The coat of arms Caserta uses was not designed for it: it belonged to Terra di Lavoro, the old province whose territory this one largely took over and whose heraldry it inherited. The provincial capital sits about 36 kilometres by road north of Naples, and the 104 municipalities under it stretch from the inland towns to a 45-kilometre run of coast that faces the Gulf of Gaeta end to end.
Almost everyone comes for a single building. The Palace of Caserta, built for the Bourbon kings who ruled Naples, was the largest palace put up anywhere in Europe during the 18th century and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997; the park alone will take half a day. The province deserves more than that, though: Santa Maria Capua Vetere and Aversa, Maddaloni and Marcianise inland, Sessa Aurunca and Mondragone out towards the sea.
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Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 🏰 Castles & palaces Royal Palace of Caserta 📍 Caserta The Bourbon palace: 1,200 rooms, 1,742 windows and three kilometres of fountains uphill. 
2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Basilica del Corpus Domini 📍 Maddaloni Maddaloni's main church, with a high altar designed by Luigi Vanvitelli and panels by Pompeo Landolfo. 
3 🖼️ Museums Belvedere di San Leucio 📍 Caserta UNESCO Bourbon complex at San Leucio, with royal apartments, Italian garden and Silk Museum. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Hand-stretched dough, tomato, mozzarella and basil, baked in under a minute in a wood-fired oven: Neapolitan pizza is an art recognised by Unesco.
Read more →Sliced tomato, mozzarella and basil, the three colours of the flag: caprese takes its name from Capri, but no document fixes its date of birth.
Read more →🏖️ Seaside 9 🏛️ UNESCO heritage 9 🏝️ Islands 4 🏘️ Villages 3 🍷 Food & wine 3 ♨️ Spa towns 1
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📅 Every year, from 15 to 19 October
From 15 to 19 October Casaluce celebrates its patron Our Lady of Casaluce, whose devotion reached as far as São Paulo, Brazil, where the Italian community of the Mooca neighbourhood still celebrates her today.
📅 Every year, on 22 October
On 22 October Santa Maria Capua Vetere celebrates Saint Symmachus, one of its patrons; the other patron, the Blessed Virgin of the Assumption, has a feast documented since the 15th century with the famous "burning of the bell tower".
📅 Every year, on 29 October, in the land of the polygonal walls
Caiazzo celebrates Saint Stephen Minicillo on 29 October.
📅 Every year, on 10 November and on the first Sunday of May
Ruviano celebrates its patron Saint Leo on 10 November and on the first Sunday of May; the Chiesa di San Leone Magno is dedicated to the saint.
