OSTIA ANTICA: ROME'S POMPEII

If you aren't going to visit Pompeii or Herculaneum, then Ostia Antica is an archaeological site well worth visiting. Some could argue a visit to the ancient sea port of Ostia Antica affords a better glimpse of Ancient Rome than even the Forum! You will exit the city and head towards the sea with our driver and guide to explore Rome’s version of Pompeii – Ostia Antica.
Experience a feeling of really being, one with antiquity. Listen to the soft breeze coming through the tops of the Roman pines while exploring Ostia’s amphitheater erected in 12 BC, the Baths of Neptune,and the remains of important government and religious buildings along with homes of society's elite.
This lively port town once inhabited by upwards of 100,00 people, welcomed ships and their exotic cargo from across the empire . Over 1500 years ago it was buried beneath sediment and today offers one of the best glimpses of what Rome was like during her ‘Golden Age’.