Holidays to Emilia-Romagna, Italy

A study in contrasts: one a city with origins as a major Roman seaport, the other an enchanting little Renaissance settlement high in the hills.

In Ravenna, some of the greatest buildings of late antiquity with the finest Byzantine mosaics.

In Urbino the Ducal Palace, the greatest secular building of the Early Renaissance.

• Holiday duration: 5 days
• Price from: £2,070
• Operator: Martin Randall Travel

Journey to the 'city of mosaics', in the company of Andrew Wilson, for a five-day tour brimming with some of the most impressive early Christian monuments in the world.

• Holiday duration: 5 days
• Price from: £1,695
• Operator: ACE Cultural Tours