8 December lunch
the Immaculate Conception, near Avellino
Lunch for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is on Tuesday 8 December 2026, from 1 pm, at our countryside restaurant in Montefalcione, 15 minutes from Avellino. The menu is ready: provola croquette, sweet-and-sour anchovies, ziti with pezzente ragù, stuffed veal braciola and, to finish, struffoli and cantucci. €45 per person, all inclusive: water, wine and cover charge. Book on WhatsApp at +39 393 878 0345.
In southern Italy, 8 December opens the holiday season: the lights go on, the tree and the nativity scene go up and families gather round the table. At Bellavigna we cook it with the flavours of home — pezzente sausage, friarielli greens, papaccella peppers — reinterpreted by our kitchen.
- When
- Tuesday 8 December 2026
- Time
- From 1 pm
- Where
- Contrada Carrani, Montefalcione (AV), Irpinia
- Distance
- 15 minutes from Avellino · about an hour from Naples, Salerno and Benevento
- Price
- €45 per person, all inclusive: water, wine and cover charge · see the menu
- Booking
- Required, on WhatsApp at +39 393 878 0345 · free parking
Why Bellavigna on 8 December
The start of the holidays
The day Campania puts up the tree and the nativity scene: a lunch to toast the coming of Christmas together.
Pezzente ragù
Pezzente, Irpinia’s humble cured pork, becomes the ragù for the ziti, with a sheep’s ricotta foam: tradition and technique on one plate.
Fried bites and home flavours
Provola croquette, golden sweet-and-sour anchovies, aubergine parmigiana in a crust, sausage and friarielli praline.
Struffoli and cantucci
It ends with the sweets that open Christmas, and Irpinian wines — Fiano, Greco and Aglianico — for the toast.
The 8 December lunch in Irpinia
Bellavigna is a country house in the countryside with a restaurant serving authentic Irpinian cooking, reinterpreted: traditional recipes and local produce, cooked with contemporary technique, in a dining room overlooking the vineyards of Montefalcione.
In 2026 the holiday falls on a Tuesday — a good excuse for a long weekend, and for a night in the countryside in one of our rooms.
How to get here
Bellavigna is in Montefalcione, in the heart of Irpinia, a 15-minute drive from Avellino and about an hour from Naples, Salerno and Benevento. Parking is free. Full directions are on the how to reach us page.
- Avellino Est A16 exit10 km10′
- Avellino Ovest A16 exit18 km15′
- Nola50 km35′
- Caserta80 km55′
- Naples65 km50′
- Rome270 km2 h 40′
Approximate driving times, without traffic · Open directions in Google Maps
Other holidays at Bellavigna
Between December and New Year the restaurant also opens on holidays, as well as for the usual Sunday lunch.
Book the
8 December lunch
Message us on WhatsApp at +39 393 878 0345 —
seats are limited.
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