The enchanting city of San Marino, situated on the slope of Mount Titano, is the capital of the microstate of the same name, San Marino. This microstate is located on the Apennine mountain range and is completely surrounded by Italy.

On this exploration of San Marino you will travel along rolling green hills dotted by quaint villages until you reach the city’s perfectly preserved medieval center. You will feel like you are in a fairy tale as you walk past San Marino’s high city walls with its gateways, towers and ramparts. As the world’s oldest and smallest republic, it retains much of its historic architecture. The Three Towers, castle-like citadels dating to the 11th century, sit atop Titano’s neighboring peaks.

Walk through narrow winding streets and past medieval houses and churches and imagine what it would have been like to have lived here many centuries ago. You will notice the quiet hum of the city center as there are no cars, buses or trucks allowed that would pollute the ambience. From this high vantage point, you can grab stunning photos of mountain peaks capped with fortified towers and see the linking wall system protecting San Marino’s borders.

You will also enjoy spectacular views of the outlying regions of Emilia-Romagna to the north and east, and Marche to the south and west.

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Spend 4 hours in the beautiful and enchanting Ravenna, a medieval city steeped in Byzantine-Roman history with several UNESCO World Heritage early Christian monuments.

Your guide will take you to see the Basilica of Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo Church, this is the most important evidence of the encounter between Romanitas and Barbaritas. It was built between 493 and the beginning of the 6th century.

Head to the beautiful Basilica of San Vitale to see jaw dropping mosaic-lined walls and pretty Baroque frescoes. This church is regarded as one of Europe’s most valued examples of Byzantine art and architecture. Don’t miss seeing the Mausoleum of Galla Placida where cobalt blue mosaics embrace a dome of golden stars.

Take some time at Piazza San Francesco and make sure you see Dante’s Tomb. Hidden at the end of a narrow side street at the Basilica of San Francesco, this controversial small marble mausoleum contains Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s remains. Having been exiled from Florence, Dante’s body was interred in Ravenna. Once his work became masterpiece-worthy, his bones were to be sent back to Florence under Papal order but the Franciscan monks had other ideas and hid the remains instead. Hundreds of years later Dante’s remains were found inside the church walls and finally laid to rest in his tomb.

This popular tour fills up fast! Reserve your spot today to discover brilliant 4th- to 6th-century gold, emerald and sapphire masterpieces that will leave you speechless.

Bologna started out as a city of strategic importance and today is the capital city of the Emilia-Romagna region as well as home to the oldest university in the world.

Journey into this ancient city full of museums, monuments and terra cotta-roofed buildings to discover its rich history and culture.

Your tour begins with a scenic drive from port to the old town center in Bologna to embark on a walking tour of the city’s main monuments and buildings. Stand in the large pedestrian center of Piazza Maggiore and observe the Town Hall and Notaries Palace. Also, located here is the imposing Basilica of San Petronio, the city’s main church and the 10th largest church in the world by volume (if you wish to take pictures inside, there is a small fee to do so).

At Neptune’s Square, you will see King Enzo’s Palace, the final residence of Italy’s prisoner king. While here, gaze up at the 4-meter tall statue of the pagan god Neptune. Completed in 1566, this structure was intended to be used as a public fountain and was greeted by controversy due to the statue’s manly, muscular attributes.

Stop at Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio, the original building of the University of Bologna which now houses a 700,000-volume library as well as the legendary Anatomical Theatre (ticket fee is 3.00 Euro if you wish to enter). Also on the itinerary is the traditional merchant area of Loggia della Mercanzia, this arched loggia was a popular meeting place for Siena merchants and traders.

Not to be missed is the expansive Basilica of Santo Stefano. This amazing complex contains multiple structures spanning several centuries and is rumored to be built over a temple of the goddess Isis.