A bespoke 3-hour private walking tour through Ravenna's glittering UNESCO World Heritage mosaics — Basilica di San Vitale, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, and Sant'Apollinare Nuovo — guided by a vetted local expert at your own pace.
What to expect
Your guide meets you at the port or your hotel and leads you on foot through Ravenna's old centre, pausing at the Basilica di San Vitale to decode the imperial court mosaics of Justinian and Theodora. Inside the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, you experience the oldest surviving intact mosaic cycle in the world — the star-encrusted cobalt ceiling is genuinely jaw-dropping in person. The tour threads through Sant'Apollinare Nuovo's processional nave and, if time allows, the Neonian Baptistery, before finishing at Dante's Tomb. Throughout, your expert contextualises 1,500 years of Byzantine art history with relaxed, unhurried conversation.
Good to know
Book well in advance for summer sailings — private guides fill quickly. Confirm your all-aboard time with the ship and allow 30 minutes' return transfer from the old town. Pre-book UNESCO combo admission through your guide to skip ticket queues entirely.
Sail there
Luxury cruises that call at Ravenna — book through us, the fare is identical and your concierge stays on your side.
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