Art tour of Ravenna and its mosaics (private tour) | 5 hours to 6 hours

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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, Italian
  • a single Unesco Heritage Ticket
  • Private transportation

Overview

Ravenna: a treasure of the Mediterranean: A hidden world of mosaics and underground crypts, the absolute pearl of art of Emilia Romagna region. Several populations estabilished on the sandy Adriatic coast. This endless territory of marsh, wetlands, lagoons, swamps, despite being partially unhealthy, turned out to be the perfect shelter for a craddle of civilization. The pines of the coast started to be exploited by romans to build their undefeatable fleet. Our tour will be as rich in detail and complete as possible, in order to let you dive into this golden age, and let you travel back in time with your mind and your senses.

Meeting points

Stazione ferroviaria di Ravenna

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Basilica di San Vitale

    We will begin the visit with the church of San Vitale and its mosaics. This is not just the most important byzantine monument in the World, and dut to that a milestone of Unesco heritage, it is a mystic trip as well. It is a trip into the early middle age, and accross a huge book of mosaics and little gems.

    35 minutes

  • Battistero Neoniano (Battistero degli Ortodossi)

    Another Byzantine pearl, and Unesco site, it is famous for its mixture of marbles, mosaics, and sculptures; a unique ensemble of late Roman, Roman, Persian, Greek, and barbarian art.

    30 minutes

  • Basilica di San Francesco

    Incredible the surprise, welcoming us, after this full immersion into the mosaic tiles, precious stones covered with glass paste and bright colors, set in the millenary red clay bricks: an underground crypt, subject to flooding due to the subsidence of the soil (a structure that reminds us to the Basilica Cistern of Istambul).

    25 minutes

  • Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo

    a Unesco Heritagem a grat temple of early Christian age, full of mosaics, and art masterpieces.

    35 minutes

  • Archiepiscopal Museum

    Visit to this great Museum, its huge collection of Roman, Byzantine, Barbarian and early middle ages manufacts, moreover an ark consisting of a wooden armor completely covered with finely carved ivory, represents one of the most precious artistic testimonies of the ancient world.

    30 minutes

  • Mausoleo di Galla Placidia

    our last Unesco site of this great tour, a tomb of the sister of the Byzantine Emperor Onorio. The light filters accross the alabaster glasses, the golden atmosphere spread out all around the inner walls and domes. The ellenistic, the greek, and the persian iconographies tell a story dating many thousands years ago, when the Mediterranean Sea was a unique closed and interconnected basin, and a craddle of several wealthy civilizations.

    30 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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April 27100% refund
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A Fantastic Guide

Published on Oct, 2024

Ricardo is an excellent guide and a fount of information and historical context. He showed us things we would have never found on our own and was so gracious and attentive with our questions and comments. The mosaics of Ravenna are a wonder. The mosaics of Ravenna with Ricardo are spectacular! Thank you Ricardo.

Fantastic Byzantine mosaic history tour

Published on Aug, 2024

I learned so much about the Byzantine mosaics on this tour and the mosaics are amazing to look at. Riccardo certainly knew the history.

Great guide

Published on Mar, 2024

Our guide was very prepared and very interesting. We had an overwhelming load of information visually as well as verbally.

Great tour of Ravenna

Published on Jan, 2023

The incredible mosaics and the knowledge of the guide This tour encompassed most of the major sites in Ravenna

Art tour of Ravenna

Published on Mar, 2022

Riccardo is an excellent tour guide! He is knowledgeable and passionate about the local history and really enjoys sharing it with others. The mosaics in Ravenna are superb - a hidden gem! Riccardo was very generous with his time and easily accommodated last minute changes (including crazy traffic!). Highly recommend taking his Ravenna tour and any of the Bologna tours Riccardo offers! Wish I planned more time in Bologna, really enjoyed the day with Riccardo as a guide, he’s great!

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