In this city Dante Alighieri is buried and there are a lot of important cultural events in his memory.
Besides its mosaics located in the basilica and baptisteries that date back to the fifth and sixth centuries, the city offers evidences of its part from the "Domus dei tappeti di pietra" to the wide Roman port of Classe. These are recent archaelogy discoveries.
There are museums, among them, MAR with temporary exhibitions besides the permanent collections, the national museum of Ravenna that displays different collections such as the archeological finds of Roman and Byzantine period, the archiepiscopal museum, the Dante museum and the Risorgimento museum.
There are a lot of musical events: Ravenna Festival and Opera House (Alighieri theatre) during summer.
Very close to the seaside, Ravenna offers a rich variety of stay and holiday of true relax with the possibility of visiting amusement parks among them, the theme park of Mirabilandia.
There are a lot of bicycle paths that permit to get any place in the city, the Teodorico park, the Planetarium, the Garden of the Forgotten Herbs or the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe.
For the nature and trip lovers nothing can be more exciting than a stop in the oasis of Punta Alberete, among flooded forests, shelter for rare species of birds or a visit to the NatuRa Museum of Sant'Alberto, placed on the border with the valleys.