Discover Ravenna

Ravenna is the capital of a province of Emilia Romagna, and is located in south-eastern region of Italy just kilometers from the Adriatic coast and near Rimini. The city, has about 160,000 inhabitants, is the most populated of the Romagna region.

Ravenna is a very attractive destination from a seaside tourism point of view: the province extends accross five beaches (Marina di Ravenna, Punta Marina Terme, Marina Romea, Porto Corsini and Lido Adriano) at which you can also experience the famous movida Romagna.

The city is an important destination for cultural tourism. Between the fifth and the eighth century, Ravenna was in fact three times a capital city, first of of the Western Roman Empire , then the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths and then of the Byzantines. The city has many works of art dating from those periods, in particular, it is considered the city of mosaics.

The Ravenna mosaics are important art works; in 1996 UNESCO declared World Heritage sites eight religious buildings dating from the early Christian and Byzantine periods: the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Neonian, the Arian Baptistry, the Basilica of St. Apollinaris Nuovo, the Mausoleum of Theodoric, the Chapel of Sant'Andrea, the Basilica of San Vitale and the Basilica of San'Apollinare Class. To visit in Ravenna is also the tomb of Dante Alighieri, who spent the last years of his life, who died in 1321.

The city can be visited thanks to many hotel special offers from by HotelsClick, it is culturally very much alive, as reflected in the various events that take place every year (like the Ravenna Festival and the Ravenna Jazz event) and the different exhibitions organized in the area (an example is Tamo a mosaic art permanent exhibition).

Hotel special offers in Ravenna:
Park Hotel Marina di Ravenna 3 star hotel.
Hotel Continental Ravenna 3 star hotel