Campli
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Pilgrims climb the Scala Santa of Campli on their knees: 28 olive-wood steps that, since a papal brief of 1772, carry the same indulgence as the Holy Stairs in Rome. The town runs along a ridge in the Teramo hills, close to the Gran Sasso and the Laga mountains, and prospered as a Farnese fief. Every August since 1964 it has held the Sagra della porchetta italica.
Highlights
- The Scala Santa, its 28 steps framed by frescoes of the Passion (IT)
- The 14th-century Palazzo Farnese, once the town's parliament building
- Archaeological museum finds from the Campovalano necropolis and its 600 tombs (IT)
- Porta Orientale in the Castelnuovo quarter, the only surviving town gate
- Sagra della porchetta italica in August, Abruzzo's first food festival of its kind
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Campli (IT), Campli (EN)), Wikivoyage (Campli (IT), Campli (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 6,560
Things to see
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Pancras
- Jazz festival
- Pizza festival
- Truffle sagraHeld in Campovalano, in the municipality
- Sagra e ProfanoBands, dancing and local dishes, including truffles
- Sagra della porchetta italicaAbruzzo's first sagra, since 1964, with a porchetta sandwich contest
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Campli), Wikivoyage (Campli (IT), Campli (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- TrufflesLocal produceRare local truffles used in dishes at the July festival
Adapted from Wikivoyage (Campli). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
No places to stay are mapped within 3 km.
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Hot spring: Lu Vurghe · ~49 min by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Civitella del Tronto · 5.3 km
- Offida · 23 km
- Monteprandone · 25 km
- Pietracamela · 25 km
- Castelli · 26 km