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The best shopping in Ravenna isn't in the malls — it's on the streets. From vintage stores to artisan workshops, spots like Basilica of San Vitale and Mausoleum of Galla Placidia are scattered through neighborhoods that reward the curious walker. Wander further and you'll stumble on Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra — the kind of find you can't replicate online.
Ravenna is Italy's mosaic capital, where eight UNESCO-listed early Christian monuments house the finest Byzantine mosaics outside Istanbul, glittering in gold and blue across domed ceilings.
Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free self-guided shopping 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.
Visitors explore Ravenna for art and history, but every walking route ends up passing through Basilica of San Vitale and Mausoleum of Galla Placidia and neighborhood markets that tell their own story about the city. Don't overlook Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra — it reflects what the people of Ravenna actually buy, make, and value.
Buy the combined ticket for all UNESCO mosaic sites — the monuments are spread across the compact center and easily walkable in a day.
April through June and September through October offer pleasant walking weather, with the Ravenna Festival in June and July adding world-class music performances.
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