GUIDED TOURS IN ROME,rome and vatican private guided walking tours by english speaking tour guides.

          Ancient Ostia guided tour

Ostia Antica  is just  18 km away from Rome and it takes about 40 minutes to reach the archaeological area, is a good occasion to leave the crowd of Rome to have a walk in an archaeological area.

Ostia in latin  means ‘mouth of the river due to its position for the Tiber, it was the port of Rome and the first ancient roman colony.Its ruins are better preserved than those in Rome and here you can see the ancient roman everyday life.

According to the legend Ostia was founded by Anco Marzio one of the seven kings of Rome and just in the  V century with the Barbarian invasions, was abandoned so at contrary of other ancient Roman towns like Pompei or Leptis Magna that are better preserved is important because was going on during all the centuries of the ancient roman civalization. .
The archaeological excavations started during the XIX century and have brought the ancient city back to light, a rare witness of x centuries of Roman civilization.
During our tour we will walk Decumanus  Maximus visiting the thermal baths the ‘Thermopolium’ an ancient Roman snack bar reaching the Forum with its temples, the Basilica and the Forica (the public latrine). 

From here we will strart our way back to the parking.