Ancient Ostia Archaelogical Park & Beach ShoreExcursion from Civitavecchia Port

Explore the impressive Ancient Ostia archaeological site, the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome, focusing on some of the archaeological remains of Imperial Ostia and Portus: • Apartments buildings, with two or three upper floors • The so-called medianum-apartments, the habitations of the commercial middle class • Domus, the houses of the upper class • Hotels, brothels, bars and hundreds of shops • Baths and communal latrines • The seats of guilds • Workshops, such as bakeries and fulleries • Wall-paintings • Graffiti, and more... Skip-The-Line Tickets Included. Upgradable with Local licensed Tour Guide in Ostia Antica Ruins(if option selected) Pickup and dropoff will be at your ship. Time to wisit (your own) the wonderful little medieval neighborhood and Giulio II Castle near the Ruins. Free time and lunch time (own expense) enjoing the modern Sea of Rome: Ostia Beach.

Itinerary

1. Ostia was Ancient Rome's seaport, the ancient Roman city of Ostia was in antiquity situated at the mouth of the river Tiber, some 30 kilometres to the west of Rome. The shoreline moved seawards, due to silting, from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Therefore Ostia is today still lying next to the Tiber, but at a distance of some three kilometers from the beach. Skip-The-Line entrance Tickets Included. (3h 0min)
2. Free time for an easy self-walking experience in the little medieval neighborhood near the Ruins.
3. The Ostiense castle was built in 1483 by the cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, bishop of Ostia and future Pope Giulio II. In the course of XIX century, the castle is the prison where the sentenced to forced labour are allocated. Near the Ruins.
4. Free time and Lunch time in a tipical local restaurant on the sea (own expense) to enjoy the modern Sea of Rome: Ostia Beach. (2h 0min)