Eco Hotels in Campania

Why Stay in Campania

Southern Italy's crown jewel — volcanoes, ruins & the world's most beautiful coastline

Campania is where Italy turns up the volume. This is the region that gave the world pizza (born in Naples in the 18th century, perfected when Raffaele Esposito created the Margherita at Pizzeria Brandi in 1889), the Amalfi Coast (a 50-kilometre stretch of UNESCO World Heritage coastline so dramatically beautiful it has inspired artists, writers, and travellers for centuries), and Pompeii — the Roman city frozen in time by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, offering the most complete window into daily life in the ancient world.

Naples is Campania's chaotic, extraordinary capital — a city of contradictions where crumbling baroque churches stand beside designer boutiques, where the best pizza on Earth costs €5, and where the Museo Archeologico Nazionale houses the finest collection of Roman antiquities ever assembled. Beneath the modern city lies Napoli Sotterranea, a labyrinth of Greek and Roman tunnels, aqueducts, and cisterns carved into the volcanic tuff over 2,400 years. The Spanish Quarters pulse with life — laundry strung between buildings, espresso bars on every corner, and Neapolitan dialect filling the air.

Beyond Naples, the landscape is staggering. The Amalfi Coast road (SS163) clings to sheer cliffs between Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello — each village a cascade of pastel houses tumbling toward turquoise water. Capri rises from the Tyrrhenian Sea like a limestone fortress, home to the Blue Grotto, the Villa Jovis where Emperor Tiberius once ruled, and the vertiginous Via Krupp. Ischia, the largest island in the Bay of Naples, is a volcanic spa paradise — the Poseidon Gardens alone have 22 thermal pools fed by natural hot springs. The Sorrento Peninsula sits between the Bay of Naples and the Amalfi Coast, its lemon terraces producing the lemons that become limoncello.

But Campania extends far beyond these famous names. The Royal Palace of Caserta — the largest royal palace in the world by volume, built for the Bourbon kings in the 18th century — rivals Versailles with its 1,200 rooms and 120-hectare English garden. The Greek temples at Paestum, south of Salerno, are among the best-preserved Doric temples anywhere — older than the Parthenon and standing in eerie solitude among wild fields. Procida, named the 2022 Italian Capital of Culture, is a tiny fishing island of pastel houses and Marina Corricella, one of the most photographed harbours in the Mediterranean. The Cilento coast, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, offers wild beaches, medieval villages, and the kind of untouched southern Italian landscape that the Amalfi Coast lost decades ago. Every IMPT booking in Campania removes 1 tonne of verified CO₂ at the same price as Booking.com. New members receive €5 free credit and 5% cashback in IMPT tokens.

Campania at a glance

Region: Campania

Country: Italy

Capital: Naples (Napoli)

Provinces: 5 — Naples, Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Salerno

Area: 13,590 km²

Population: 5.6 million

UNESCO Sites: Amalfi Coast, Pompeii & Herculaneum, Historic Centre of Naples, Royal Palace of Caserta, Cilento & Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum

Hotel count: 8M+ hotels worldwide on IMPT

Price range: from €55/night (Naples guesthouses) to €800+/night (Capri luxury)

Best-price guarantee: Same price as Booking.com — every booking removes 1 tonne CO₂

Travel tip: Naples International Airport (NAP) serves the region. The Circumvesuviana train connects Naples to Pompeii (35 min), Herculaneum (20 min), and Sorrento (70 min). Ferries run from Naples to Capri (45 min fast ferry), Ischia (60 min), and Procida (40 min). The SITA bus connects Sorrento to Amalfi and Positano along the spectacular coast road.