Campania is a beautifully unspoiled region of Italy. And the Mesogheo, an Italian countryside Bed and Breakfast at Benevento, north-east of Naples, provides the opportunity to explore it to the full.
The Mesogheo is an old Campania farmhouse which has been renovated with the original plan of the building in mind. On the upper floors live the owners; on the ground floor there is a welcoming restaurant with little intimate rooms and a well-stocked library. A few paces away, in an environment designed specifically to guarantee the utmost privacy to all guests, lies the swimming pool and two small buildings with eight lovely guest rooms. Each has a fireplace, refrigerator, telephone and (for sudden symptoms of withdrawal!) a television. For short stays the price is €90 in double room, including breakfast.
All of this is hidden in a centuries-old olive grove at the foot of Camposauro mountain which, with the Taburno, dominates the Volturno valley. This Italian countryside Bed and Breakfast at Benevento, north-east of Naples lies outside the little town of Melizzano, on the eastern border of the province of Benevento.
Campania has a wealth of ways for you to pass your holiday hours. Just 6km from Mesogheo, the thermal baths at Telese Terme offer sulphurous waters, marvellous for inhalations and many other treatments. There are horse riding stables nearby, and skiing is to be found about an hour’s drive away at Campitello Matese and Bocca della Selva.
More or less the same distance is the sea, with the Campania coast and the beaches of Baia Domitia. There are museums at Benevento and Capua. Lovers of archaeology can discover at San Salvatore Telesino the site of ancient Telesia, totally destroyed during the Gothic war, and an hour away by car are the ruins of Sepino, an important Sannite centre. This Italian countryside Bed and Breakfast at Benevento, north-east of Naples is superbly sited for historical explorations. Closer to home, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (the Capua of antiquity) is an authentic Campania metropolis, second only to Rome. There is a prehistoric park at Pietraroja, site of the discovery of the largest dinosaur skeleton in Italy. Nearby is the birthplace of Padre Pio, Pietrelcina. And there is San Lorenzello, where a lively antique market is held every last week end of the month.
Capodichino airport (Naples) is 30 minutes from Mesogheo. Fiumicino airport (Rome) is one and half hours. The nearest railway station to this Italian countryside Bed and Breakfast at Benevento, north-east of Naples is Telese Terme, 6km away.
Here in Campania you'll enjoy peace, silence and splendid virgin nature. This is the simple beauty of the old farms. In the distance are the snowy tops of the high mountains and, in the evening sky, innumerable stars which seem close enough to touch. And yet the highway is not far away. Rome is 90 minutes, Naples just 40. Reggia di Caserta is 20 minutes away. And all the most famous tourist attraction of the Campania Region - Pompeii, Sorrento, Vesuvius, Capri , Positano, Ischia , and Paestum - are easy to reach. This Italian countryside Bed and Breakfast at Benevento, north-east of Naples can be your base camp for day trips to all of these famous places. The evening return will be very pleasant too.
