Ravenna UNESCO Heritage Mosaics 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.

Meeting Point

Basilica of San Vitale

Via San Vitale, 17, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy

At the entrance.
On request we can agree a different location to start (i.e. your hotel or train station) and to end the tour.

What's included:

• Local guide
• Professional guide
• Professional art historian guide

Not included:

• Food and drinks
• Tickets: 12.50 euros per person, 2 euros for children from 6 to 10 years old, free under 6 years old

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Basilica di San Vitale

Via San Vitale 17, , Ravenna, 48121

I will introduce you to the Byzantine art and history showing and describing you the amazing mosaics of the basilica.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Mausoleo di Galla Placidia

Via San Vitale, Ravenna, 48121

I will introduce you to the Roman period in Ravenna and you will be completely merged into the mosaics being inspired by the starry sky as Cole Porter who then wrote his famous song Night and Day.
Walking in the city center from one monument to the other.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Basilica di San Francesco

Ravenna Piazza San Francesco 1, Ravenna, 48121

I will show you the suggestive flooded crypt of the church.
Walking in the city center from one monument to the other.

20 minutes

Dante's tomb and Quadrarco of Braccioforte

Via Dante Alighieri 9, , Ravenna, 48121

I will tell you the story of our great poet Dante Alighieri in Ravenna and all the vicissitudes of his bones in the past centuries.

20 minutes

Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

Via di Roma 53, , Ravenna, 48020

You will discover the Arianism and the chapel of the palace of Theodoric, the King of Ostrogoth, and be amazed by the golden atmosphere of the basilica.
Walking in the city center from one monument to the other.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Piazza del Popolo

Piazza del Popolo, Ravenna, 48121

We will pass through the main square having the chance to see the Town Hall and the Venitian columns with the statues of the patrons of the city.

10 minutes

Civic Tower

Via Ponte Marino 2, Ravenna, 48121

You will see the medieval leaning tower due to the sinking of the ground.

10 minutes