Holiday homes & rentals in Campania

Coastal roads to Naples, Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast wind around your holiday home in Italy's Campania. Enliven your senses with a strong expresso and look out on Mount Vesuvius. The Bay of Naples offers you and your family sublime sailing and a variety of other watersports on the sparkling sea.

What to eat on your Campania holiday

Radiant red tomatoes from local farms and markets adorn dishes throughout the region of Campania and are famous throughout the world. The humble pizza has a similarly global profile but it originated right here.

Naples is where Italian spaghetti began, so you can expect perfect dishes in the local restaurants. Happily, wobbly buffalo mozerella is another local delicacy and don't forget to try Neapolitan ice cream and sfogliatelle. Besides the superb Campanian wines, Sorrento's limoncello is like bottled sunshine.

Pompeii and Neapolitan heritage

Campania is blessed with some of the most interesting UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy. Subject of many a school report, Pompeii and its sister Herculaneum are perfectly preserved Roman towns, covered with ash during a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. Poigniant details include a man caught forever in the bath and howling dogs.

Naples is like a vast, open air history museum, full of Baroque churches and ancient crafts, such as violin making on the Borgo degli Orefici.

Fun activities for your Campania holiday

Helicopter tours of the Bay of Naples offer a bird's eye view of the historic city, or take a boat trip across the the star-studded Isle of Capri. You can also follow the ancient paths through national parks and be transported back some 2000 years.

Explore the region's wine routes to find its lifeblood. Ancient traditions crop up at almost all Campania's festivals. The Amalfi Coast is world renowned for its picturesque bays, coves and villages. This Mediterranean idyll hosts the annual Ravello Festival offering superb music in a heavenly setting.

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