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Overview

This is a 5 hours private walking tour that includes all the major monuments and attractions of Ravenna, our professional tour guide will lead you to discover all the beauties of this charming town. Since this is a private tour, we encourage our clients to share their interests and desires in order to personalize the itinerary as much as possible. Being a walking tour will be sure to wear comfortable shoes and clothes.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

The guide will wait for outside the train station of Ravenna

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Italian-GUIDE

French-GUIDE

Spanish-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and later (6th–8th century) of Ostrogothic and Byzantine Italy. As the capital city of the Western Roman Empire for 250 years and a major port of entry for the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire, Ravenna reflects in its art and architecture a fusion of Roman architectural forms with Byzantine mosaics and other decoration.
Duration: 20 mins
2. Dante's Tomb
Whoever visits Ravenna fall in love for this charming town, even the Great Poet Dante Alighieri was impressed by Ravenna and spent here the last period of his life, in serene and undisturbed quiet, here he finished his major masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, and here you can visit his tomb.
Duration: 20 mins
3. Basilica di San Vitale
Ravenna is the only place is Italy where you can admire the Byzantine art and architecture, the highest expression of it is the Church of San Vitale, this octagonal church is built of marble and capped by a lofty terra-cotta dome, again here you will find exceptional mosaics depicting the Old and New Testament.
Duration: 30 mins
4. Mausoleo di Galla Placidia
is the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, this is the oldest building in Ravenna being built in the 5th century, the entire upper surface of the mausoleum’s interior is covered with mosaics on a blue ground
Duration: 15 mins
5. Battistero Neoniano (Battistero degli Ortodossi)
You will visit the most ancient monument remaining in the city, a Roman religious building.
Duration: 20 mins
6. Mausoleo di Teodorico
Reach the Mausoleum by taxi or bus with the tour guide. The Mausoleum was built by Theoderic in 520 AD, as his burial place. Entirely made of Istrian stone, its structure is divided into two decagonal orders placed one on top of the other.
Duration: 15 mins
7. Piazza del Popolo
Have a relaxing walk in the city center
Duration: 10 mins
8. Archiepiscopal Museum
Stop in the museum and see relics of early Christian Ravenna, such as the fragments of mosaic from the first cathedral church, and the chapel of Sant'Andrea.
Duration: 20 mins

Inclusion

Private tour

Admission tickets

Exclusion

Pick up/ drop off

Taxi or bus fee

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

  • 0% refund if cancelled 0+ days before the start date

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Supplied by Orange Umbrella Tours

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