Discover the Byzantine origins of Ravenna & Venice

Unravel the mysteries of Ravenna and Venice’s Byzantine origins on The Travellers’ Club eight day tour (8-15 March 2008) bookable through Prestige Holidays.

The tour costs £985 per person including flights to Bologna and back from Venice, transfers, guided visits and two nights at the Hotel Centrale Byron in Ravenna and five nights in the Hotel Gorizia a la Valiglia in Venice. For further information and the tour itinerary consult Thetravellersclub.com

Key sites to be visited in Ravenna include the Tomb of Galla Placida, the churches of San Vitale and Sant Apollinare Nuovo. In Venice the tour takes in the beautifully restored church of Miracoli and paintings of Bellini, Carpaccio and their contemporaries in the Accademia Gallery.

Other highlights are the Basilica di San Marco, San Zaccaria and the Romanesque cloister of Sant Appolinia plus a boat trip to the islands of the lagoon: Murano, Torcella and Burano.