Tour of Four UNESCO Sites in Ravenna

Duration

3 hours

Languages

English, Italian

Guests

2-30

Discover the eternal beauty of the mosaics and UNESCO monuments of Ravenna with an expert guide.

Highlights:

Visit some of Ravenna's most famous monuments with an expert guide
Admire 4 UNESCO sites of rare beauty
Discover the art of mosaics inside the city's most ancient religious buildings

Includes:

Local guide
Headsets (to hear the guide)
Entrance ticket

Not Included:

Pick up and Drop off
Personal Expenses
Food and Drink
Entrance tickets to The Archbishops Museum

Please note: this tour starts from the meeting point. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start. Radio guides are included in the price. You can use your personal earphones during the visit, otherwise, disposable ones will be provided. Number of participants: maximum 30 people. The tour will be confirmed with a minimum number of participants. If the minimum is not reached, you will be offered an alternative date for the visit or a full refund. Due to the limited entrance to the sites, the order of the monuments visited may vary. The Archbishops Museum is not included in the tour. If you want the visit it, it will be possible for you to enter with the ticket included, but only at the end of the tour when the guide will accompany you to the entrance. In case you want to access at another time you will have to buy the inclusive ticket again.

Visit some of the wonders of the city on a tour that starts from Piazza San Francesco and winds through the streets of the historic center to reach 4 of 8 World Heritage Sites including the Basilica of San Vitale, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia.

The 6th-century Basilica of San Vitale is one of the most important monuments of early Christian art in Italy. As you enter the basilica, your gaze will be captured by the high spaces, the large frescoed dome, the beautiful mosaic decorations of the apse and the extraordinary representation of the imperial couple of Byzantium: Justinian and Theodora, with their corteges.

The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, once a palatine church for Arian worship, allows visitors to retrace the evolution of Byzantine wall mosaics from the Theodoric age to the Justinian period. Admire the 26 Christological scenes that make up the largest monumental cycle of the New Testament.

The Mausoleum was built at the behest of Galla Placidia, who ruled the Western Roman Empire. This small mausoleum, externally is very simple, while inside it presents a rich mosaic decoration.