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Walking Tours in Ravenna Splendours of the East

By Serena Zecchini Guida Turistica Ravenna
Free cancellation available
Price is $247 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

We will visit together the majestic monuments of Ravenna, admiring the glittering mosaic tiles, of incomparable beauty. Art, history and culture, during an exclusive private tour.
We will start the tour in front of the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, where we will look for some “surprises” in the splendid wall mosaics, in a blaze of glittering golden tiles. After a stop in the Dante area, we will visit the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, a small jewel of the fifth century, then the Basilica of San Vitale, built in the sixth century, where we can compare the artistic evolution that has taken place over the course of a century. It will then be a pleasant walk through the streets of the city center, during which we will peek at the windows of the mosaic workshops that still make their works according to the ancient technique.
My name is Serena Zecchini, Ravenna Tour Guide since 2013, graduated with honors from the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.

Activity location

  • Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
    • Via di Roma 52,
    • 48121, Ravenna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
    • 53 Via di Roma
    • 48121, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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Walking Tours in Ravenna Splendours of the East
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Starting time: 4:00pm
Price details
$232.56 x 1 Adult$232.56
Paid at activity$14.53

Total
Price is $247.09

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided tour service
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance tickets to monuments

Know before you book

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

Activity itinerary

Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket not included
We will start our tour in front of the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, the palatine church of King Theoderic, built at the beginning of the sixth century for Aryan worship. Here we will look for some “surprises” hidden in the splendid wall mosaics along the aisles, in a blaze of glittering golden tiles.
Dante's tomb and Quadrarco of Braccioforte
  • 30m
On the way we will stop in front of the tomb of the Supreme Poet to pay a fitting tribute to him.
Piazza del Popolo
  • 20m
We will then move to the nearby Piazza del Popolo, the heart of the city, with the palaces of the governments that have followed over the centuries. We will stop in Piazza Andrea Costa to tell the story of the ancient Fish Point of Sale that took place here, thanks to a guild considered, DA many scholars, the oldest in Europe.
Mausoleo di Galla Placidia
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
We will visit the splendid Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, a small jewel of the fifth century, with a simple exterior but with a mosaic interior decoration, really sumptuous.
Basilica di San Vitale
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket not included
We will then go to the adjacent Basilica of San Vitale, built during the sixth century, where we can compare the artistic evolution that has taken place over the course of a century. We will admire the presbytery area completely covered with mosaic surface, pausing on the two famous panels depicting the Eastern Emperor Justinian the Great and his wife, Empress Theodora. It will then be a pleasant walk through the streets of the city center, during which we will peek at the windows of the mosaic workshops that still make their works according to the ancient technique.

Location

Activity location

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    Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
    • Via di Roma 52,
    • 48121, Ravenna, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
    • 53 Via di Roma
    • 48121, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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