Rome Trip Overview
With this shore excursion you visit the naturalistic park of Ancient Ostia, it is an astonish place to immerse yourself and be a roman for a while! This archaeological site is unique and offers ancient thrills to rival Pompeii. Wandering around the ruins today, you can see the remains of the docks, warehouses, apartment flats, mansions, shopping arcades, and baths, all giving a peek at Roman lifestyles. This visit, will be an unforgetteable experience of life. Afterwards, you can admire the highlights of Rome, being seated in a confortable air-conditioned minivan, taking photos and stop at each attraction to soak its beauty.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Rome, Lazio, Italy
With this shore excursion you visit the naturalistic park of Ancient Ostia, it is an astonish place to immerse yourself and be a roman for a while! This archaeological site is unique and offers ancient thrills to rival Pompeii. Wandering around the ruins today, you can see the remains of the docks, warehouses, apartment flats, mansions, shopping arcades, and baths, all giving a peek at Roman lifestyles. This visit, will be an unforgetteable experience of life. Afterwards, you can admire the highlights of Rome, being seated in a confortable air-conditioned minivan, taking photos and stop at each attraction to soak its beauty.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica, Viale Dei Romagnoli 717, 00119 Ostia Antica Italy
You will meet the driver just below your cruiseship. He will hold a sign wireless your name. Then you board in a mercedes sedan or minivan and go to the naturalistic pari of Ancient Ostia, once an Ancient Roman port town with up to 100,000 inhabitants, today Ostia Antica is one of Italy’s most amazing tourist attractions; its proximity to the city makes it a popular day trip from Rome.
With hundreds of well-preserved buildings and artworks, Ostia Antica could be considered the Roman equivalent of Pompeii. Unlike Pompeii, however, Ostia was not destroyed by a volcanic eruption – it simply fell into decay over the centuries.
On a tour of Ostia Antica you’ll get a real sense of what it would have been like to live in a Roman town, strolling down cobbled streets and wandering through the remains of shops and taverns where the painted “menu” is still visible on the wall. Once arrived at the ruins, you will encouter a licensed guide and are ready for your archeoligical walking tour.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Rome, Rome, Lazio
After exploring the ancient roman port of Ostia, you will board again and the driver takes you to Rome where you can eat something or start having sightseen around the most significant touristic attractions of the Eternal City. At the end the driver will take you back to the port. You will be dropped off right below your ship.
Duration: 4 hours
