Ravenna Walking Tour

Free Ravenna Walking Tour with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided Ravenna walking tour with audio narration. Use it to explore Basilica of San Vitale, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, plus hidden gems like Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra and Classe Archaeological Park without booking a group tour.

This Ravenna walking tour is built for travelers searching for a self-guided audio guide, a free walking route, or the Roamee app for Ravenna. Start with Basilica of San Vitale and Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, then branch into local context, photo spots, and neighborhood stories as you walk.

• •Basilica of San Vitale — a 6th-century octagonal church with some of the finest surviving Byzantine mosaics in Western Europe, including the famous portraits of Justinian and Theodora
• •Mausoleum of Galla Placidia — a tiny 5th-century mausoleum containing the oldest and best-preserved mosaics in Ravenna, with a deep blue starry ceiling that glows in dim light
• •Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo — a 6th-century basilica with two long mosaic processions along the nave walls, depicting 26 martyrs and 22 virgins in gold-backed splendor
• •Dante's Tomb — a small neoclassical temple housing Dante Alighieri's remains since 1321, after Florence exiled the poet who wrote the Divine Comedy here in Ravenna
• •Baptistery of the Arians — a 5th-century Arian baptistery with a striking ceiling mosaic of Christ's baptism, a rare surviving monument of Ostrogothic Arian Christianity

• •Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra — a recently discovered underground Roman villa with stunning geometric floor mosaics, beneath a modern church
• •Classe Archaeological Park — the ancient Roman port area south of the city with the basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe and ongoing excavations