Excursions Civitavecchia to Ancient Ruins of Ostia

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Private Tour Guided of Ruins of Ancient Ostia from Civitavecchia Port.

Enjoy the beautifully preserved ruins of Ostia Antica, Rome’s ancient seaport, lie twenty miles from the modern metropolis, in the meadows between the Tiber River and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Founded, probably in the 4th century BC, as a military colony to guard the river mouth against seaborne invasions, Ostia served as a busy commercial port when Rome controlled all the Mediterranean in the 2nd century BC.

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Duration: 7 hours
Starts: Civitavecchia, Italy
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours



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Private Tour Guided of Ruins of Ancient Ostia from Civitavecchia Port.

Enjoy the beautifully preserved ruins of Ostia Antica, Rome’s ancient seaport, lie twenty miles from the modern metropolis, in the meadows between the Tiber River and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Founded, probably in the 4th century BC, as a military colony to guard the river mouth against seaborne invasions, Ostia served as a busy commercial port when Rome controlled all the Mediterranean in the 2nd century BC.
Stop At: Civitavecchia Port, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 19, 00053, Civitavecchia Italy

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Duration: 7 hours



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