Private Walking Tour: Discover Ravenna's Stunning Mosaics
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Ravenna, Italy
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the masterpieces of Ravenna during this in-depth and informative walking tour. You’ll get a comprehensive introduction to the UNESCO-World Heritage site, renowned for its ancient monuments and golden mosaics. Learn where Dante penned his famous Inferno and pay your respects to Italy’s beloved poet with a visit to his 14th-century tomb. Your guide will lead you through scenic town quarters as you’re entertained with history-filled legends.
- An in-depth, history-filled walking tour of Ravenna’s main sights
- Learn where Dante wrote Italy’s most famous poem while in exile
- Get a first-hand peek at the town’s stunning, World Heritage-listed gold mosaics
- Visit a 5th-century monument, a Byzantine church, and picturesque town lanes
What's Included
- Private tour
- entrance ticket to the UNESCO monuments
Meeting and Pickup
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End point
- Archiepiscopal Museum, RavennaP.za Arcivescovado, 1, 48121 Ravenna RA, Italy
Itinerary
1
Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Basilica di San Francesco
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Dante's tomb and Quadrarco of Braccioforte
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Piazza del Popolo
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Mausoleo di Galla Placidia
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Basilica of San Vital
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
7
Battistero Neoniano (Battistero degli Ortodossi)
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
8
Archiepiscopal Museum
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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keith_w, Aug 2023
Elisa, our tour guide, was equally pleasant, knowledgeable, charming and enthusiastic about the history of Ravenna.
She took her time and helped us thoroughly explore each of the sites visited. Through her explanations, we were able to form an understanding of how each building was constructed and updated throughout the ages.
The architecture, mosaics and beauty of Ravenna was brought to life.
If visiting Ravenna, we'd strongly recommend this tour. And we hope you'd be fortunate enough to have Elisa as your guide.
mksander, Jun 2023
Elisa was an excellent guide. She was very friendly and knowledgeable about the history of the area. We learned so much about the mosaics from her. Would highly recommend the tour.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you for your nice review! I am happy to know that you enjoyed the tour.
Robert_F, Mar 2023
Elisa was a great guide through Ravenna’s mosaics and history. She paced things perfectly and was a ocean of information about the city and its art, people, culture.
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you Robert! I'm so happy that you enjoyed the tour.
Peter_W, Oct 2021
I had wanted to see these mosaics since I studied them at school 48 years ago, and I was not disappointed. Elisa Cornacchia, my guide, spoke excellent English, knew her subject well and communicated it in an interesting manner. Highly recommended.
Response from Host, Oct 2021
Thank you so much Peter for your nice review. It was really good to meet you!
Mark_D, Oct 2019
Thanks to Elisa, we had a very informative tour of the beautiful mosaics in Ravenna. Not only knowledgeable of the mosaics, but helped us with places to eat and visit. Very much appreciated the extra effort.
Edgar S, May 2019
Elisa, our guide was fluent in English, very knowledgeable regarding Ravenna, art and history. We have had other guides, other places, but she is Exceptional, probably the best we have ever had. The tour is well planned. The mosaics really are stunning..it was a 40 years life dream to see Ravenna and we finally did! Elisa went the extra mile to help us, meeting us and with other questions we had. Thank you, Elisa!
Carol_L, Apr 2019
I absolutely loved my tour of the beautiful Ravenna. Elisa was the ultimate professional. Her knowledge was quite extensive and her love for her hometown was evident. I saw stunning array of sites, one more beautiful than the next. The stories about Dante were so interesting!
Thank you so much, Elisa, for a wonderful day.
David G, Feb 2018
Really great tour. Would suggest it to anyone visiting Ravenna. Elisa the tour guide really knows her stuff. The mosaics themselves are amazing.
The advantage of a guide was she was able to point out details to show how they had been changed over the years and explain the different symbols
Francis C, Dec 2017
We had a wonderful half day exploring the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna with Elisa, our local tour guide. She met us at the train station, and it was a short walk to the first of 4-5 sites with well preserved mosaics. They were spectacularly well preserved, and Elisa did a great job explaining the history or Ravenna, the different periods when the mosaics were done, and the explanation of many of the Christian symbols that most of us do not understand today. Well worth the effort to get to Ravenna for this tour.
gnapfam, Nov 2017
It was what I wanted in Ravenna. We had a wonderful tour guide and Highly recommend her. The mosaics were beautiful and showed Christian ordinances from early Christianity that have been changed by man.
Mark E, Oct 2017
This tour was truly eye-opening. Our guide,Elisa, was able to bring the multi-layered history of the art and architecture to life. She made its symbolic content clear to our untutored eyes, patiently explaining the larger meaning of these mosaic masterpieces. I will not soon forget this experience.
Edward P, Jan 2017
An excellent tour conducted by a very well informed, native guide from Ravenna. We have travelled extensively and would recommend this tour to any others contemplating a visit to Ravenna.
Ed and Nancy P.
Marc_M, Jul 2021
Le professionnalisme et la sympathie de notre guide qui nous a transmis sa passion pour sa ville et ses merveilles
Response from Host, Aug 2021
Merci Marc! J'ai été vraiment contente de voir votre enthousiasme pendant la visite!
Emanuela E, Apr 2018
Consiglio vivamente questo tour.
Guida molto simpatica e competente, che vi aiuterà a scoprire le meraviglie ed i mosaici di Ravenna.
La città di Ravenna è veramente un gioiellino, da visitare assolutamente.
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