Hotel Centrale Byron

Ravenna


You can't beat the friendly Byron's location in the car-free, wonderfully ingratiating streets of central Ravenna. It's no lie to say you could kick a football from the window of one of the 52 clean, modern rooms into pivotal (and beautiful) Piazza del Popolo.

It offers an extraordinary city parking deal: €2 for seven days in blue-trimmed spots.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ravenna attractions

1. Tomba di Dante

0.18 MILES

A son of Florence, Italy's Sommo Poeta (supreme poet), Dante Alighieri, was expelled from the city of his birth in 1302 for political reasons and spent…

2. Battistero Neoniano

0.19 MILES

Roman ruins aside, this is Ravenna's oldest intact building, constructed over the site of a former Roman bathing complex in the late 4th century. Built in…

3. Battistero degli Ariani

0.2 MILES

The €1 entry here (unique among Ravenna's Unesco sites) is no reflection of the quality of the artistry inside. The baptistery's breathtaking dome mosaic,…

4. Basilica di San Vitale

0.21 MILES

Sometimes, after weeks of strolling around dark Italian churches, you can lose your sense of wonder. Not here! The lucid mosaics that adorn the altar of…

5. Duomo

0.21 MILES

Consecrated in 1749, Ravenna's baroque cathedral was built atop the remains of a much earlier church. Artefacts from the original 5th-century cathedral…

6. Museo Arcivescovile

0.22 MILES

A museum with a difference, this religious gem is on the 2nd floor of the Archiepiscopal Palace. It hides two not-to-be-missed exhibits: an exquisite…

7. Mausoleo di Galla Placidia

0.22 MILES

In the same complex as Basilica di San Vitale, the small but equally incandescent Mausoleo di Galla Placidia was constructed for Galla Placidia, the half…

8. Domus dei Tappeti di Pietra

0.22 MILES

Not nearly as impressive as the Unesco site mosaics, but still worth a look for serious aficionados, these 6th-century floor mosaics from a 14-room late…