Ravenna Guided Tour: Explore Beautiful Mosaics in the City of Paradise
4.9
45 Ratings
Ravenna
Il Papavero’s guides possess the flexibility to tailor the tour according to any requirement or client demographic, consistently ensuring a friendly environment and keeping the historical-art explanations light and engaging. You are in for a tour to remember!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo - This is the Ravenna basilica with the largest mosaic area of the early Christian era; here the ghost of the Gothic king Theoderic still lingers, who stopped here and wanted the palatine chapel
- Dante’s tomb and Quadrarco of Braccioforte - Of all the famous Italians in the world, perhaps the best known remains Dante Alighieri, who spent many years of his life here and here he composed Paradise, at the end of his Comedy, certainly inspired by the magnificent mosaics of Ravenna and its atmospheres a little noir.
- Mausoleo di Galla Placidia - It is the city treasure, which contains the early Christian mosaics in the most beautiful glass paste in the world
- Basilica di San Vitale - This octagonal temple of the sixth century is a true hymn to life, starting from its dedication to the Holy martyr Vitale. Its dome, object of study of the greatest architects of the world, from Brunelleschi to Palladio, from Antonio da Sangallo the Younger to Le Corbusier, makes pendant with the perhaps most famous mosaics of the city: those that represent the emperor Justinian and his wife Teodora, muse of many more or less contemporary artists, from Gustave Klimt to Karl Lagerfeld, from Christian Lacroix to many other masters of style and refinement.
What's Included
- Licensed guide
What's Not Included
- ENTRIES TO MONUMENTS
Location
Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Via di Roma
In the square in front of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo. Together with the guide you buy the tickets for the monuments and then you start the tour.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(45 Ratings)
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Y2384zeluisd
Mar 22, 2024
Everything is great - Great idea to hire this agency for a half-day guided tour of Ravenna.
Our guide Ciara, apart from being a great professional, gave us a very enjoyable and interesting tour in Spanish.
Thank you so much
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Alvaro175
Oct 29, 2023
Mosaics of Ravenna with Chiara: highly recommended - Chiara was our guide. She contributed greatly to our enjoyment of the tour by explaining with so much expertise the mosaics we were seeing. She knows a lot and she shows her knowledge in an entertaining manner. She is very kind. I recommend her with great enthusiasm
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Margarette_v
Sep 18, 2023
The mosaics brought tears to my eyes - Sabrina was the most well informed historical tour guide! The mosaics were breath taking, it brought tears to my eyes... the history was amazing. When sunny, more dramatic the colors. We'll request Sabrina when we return.
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Normajean_z
Sep 15, 2023
Very well done and interesting! - Excellent history lesson of Ravenna and mosaics. Informative and interesting and perfectly managed. Highly recommend Marco!
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Jessica_w
Sep 1, 2023
Lovely Town, Gorgeous Mosaics - Ravenna was a lovely town and a nice pace from the busy city we had come from. The mosaics are gorgeous. My 18 year old was thrilled to visit Dante's tomb. Our guide was great and she even gave great suggestions on how to spend the remainder of our day. Since it was just the 4 of us with the guide, we were able to move at our own pace. It was also a highlight to see someone working on a mosaic in their shop.
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667williamv
Jun 23, 2023
Informative and adaptable - Rosanna was an incredible guide. Her knowledge of history, art, geography and more was amazing and very helpful. But what made her so incredible is her willingness to adapt to our group. She showed us the important sites and explained them in terms we could all understand and find interesting. And then she took us to places and had us experience sites, smells and tastes that are uniquely Ravenna and ideal for what we wanted to see and do. I would not only recommend Rosanna as a guide, I would absolutely hire her again myself every time I visit Ravenna.
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Chuk79
Jun 23, 2023
Exceptional Tour - My wife and I were lucky enough to go on this tour yesterday. Our guide, Claudia, was amazing. Her knowledge and passion for the mosaics and Ravenna history was obvious. The mosaics themselves are exceptional, words truly don't do them justice. We'd recommend this tour to anyone. Thanks again to Claudia.
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Marla_f
Jun 17, 2023
A delightful adventure! - We had a wonderful time walking through Ravenna and seeing the beautiful mosaics and historical sights! Our guide, Sylvie, was kind, funny, and very knowledgeable! A delightful adventure!
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William_w
Jun 11, 2023
Amazing - Claudia and the mosaics was a great way to spend a morning in Ravenna. To anyone thinking about doing it, do it! Where else can you see 5th and 6th century art?
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392janined
May 14, 2023
EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE - personal tour with Sylvia was absolutely wonderful! we learned and saw so much that we never would have noticed or been able to learn on our own!
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