Hotels Avellino, Guesthouses Avellino and Residences Avellino

Avellino, the capital of the homonymous province, is situated in the eastern-central part of Campania. Its city centre is surrounded by the Picentini and Partenio mountains, which gaze across the countryside from on high. Avellino itself leads to the top of Mount Montevergine, one of the highest peaks of the Paternio massif, which hosts the XII-century Benedictine Sanctuary cherishing Madonna di Montevergine, a traditional tourist mecca for millions of pilgrims who flock here all year round.

Lively cultural activities, interesting attractions and good cooking make Avellino a very appreciated holiday destination. Its old town is scattered with comfortable 3-star guesthouses and elegant 4-star hotels. Not to be missed are budget hotels and modern and welcoming bed and breakfasts situated in the surrounding area.

Although still scattered with important monuments and buildings, the old town lost part of its great historical and artistic heritage during the strong earthquake of 1980, which destroyed almost the whole city. The Cathedral of St. Maria Assunta, which rises just in the heart of Piazza Duomo, was built in 1132 and subsequently restored in the nineteenth century.
A short distance from Piazza Duomo, just in the heart of the central Piazza Amendola and next to the seventeenth-century Palazzo Balestrieri is the Clock Tower. This high Baroque tower, which was built in the seventeenth century  by architect Cosimo Fanzago, is the city's most representative landmark. The surrounding streets host excellent restaurants, lively clubs and further gathering places for young people. Local inns and wine shops give guests the possibility to taste mouth-watering paccheri al ragù (homemade pasta served with meat sauce) while sipping a glass of Greco di Tufo or Fiano di Avellino, DOCG wines which are Avellino's most important local staples together with its famous hazelnuts.
Corso Umberto I leads to the Fountain of Bellerofonte by Cosimo Fanzago, plenty of aristocratic residences which were built between the seventeenth and the eighteenth century, and Piazza Castello, which is also called “Cittadella della Cultura” (City of Culture), since it gathers the city's major cultural buildings, such as the conservatory, the modern Carlo Gesualdo Theatre, the so-called Casino of the Prince and Palazzo de Conciliis, which is also dubbed Victor Hugo House of Culture, an eighteenth-century building where the famous French novelist spent his early years.
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II is a fascinating paved street which is largerly built of local lava stone, a sumptuous pedestrian precinct flanked by important sacred buildings, ancient palaces, the enchanting Municipal Villa, whose lush park is fully carpeted with scented plants and flowers, and the fascinating  former prison dating back to the Bourbon Age, which was built in 1830 and is now the venue for cultural events, exhibitions and concerts.