Travelling Ravenna In Pictures

12/05/2016 Off By Emma Gray

Travelling Ravenna – A Visual Discovery

Whilst staying in Rimini in July as part of the amazing Blogville project, I took some time to visit some different places within the Emilia Romagna region. Ravenna is famously known for it’s stunning mosaics and together with some other bloggers we headed to Ravenna to see the mosaics and explore the city itself. So here’s a few photos of some of the beautiful places I came across whilst travelling Ravenna… 

The Basilica of Sant'Apolinare Nuovo
The Basilica of Sant’Apolinare Nuovo – a UNESCO world heritage site from 6th century
Simple, striking architecture
Simple, striking architecture
La Basilica di San Francesco
La Basilica di San Francesco

In the middle of the afternoon on a scorching summer day the streets of Ravenna were quiet and peaceful. 

Streets of Ravenna
Streets of Ravenna

The beautiful porticos reminded me of Bologna, a city that I simple adore. Porticos are a fabulously Italian architectural feature that I love. 

Ravenna porticos
Ravenna portico 
Gradiose arch in Ravenna
Gradiose arch in Ravenna 
Church in Ravenna
Church in Ravenna

Inside the Arian Baptistry are some of the beautifully intricate mosaics that Ravenna is so famous for. The pictures really don’t do them justice as, in reality, they’re bright and colourful and the gold mosaic tiles shimmer beautifully. 

Arian Baptistry
Arian Baptistry 
Ravenna mosaics inside Arian Baptistry
Ravenna mosaics inside Arian Baptistry

Emma shares all of her travel adventures, tips and advice on her two websites Emma’s Travel Tales and Emma On Board, as well as writing for a number of other online publications. She has also partnered with many large companies and tourism boards around the world. She’s busy making memories around the world…