Benevento (Neapolitan: Beneviénto) is a town of almost 60,000 inhabitants in Campania.

Get in

By plane

The closest international airport is in Naples from which you could reach Benevento in less than 1½ hr with EAV bus service.

See

• 1 Church of Santa Sofia (Chiesa di Santa Sofia), Piazza Matteotti, ☏ +39 0824 212-06, info@santasofiabenevento.it. 08:00-12:00, 16:00-19:00 (winter) 16:30-20:00 (summer). One of the most important examples of Lombard architecture in Italy, built in 762, it also contains Romanesque and Baroque elements that were added later. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a group of seven inscribed as Longobards in Italy: Places of power. (updated Dec 2019)
• 2 Cathedral (Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio), Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 211, ☏ +39 0824 323-345, cattedralebenevento@gmail.com. 07:00-12.00, 17:00-19:30 (closed on Wednesday). (updated Dec 2019)
• 3 Arch of Trajan (Arco di Traiano), sar-cam.benevento@beniculturali.it. (updated Dec 2019)
• 4 Roman Theatre (Teatro romano), Piazza Ponzio Telesino, ☏ +39 0824 472-13, sar-cam.benevento@beniculturali.it. 09:00-19:00. €2. (updated Dec 2019)
• 5 Rocca dei Rettori (Museo del Sannio), Piazza Castello, ☏ +39 0824 774-111. 07:00-13.00. (updated Dec 2019)
• 6 Ponte Leproso, Ponte Leproso. Ancient Roman bridge from the 3rd century, B.C. (updated Jan 2023)

Eat

• 1 Nikila, Viale Principe di Napoli 109, ☏ +39 082425900. Good place to eat typical food of Benevento. (updated May 2023)

Go next

Routes through Benevento

Naples ← Avellino ←	W  E	→ Ariano Irpino → Canosa di Puglia
Rome ← Velletri ← Latina ← Caserta ←	N  S	→ Avellino → Matera → Taranto → Brindisi
Termoli ← Campobasso ←	N  S	→ END
END ←	W  E	→ merges into → Foggia