Tours & Activities in Ravenna

Explore Ravenna on a guided walking tour that covers three UNESCO sights including the Basilica of San Vitale. Enjoy Early Christian and byzantine mosaics with the option to include a mosaic workshop.

Discover the beauty of Ravenna's history and art on a private walking tour. Visit the Church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the Neonian Baptistery, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, and more.

Explore the rich in history and gastronomy of Ravenna on this guided walking tour. Discover landmarks like San Vitale and engage your senses on a culinary journey through traditional cuisines.

Explore Ravenna's historic center with a private guide. See stunning UNESCO monuments and discover some of the best-preserved mosaics in the world.

Discover the culture, history, and beauty of Ravenna on this private guided walking tour. See highlights including its incredible mosaics, explore the San Appollinare Church, and more.

Discover the rich history of Ravenna on a private guided walking tour. Visit the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, and stroll past colorful mosaics with your guide.

On this 3-hour private guided tour of Ravenna, your expert guide will show you the most important treasures of the city. You'll explore some of its most famous sites and admire the stunning mosaics all around you. Marvel at the early Christian and Byzantine mosaics in the Basilica of San Vitale, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Battistero Neoniano, the Arcivescovile Museum and the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo. Walk along the streets of the old town and stop to explore the picturesque Piazza del Popolo and the Dante area, or 'Area of Silence'. In fact, the exiled Florentine Dante died in Ravenna on 13 September 1321.

Ravenna is known worldwide as the Capital of Mosaics. During this half-day tour you will discover why this medium-sized town has earned its nickname and popularity visiting some of its beautifully-preserved World Heritage sites. You will get a general idea of the most important historical periods that marked the history and architecture of the town, making Ravenna three times capital and, most importantly, you will discover the beauty of the unique mosaics, becoming familiar with the main iconography features of early Christian mosaics.

Ravenna boasts a very important artistic heritage, cultural richness and historical roots. A visit could not possibly exclude the discovery of its most important treasures. Literally, Ravenna is a place that must be seen piece by piece. And it could not be otherwise, given the amount of mosaics (famously made of tiles) that this locality preserves. With this activity, accompanied by a 100% local guide you will go around the city streets discovering all its important historical vicissitudes that mix distant eras, Empires, Barbarian poets and great stories of conquests and conspiracies. You won't have to think about anything as admission to major monuments such as the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, that to the Basilica of St. Apollinare Nuovo and others will already be booked for you. 3 hours is by no means enough to discover all the city and the card we booked for you gives you access to many other interesting places such as monuments and museums even after the tour.

You will be amazed by the stunning mosaics. Ravenna is a treasure trove which unveils eight UNESCO World Heritage monuments. You will appreciate the Ravennate atmosphere and feel to be part of the history. Visit of the byzantine Basilica of San Vitale, the roman Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo built by the king Theodoric, the Tomb of the major Italian poet Dante Alighieri. You will have the chance to step into a mosaic workshop, have a coffee break in a peaceful café and see the flooded crypt of the Basilica of Saint Francis. All with a local passionate and experienced tour guide.

Visit Ravenna, the city of mosaics, on a private guided tour. Discover the most important highlights, including the Basilica of San Vitale, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, and the Baptistery of Neon.

The guided tour of Ravenna will start from the church of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo of the VI century realized by the Theodoric King of Arian religion. The second stage will be the Dante area also called the "zone of silence" dedicated to the cult and memory of Dante Alighieri. The tour continues towards the Neonian Baptistery. After the baptistery it will be the turn of Palazzo Rasponi from the heads of the Ravenna family of "Rasponi". The tour concludes with the wonderful Basilica of San Vitale of the 6th century, testimony of the Roman-Byzantine empire reunified after the Aryan period. With an octagonal central plan, the church still preserves the splendid scenes of the Old Testament and the famous panels of the imperial couple Justinian and Theodora of the Eastern Roman Empire. Next to the Basilica of San Vitale we will visit the Mausoleum of the Roman Empress Galla Placidia of the 5th century, rich in unique mosaic decorations.

Discover one of the most incredible city in italy: Ravenna. During the tour you will be lead by an expert local guide, and you will see the great Byzantine mosaics, the famous Christian monuments and also the stunning Dante's tomb. This private tour includes transportation from your hotel or from the port to the city center to let you enjoy the tour without any stress. During the tour you will visit some of the outstanding local landmarks and the guide will tell the history of the locations and the city.

As a native of Ravenna, Silvia loves her city's rich history. Her studies at the Academy of Fine Art of Ravenna help her create tours that introduce visitors to Ravenna's art and mosaics.