Walk through the city that was capital of the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogothic Kingdom, and the Byzantine Exarchate. GPS-triggered narrations play automatically as you explore all 8 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Every stop traces back to primary archaeological and heritage records. Not AI-generated guesses. Here's how each narration gets built.
Each stop pulls from OpenStreetMap (the open mapping database used by Apple Maps and Tesla), Wikidata (the peer-reviewed structured-data project), the heritage authority below, and primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l'area metropolitana di Bologna · Ravenna Byzantine monuments.
Every sentence is checked against the verified sources above. Anything that can't be supported gets cut.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
San Vitale's Justinian and Theodora mosaics, the starry vault of Galla Placidia, and the paradise apse of Sant'Apollinare in Classe. The greatest Byzantine art outside Istanbul.
The Ostrogothic king's palace church, his Arian baptistery, the Church of Santo Spirito, and his monumental tomb — the only building in Ravenna made entirely of stone, capped with a 230-tonne monolith.
The tomb of Italy's supreme poet, the Zona del Silenzio, the Byron Museum, the flooded crypt of San Francesco, the TAMO mosaic museum, and the Domus stone carpets.
The supreme achievement of Byzantine art in Europe. The apse panels of Justinian and Theodora — surrounded by their courts — are the most reproduced images from the entire Middle Ages.
A tiny chapel with a midnight-blue vault covered in gold stars. The Good Shepherd lunette glows in amber light filtered through alabaster windows. Ravenna's oldest mosaics.
Standing alone in the fields at the ancient Roman port. The apse mosaic of St Apollinaris in a green paradise beneath a golden cross is the greatest apse mosaic in Western art.
Italy's supreme poet died in exile here. Florence has demanded his bones for 700 years — Ravenna has always refused. The eternal flame burns olive oil sent by Florence as penance.
The only building in Ravenna made entirely of stone — no brick, no mortar. The roof is a single 230-tonne monolith shipped across the Adriatic from Istria. Gothic, not Roman.
The crypt of San Francesco is permanently flooded with groundwater. Goldfish swim over 5th-century Byzantine mosaic floors. The effect is accidental but haunting.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 34 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each narration connects what you can see to the emperors, kings, and artists who built this city. Three capitals, one walk.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
All 8 UNESCO monuments plus Dante's Tomb, the Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra, museums, and historic churches. Deep dives on the masterpieces.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~2.5 hours audio total, but you walk at your own pace. 34 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Your access lasts 30 days from purchase, so revisit as often as you like.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.