Cheap Flights to Ravenna

Located in northeastern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, Ravenna is often called the mosaic city owing to its marvelous ancient era mosaics used widely in edifices. It is a city with as many as 8 World Heritage Sites tagged by UNESCO. The city near Adriatic coast is easily accessible from popular Italian tourist destinations including Ferrara, Bologna. In the past, it served as the Italian capital thrice since its inception.

To reach Ravenna, you have to use the airport adjacent to Forli. Another alternative is using the Bologna airport for cheap flights to Ravenna, located 80 km from the city.

Those who prefer walking and exploring places they visit will like Ravenna a lot. This is because it is a prime shopping destination. However, you can also tour the city with red double-decker buses available during the months of April to October.

The UNESCO heritage sites in the city witness millions of visitors across the year. Eight churches and monuments in Ravenna have got this prestigious tag. The mausoleum Mausoleo di Galla Placidia with its breathtaking interiors remains a major tourist draw. Decorated with amazing mosaic work, Battistero degli Ortodossi is a baptistery which happens to be the oldest of all Ravenna's monuments. Other notable edifices in the city include the basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Basilica di San Vitale, Chapel of Sant'Andrea and the tomb Mausoleo di Teodorico.

There are a number of museums in Ravenna including the National Museum and Municipal Art Museum. However, the most popular among them is unarguably the Dante museum. Legendary poet Dante Alighieri, the creator of Divine Comedy, stayed in Ravenna after being exiled from Florence till his demise. The Dante Tomb made in 1780, with its amazing mosaic floor, remains a major crowd puller. The amazing mosaic artworks in many of its edifices and cultural events held to commemorate its heritage allure tourists and the cheap flights to Ravenna serve as icing on the cake.

There are some lavish accommodation options for tourists with deeper pockets in Ravenna. You can also find a palace turned hotel in the city. For budget hotels in Ravenna, you need to look around the historic center in the city.