We left Florence in the morning and drove to the UNESCO site in Ravenna. Arriving for an early lunch, our tour guide Luciani, led us through the streets of Ravenna on her bicycle, while we hastily followed behind to catch up. She took us to Saint Apollinaire Nuovo with beautiful mosaics of saints, to Dante's Tomb, the mausoleum of Galla Placidia to see the oldest complete mosaics in the world and to San Vitale to see the famed mosaics of Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora.
Our bus then drove us onto Venice, to catch a private boat to The Lido, one of the islands of Venice that has beaches facing the Adriatic Sea. It is a very popular holiday spot with an upmarket feel to it. The hotel has bedrooms based on a different medieval or Renaissance theme, with a large lobby so we can have group bonding time.
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