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I often wonder why more folks don’t visit Ravenna. Oh, yeah, it’s in Italy, for those of you who’ve never heard of it.

Ravenna’s Christian and Byzantine religious buildings have been acknowledged as a world heritage site by UNESCO, and those walls are covered with the world’s richest heritage of mosaics dating from the 5th and 6th centuries. The mosaics are truly spectacular, and during the summer you can see them at night. According to the tourist bureau:

During the season of Mosaics by night, from 20 June to 5 September, the Basilica of San Vitale, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra and the exhibition Otium at San Nicolò, open their doors to the public from 9.00 to 11.30 pm so that they can be seen in a new light.

If that isn’t enough, Dante is buried here. You can make a pilgrimage to his tomb. And if that wasn’t enough to establish Ravenna as a literary stronghold, Lord Byron lived in Ravenna and got married there.

So the fact is, Ravenna is a darn nice city in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, known first and foremost for the extraordinarily high quality of its cuisine. It’s near the sea, for you bathers. You could spend a whole lotta time in Ravenna. So why not stay at this central Ravenna holiday get away.

Yeah, it’s an apartment on three levels. Not much to look at, but it’s got one of those hidden-in-the-back terraces you can eat on–plus a full and spacious kitchen.

Get thee to Ravenna, soon. It’s on the train line to Bologna, for you food lovers, and you can get to Venice pretty easily. Rimini, Italy’s hot new destination, is 45 minutes to an hour away by train.