Small Group Ostia Antica Tour from Rome

Only 20 minutes outside of Rome, which makes it perfect for a day trip, is one of the best preserved archaeological sites in all of Italy. Ostia, which literally meant “at the mouth of the river”, served as Rome’s original Republican Colony and military outpost as well as a domestic landing for its cargo boats and warships during the Empire. Later on, the city became the most important Port city in Ancient Rome, and provided the thriving metropolis with all that the growing empire had to offer; food, clothing, spices, as well as goods and wild animals from Africa.