What People Say About Living in Ravenna

A lot of people (me included) love Bologna and its energy. It’s one of those cities that doesn’t really feel like a city – more like a big town, in a way, where you’ve got everything you need but the pace still feels “healthy”. There’s one thing, though, where Bologna is very much a city: rent prices, which have been climbing steadily and are slowly creeping toward what you’d pay in Milan or Rome. The good news is that just an hour from Bologna you’ve got Ravenna – a mid-sized city, way more affordable, and still packed with culture. It’s super bike-friendly, it’s a fraction of the price of Venice or Milan to buy or rent in, and it’s close enough to Bologna’s food scene and airport that you get the best of both without paying Bologna rents. In this article, we’ve combined input from people who actually live there with our data to give you a real sense of what it’s like to live here year-round. FIND OUT WHICH ITALIAN CITY IS RIGHT FOR YOU Life in Ravenna: What People Say Ravenna has around 156,300 residents, a good chunk of whom are foreign nationals. According to our data, there...