Campania

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Before: documents, housing, school. First week: codice fiscale, SIM, bank account. First month: residence permit if non-EU, residence, SSN registration, then the driving licence within a year. Household goods duty-free for arrivals from outside the EU, car to be re-registered.

High-speed rail Rome–Naples–Salerno, Trenitalia regional network plus the EAV lines (Circumvesuviana, Cumana, Circumflegrea), metro and funiculars in Naples. Capodichino airport (with Catania the busiest in the South) and Salerno Costa d'Amalfi. Ferries and hydrofoils to Capri, Ischia and Procida. A1, A3, A16, A30 and the A2 Mediterranean motorway from Salerno.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Seven local health authorities (Napoli 1 Centro, Napoli 2 Nord, Napoli 3 Sud, Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Salerno) and large hospital and university trusts in Naples (Cardarelli, Federico II, Vanvitelli, Ospedali dei Colli, Pascale, Santobono). Recovery plan from 2007 and commissioner until 2019; compliant in the 2023 LEA monitoring. Bookings on the Sinfonia portal.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

Employment rates among the lowest in Italy and unemployment among the highest, with widespread undeclared work. Sectors: retail and services, tourism and catering, public administration, logistics, aerospace and automotive (Pomigliano), shipbuilding, agri-food, ICT in eastern Naples. Graduate emigration documented by ISTAT and SVIMEZ. ZES unica.

Seven universities: Federico II (1224, among the world's oldest state universities), L'Orientale, Parthenope and Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples, Vanvitelli between Caserta and Naples, Salerno in Fisciano, Sannio in Benevento. Grants, housing and canteens are run by ADISURC, the single regional agency.

Metropolitan city of Naples and four provinces (Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Salerno). Ordinary statute; the only law 482/1999 minority is the Arbëreshë community of Greci (AV). Neapolitan is spoken everywhere but not protected by law. Festivals: San Gennaro (19 September), Gigli di Nola, San Matteo in Salerno.

Mediterranean climate on the coast, cooler and snowy in Irpinia and Sannio. Campania has two inhabited active volcanoes: Vesuvius (red zone of 25 municipalities) and the Campi Flegrei, in a bradyseismic crisis since 2023 with earthquakes up to magnitude 4.6. Seismic zone 1 in Irpinia (1980 earthquake). Landslides and floods (Sarno 1998, Ischia 2022).

Seven UNESCO sites: historic centre of Naples, Pompeii-Herculaneum-Oplontis, Royal Palace of Caserta, Amalfi coast, Cilento with Paestum, Velia and the Certosa di Padula, Santa Sofia in Benevento and, since 2024, the Via Appia. Peak from Easter to October on the coasts and islands; Naples and Pompeii all year. Tourist tax and landing fees set by municipalities.