Escape the hustle and bustle of the city on this Ostia Antica tour from Rome, an incredible area of ancient ruins where the Eternal City meets the sea, on this half-day morning tour. Just 30 minutes from the center of Rome, Ostia offers well-preserved ruins and tranquility away from the Italian capital. The ruins are convenient, compact and shady, and provide a tantalizing glimpse into daily life in ancient Rome.
This tour includes:
Very important: keep you mobile empty and charge you battery of your mobile devices because we will do many amazing picture.
08:00 – our driver will pickup you from your hotel and go directly to Ostia Antica.
09:00 – you will meet our private guide to start the visit to the ruins of Ostia Antica.
13:00 – we board the minivan to return to Rome.
14:00 – arrive at your hotel.
The rates for this Ostia Antica guided tour are calculated based on the number of passengers and include: luxury minivan + personal driver + tour guide.
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Head out of Rome toward the sea on this educational and entertaining half-day morning Ostia Antica tour, the ancient Roman ruins that lay just outside of the city. Ostia was once a flourishing port and business center until it was eventually abandoned after the barbarian invasions. Stroll around these well-preserved ruins with your guide learning about what daily life was like here 1,400 years ago.
Begin at the Via della Tombe heading toward one of the three gates to Ostia Antica (Ancient Ostia), Porta Romana. Stroll down Decumanus Maximus, the central thoroughfare that goes across Ostia. From there arrive at Terme di Nettuno, where you’ll see intricate mosaics representing Neptune and Amphitrite. The oldest archeological remains that have been discovered are from the third or fourth century B.C. Learn about the history of the place from your knowledgeable guide and seek out some of the oldest ruins there.
See the ruins of theaters and public baths, forums and former residences. Near the Forum square you will also find the House of Diana and the Thermopolium, an ancient Roman bar with a marble counter and a fresco depicting the fruit and foodstuffs that were sold there. At the end of Via dei Dipinti, a museum displays some of the ancient sculptures unearthed at Ostia.
After a while, head back to the Eternal City having seen a historic swath of ruins that are hard to come by in Rome.
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If you aren't going to visit Pompeii or Herculaneum, then Ostia Antica is an archaeological site well worth visiting in which it is possible to imagine how the city's inhabitants lived centuries ago.
I'd say a few hours would do for most but the intrepid Roman ruins fans. In summer can be real hot! approx. 45 minutes to an hour.
Ostia was abandoned after the erection of Gregoriopolis site of (Ostia Antica) by Pope Gregory IV (827–844). The Roman ruins were quarried for building materials in the Middle Ages and for sculptors' marble in the Renaissance.
