1st Day – RAVENNA / BAGNACAVALLO / COMACCHIO / RAVENNA

From Ravenna to Bagnacavallo, medieval village with long porticos and several elegant palaces. Visit to marrsh plants Ecomuseum with over 2,000 artifacts that narrate the relationship between man and the wetlands of the valley. Free lunch. Continue to Comacchio, called the Little Venice as built by the  union of 13 small islands at the Po delta: we will see the Trepponti architectural complex, a symbol of Comacchio, consisting of five impressive staircases, the Bridge of the cops and the load of the Roman Ship Museum. Possibility to make a boat trip in
Comacchio Valleys to see the old fishing stations. Return to Ravenna, dinner and overnight.

 

2nd Day – RAVENNA / MESOLA / POMPOSA / RAVENNA

Departure to Mesola, always on the Po Delta, between Veneto and Emilia Romagna border. Small town of Renaissance origin dominated by the Castello Estense, a building between a fortress and a luxury mansion with its four towers with battlements and large windows, inside which there is the Deer Museum. Near Mesola there is also Torre Abate, an ancient sea port, which later became dewatering. Free lunch. Then proceed to Pomposa, place, mentioned by Dante in the Paradise, but especially where Dante in its vicinity, took malaria that later led him to death. Visit to the Abbey that consists of the Church of Santa Maria with its bell tower, the chapter house, the refectory, the "Hall of Stilate and dormitory, today Pomposiano Museum. Return to Ravenna, dinner and overnight.

 

3° giorno – RAVENNA

Ravenna, the city where Dante, finding asylum at the court of Guido Novello da Polenta, spent the last years of his life. Visit to the Mausoleum of Galla Placida, the Christian funerary monument of rare beauty, the S. Vitale Basilica, masterpiece of early Christian and Byzantine art, the basilica of St. Apollinaris Nuovo, born as a place of worship Aryan, and later consecrated to St. Martin Tours, the Palace of the Da Polenta and the house Francesca. Free lunch. Dinner and overnight.

 

4th Day – RAVENNA

In the morning visit to the Tomb of Dante, to Quadrarco of Braccioforte where in 1865 were found the remains of Dante and the Basilica of St. Francis where his funeral was held. According to the departure time, free time for shopping.

 

 

Price per person starting from  € 330,00

 

Prices per person based on groups of 25 participants on half-board basis and cost guides included.

Transportation, entrance fees to places visited, drink excluded.

 

Tours will be made with a minimum of 08 participants