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Ostia Antica is a fantasic ancient place and it is worth paying for a guide if you can manage to get here. This was the port of ancient Rome, the River Tiber having changed its route somewhat since and was very much a working town, unlike the far more upper class Pompeii.
From the Ostia Antica Travel Guide
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Rather than making a very long trip to Pompeii, take the train 30 minutes outside of Rome to Ostia Antica. The archaeological park is phenomenal. The ruins are well preserved, and one stop further ...
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's Basilica (free) 3. Ostia Antica: just a 30 minute train ride out from Rome; cheaper than Pompeii and more fun in my book. Ostia was Rome's ancient port, and the city is remarkably well preserved. Take ...
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of the attractions in 'Old Rome' are free. Go to Ostia Antica - accessible on the Roman suburban train line. Pompeii ...
Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica is the former port city of Rome, at the mouth of the Tiber 10 miles downstream. Due to the changing course of the river and the moving shoreline, Ostia died out centuries ago, leaving the city fairly intact when it was excavated. Above, you can see us at a taberna , an ancient ...
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Cooking Tonight
On the way back from Ostia Antica today (pictures, report tomorrow), we stopped in Trastevere to pick up ingredients for dinner. From Antica Caciara we grabbed not only a Tuscan fennel salami and Pugliese smoked mozzarella for lunch tomorrow, but penne, pecorino romano, eggs, and guanciale for dinner ...
Posted in The Millers Do Italy by elefantstn
Hi from Roma
loving all of the historical sites of Rome especially the Coliseum and Ostia Antica which was an huge old ...
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