SPM Ravenna City

RAVENNA
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A city which is still at man's reach - to be discovered day by day. Ideal location, for combining a language stay in a small, historical city, with a vacation by the sea.
		Ravenna is a small but complete city which still reflects the romantic period of its Roman origins. Distance from seaside: 8/9 Km - 2 bus lines leaving every 30 minutes in high season, every 60 minutes in low season.

Inhabitants: 82.000 Zip code: 48100. Tel. area code: 0544 from abroad +39-0544-... City-market: "mercato coperto" any morning, Friday morning and afternoon.
Shops: closed on Thursday afternoon and on Sunday. Banks: from 08,30 until 13,20 and 14,45 / 15,45 (closed on Saturday and Sunday).

The best mean of transport in town is a Bike, it can be hired in a shop ( ab. 45,00 Euro per month), for longer stays it is better to buy an used one that can be sold to other students at the end of the course.
Restaurants. Many in the city centre. Better to check the price list before: some are cheap but others are very expensive, pay attention to wines. Some offer tourist menus that generally go from Euro 11,50 up to Euro 14,00 - Pizzerias are cheaper and generally offer also pasta and salads. In all restaurants and pizzerias usually service is not included but it is apart and it is called “coperto” ( Please note that Restaurants and Pizzerias hardly open before 12.00 and 18.00-winter and 19.00-summer).
Sports. In the town there are tennis clubs, swimming-pool, fitness centres. Out of town baseball, free-climbing, ride-horsing, parachuting.... At the seaside, windsurfing, sailing, tennis, water-fitness... Cinemas and theatres. 11 cinemas: 8 in the city centre. In summer there are open-air Cinemas (two in town and many at the seaside). There are two theatres: Drama, Ballet and Opera at Teatro Alighieri - Children, Local, Comic and Essay at Teatro Rasi. In summer the "Ravenna Festival" takes regularly place (June/July - classical and opera), as the "Jazz Festival" (July) and many little concerts and shows in open-air places.
Some prices ( to get an idea for pocket money): Cappuccino 0,92 Euro - Coffee 0,82 Euro - Brioche 0,77 Euro - Pizza and beer 10,32 Euro ca. - Cinema 6,71 Euro - Theatre 12,91/15,49 Euro - Disco from 12,91 Euro up to 30,98 Euro - CD 16,52/19,10 Euro.