Off the Beaten Path in Ravenna

Free Off the Beaten Path in Ravenna with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided off-the-beaten-path walking tour route in Ravenna. The audio walking tour can include stops such as 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, plus hidden gems like Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra — a recently discovered underground Roman villa with stunning geometric floor mosaics, beneath a modern church and Classe Archaeological Park — the ancient Roman port area south of the city with the basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe and ongoing excavations.

Use this page as a starting point for a Ravenna walking tour, a free self-guided route, or the Roamee app for Ravenna. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •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