Ravenna Mosaics and Art - Half day private guided tour

Even a half-day visit is sufficient to experience the highlights of the remarkable city of Ravenna. Explore the Early-Christian and Byzantine mosaics from the 5th and 6th centuries, and you’ll be captivated!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Basilica di San Vitale - The most important Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna
  • Mausoleo di Galla Placidia - The oldest mosaics
  • Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo - Stunning mosaics
What's Included
  • Professional guide
What's Not Included
  • admission fee
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Ravenna
Basilica San Vitale Ticket Office Via Giuliano Argentario 22
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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John_s
Apr 27, 2025
Thank you Cynzia for a wonderful experience of Ravenna! - The mosaics of Ravenna are truly stunning to see, but the experience is better if you understand their historical and cultural background. I was lucky to have Cynzia as a guide as she had studied art history and lived her life in Ravenna and had been doing tours of her city for over twenty years. She was passionate about her work, knowledgeable and highly personable. One of the best tours I have ever done.
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Gardeniakx
Dec 29, 2024
Wonder - Cinzia was really wonderful: kind and competent makes you enter with pleasure into the history and beauty of Ravenna. Time with her flew by. Thanks to Cinzia our holiday has become even more beautiful!
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_hanscvarney
Oct 31, 2024
Ravenna art and culture - Cynzia was extremely knowledgeable about ravenna, it's history and art, and happy to answer any questions we had. She also gave us insights into ravenna culture and food.
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Anita_f
Oct 16, 2024
Exceptional Tour of Ravenna - Cinzia’s wonderful description and history of Ravenna. It brought the museums to life Cinzia is an exceptional guide. I learned so much during the tour. She is personable and clearly loves her work and Ravenna.
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785serenellaf
May 5, 2024
Bewitching! - Organized family visit: grandparents, children and grandchildren. Cinzia accompanied us to discover Ravenna in a sublime way, to say the least. Attentive to the various needs of the group, very well prepared. The calm and sweet tone of voice practically had us hooked. Without a shadow of a doubt, Cinzia is a guide that I would recommend with my eyes closed!
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Shenzencowboy
Oct 13, 2023
A wonderful tour guide. - The Tourist Centre in Ravenna organised a wonderful two hour tour of the mosaics for us over the phone from our hotel in Bologna. They were amazingly helpful and flexible including delaying a tour because of a cancelled train etc. I can say without doubt that our tour guide Manuela Farnetti was the best I’ve ever encountered. She was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and gave us great insight into Italian culture as well as the mosaics. Her English is excellent and tour was well worth the money. I’ve travelled a lot and the knowledge and enthusiasm Manuela brought to the tour was wonderful. I highly recommend her tours and would like to thank the tourist board for organising her and being so flexible.
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Dorothy_h
Sep 16, 2023
Excellent walking tour of Ravenna mosaics - Excellent guide who brought the mosaics to life! Highly recommend for those wanting a short tour and learning the history behind the mosaics in Ravenna
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Bridget_k
Jun 9, 2023
Super! - We had a wonderful time and truly enjoyed this tour!!!♥️♥️ Lots of information and perfect length of time
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David_t
Mar 5, 2023
Great! - Cynthia was an extremely knowledgable guide who gave us a thoroughly enjoyable and informative tour.
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Cherie
Dec 13, 2019
Enlightening - Cinzia offered us a knowledgeable and highly engaging introduction to Ravenna Mosaics, Art and history. Her manner is relaxed and interesting and we felt at the end of our tour that we had learnt much about significant historic aspects of Ravenna. In addition to our tour we had a morning tasting at Casa Spadoni and a brief tour of Albergo Cappello before finishing our tour with a tasting in the elegant dining room of the hotel. Cinzia has a lovely balance of openness and a contagious enthusiasm for her subject matter and we would highly recommend this tour as an essential insight into this very special town in Italy's history.
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From $208 (Per Group)
up to 10 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).