Rome Ostia Antica

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ABOUT THIS SERVICE Rome Ostia Antica Highlights Private expert English speaking guide for half day tour Imagine every-day life at the time of the emperors View the sites with your own expert View a bustling Roman town in your mind's eye *This private walking tour departs from outside the excavation site in Ostia, 30km (20 miles) from the center of Rome.* Rome Ostia Antica Tour Program Ostia, once a city and seaport whose life-span extended over eight hundred years beginning in about 220 B.C., is today an unusually well-preserved archaeological site near Rome and an essential stop-over for anyone with an interest in day-to-day life in the late Roman Republic and all throughout the Empire. You will meet your expert guide at the entrance to Ostia Antica. Together you will traverse the incredible ruins, as your expert guide introduces you to what was then the city’s daily life, its arts, its culture, its language. Ostia grew as a sea port at the mouth of the Tiber some thirty kilometres, or twenty miles, west of the city of Rome, but by the end of the third century A.C. steady silting had moved the coast some five kilometers seaward. As in Pompei, Herculaneum, Stabiae and a few other sites, cobble-paved streets pass among the remains of shops, taverns, dwellings, public hot-water baths and the ubiquitous theater. One building is even thought to have housed the world’s first firemen's benevolent association. With a bit of imagination the daily hue, cry and bustle becomes nearly audible . . . certainly few visitors fail to be touched at by the spell of times long past. After your walking tour, your guide can give you suggestions for lunch or dinner in the charming nearby town of Castello di Giulio II with largely intact medieval walls surrounding the charming historic area.   What's Included in Your Rome Ostia Antica Tour The services of an expert English-speaking guide (approx. 3 hours). Tour of Ostia Antica archaeological site (entrance fee not included). Explanation of all the most important buildings. Recounting of the history and culture of Ostia Antica. Our pampering care! What's Not Included in Your Rome Ostia Antica Tour Transportation to the meet up point in Ostia is not included. It can be easily reached by private car or public transportation from Rome. If you would like us to arrange for a car and driver for you, please contact us for your entire reservation.   Price per person (including taxes and fees), based on a booking of: 1 pax Eur 280 - 2 pax Eur 145 - 3 pax Eur 99 - 4 pax Eur 85 - 5 pax Eur 75 - 6 pax Eur 69 - 7 pax Eur 69 - 8 pax Eur 65 - 9 pax Eur 65 - 10 pax Eur 59 - 11 pax Eur 59 - 12 pax Eur 55 -   Terms and Conditions

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