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The Excavations of the
ancient port of Ostia: Necropolis, Decumanus Maximus,
Baths of Neptune, Watchmen's Barracks, Theatre, Square
of the Corporations, Forum Baths, Public latrines, Castrum,
Forum and Capitolium, Thermopolium.
notes
tour duration
tour availability
meeting place
entrance ticket
transportation
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suitable
for children
four hours by private car with driver.
Five hours by train
everyday except Mondays
at your hotel
€ 6,50; reduced-rate ticket only for children and students from EU
local train or private car with driver |
Like Pompei, Ostia Antica
is an example of a large city, completely preserved,
where you can admire the homes, baths, theatres and
mosaics of this ancient community.
It was the most important stock exchange of ancient
Mediterrean and a prominent port up until the V century
when it was abandoned and its harbour silted up.
Walking through
the Necropolis Ostiense we reach the Porta Romana, one
of the three city gates. From this moment on we are
within the city walls, built in I b. C., where the only
sounds you'll hear are the calls of birds and crickets.
The main street, Decumano Maximo, takes us across the
old city; here we'll help you to imagine the crowded
shops and bring to life the taverns and seamen that
once populated these streets. Many historians estimate
that, in addition to the floating population of travellers
and seamen, the resident population in Ostia was about
50,000. Visit the Theatre and the offices in the Square
of the Corporations. See the public baths, important
for their ingenious heating system which provided hot
water and sauna rooms, as well as the peculiar public
latrines.
Experience everyday life in an ancient Roman bar with
a marble counter and a fresco depicting the foodstuffs
once sold there. |
