Ravenna, ItalyPrivate Shore Excursions & Day Tours

Cruise ships dock at Porto Corsini, the commercial port located approximately 15 kilometers east of Ravenna's historic center on the Adriatic coast. The port area is industrial with limited facilities for walk-off passengers. Your Private Shore Trips guide will be waiting at the pier with a name sign and private vehicle, ready to drive you directly into Ravenna or to begin a transfer to Venice or Bologna. The drive from Porto Corsini to Ravenna's historic center takes approximately 20 minutes.

Ravenna has eight early Christian monuments designated as a single UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. All eight were built in the 5th and 6th centuries and are renowned for their Byzantine mosaics - the finest surviving examples of early Christian mosaic art in the world. The eight sites are: the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Orthodox Baptistery, the Arian Baptistery, the Archiepiscopal Chapel, the Mausoleum of Theodoric, the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, the Basilica of San Vitale, and the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe. Most guided visits cover four to five of the eight sites in a half-day tour.

The Ravenna Mosaics and Faenza Ceramics tour is a full 8-hour day combining the UNESCO mosaic sites in Ravenna with a visit to the neighboring town of Faenza - the city that gave its name to faience pottery, the tin-glazed earthenware tradition used across Europe. In Faenza you visit a working ceramics workshop, the International Museum of Ceramics - one of the largest decorative arts museums in Italy - and the artisan shops of the old town. The combination gives you two completely distinct aspects of the Emilia-Romagna craft tradition in a single full port day.

We offer private transfers in both directions between the Ravenna cruise port (Porto Corsini) and Venice - to either Marco Polo Airport (VCE) or your Venice hotel. The drive takes approximately 2 hours by private vehicle. Your driver meets you at the pier as you disembark and handles all luggage. For Venice hotel drop-offs, the transfer includes delivery to Piazzale Roma, from where a private water taxi takes you through the Grand Canal to your hotel's nearest landing stage. The water taxi fare is included in the hotel transfer price.

Yes - Bologna is approximately 75 kilometers southwest of Ravenna cruise port, about 1 hour by private vehicle. We offer a Highlights of Bologna shore excursion from Ravenna covering the medieval porticoed streets, the Two Towers, the Basilica of San Petronio, and the University of Bologna - the oldest university in the world, founded in 1088. We also offer a direct transfer from Ravenna cruise port to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) for passengers flying home directly after their cruise.

Our back-to-ship guarantee means that if an unforeseen delay during your private Ravenna shore excursion prevents you from returning to Porto Corsini before your ship departs, we will arrange and cover the cost of transportation to your next port of call. This guarantee applies to all Ravenna shore excursions and transfers booked through us. Your tour must be scheduled to return 1.5 hours before the ship departs.