there; then the same space became Simona Parravicini's sports shop, which closed, Valbrembanaweb writes, about twenty years before the reopening. In May 2022 the shutters went up again under a name everyone in the village recognised.

The opening came after years of closures: Valbrembanaweb recalled that another grocery in the village had closed two years earlier, Prima Bergamo that in the village, in recent years, closures had outnumbered openings. In the same weeks a new pizzeria, La Fonte 2.0, was also announced in the centre.

Opening hours and contacts

Opening hours are not published: the shop's advertisement, the Pro Loco and OpenStreetMap do not give them, and the shop does not appear in the council's list of shops, which was compiled before 2022. The only published contact is the mobile 351 3936177, the same for shopping in store and for deliveries.

Where it is and how to get there

Via Roma is the stretch of the SP27 provincial road that runs through the centre of the main village, and number 116 is in the old centre, near the church of San Bartolomeo, the Pro Loco and the town hall according to the newspapers that reported its opening. We do not give a precise distance because for this house number the mapping sources have no point of their own: the national archive of house numbers gives it the same position as numbers 316 and 320.

The Arriva–Bergamo Trasporti line B stop with a published timetable is piazza Tiraboschi, in the centre; the bus does not run on Sundays and public holidays. By car, OpenStreetMap maps a free car park above via Roma, towards the post office.

Nearby

In the centre of the main village, a few hundred metres away, there are the post office with the Postamat at via Roma 189, the Pro Loco at 201, the Farmacia Viganò at 272, the newsagent with the Punto Poste at 268 and the Banco BPM branch with a cash machine at 377. For other shopping there are the A&M Market, the Macelleria Raieri and Il Mercatino della Frutta, all on via Roma.

Good to know

Grocery opened on 23 May 2022 in the centre of the main village by Simona Parravicini and Rita Manenti, in the premises where the village shoemaker it is named after once worked. In its 2026 advertisement it offers home delivery; opening hours are not published.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions: Da Parabèl

Does Da Parabèl deliver groceries?

Yes: the shop's advertisement in the Pro Loco's summer 2026 booklet offers home delivery. Ask on the mobile 351 3936177; the sources do not say how far deliveries go.

Where is Da Parabèl?

At via Roma 116, in the old centre of Oltre il Colle: Prima Bergamo placed it near the church and the Pro Loco, Valbrembanaweb near the town hall.

When did Da Parabèl open?

On Monday 23 May 2022. It was the first grocery to open in the village since 2016, according to Prima Bergamo.

Why is it called Da Parabèl?

Parabèl was the name by which the village knew the shoemaker Aldo Parravicini, Simona's father, who worked in the same premises between the 1960s and the 1970s.

Who runs Da Parabèl?

Simona Parravicini and Rita Manenti, who opened it in 2022, according to Prima Bergamo, La Voce delle Valli and Valbrembanaweb.

What are Da Parabèl's opening hours?

They are not published by the shop, the Pro Loco or on OpenStreetMap. It is best to call 351 3936177.

Sources

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