Ostia Antica

The site offers an experience of a full Roman city. It is not well preserved or attractive as Pompei (e.g., you don't see such wall paintings etc.) but walking around streets and seeing houses, shops, temples etc is great. I would suggest sparing around 3-4 hours for walking.

Great place to go and see ruins if you don’t have time to go to Pompeii. Well worth it. You can get an audio tour or what we did was use Rick Steves app and listen to his tour of the place. Will take you about 2-3 hours to go through it.

Quite simply the best hidden gem of our visit to Rome. The place is incredible. With huge ruins, mosaics, insulae, baths, latrines, a theater, and much much more. If you have a spare day in your itinerary, this is an absolute must!

Absolutely fantastic place. I prefer this to any other Roman site I've been to. There's so much to see. Its remarkably intact. Theres a lovely museum and delicious coffee shop on site too. I highly recommend a visit though you will need a full day here ideally

A must see! A beautiful, relaxing and historic walk through the ruins. My brother had extra time before his flight so we went and walked through Ostia in the morning. He loved it. There’s so much detail to see and the history is unbelievable. I recommend going earlier to avoid the heat and people. Although both times I’ve been, there have not been many people. It feels like a secret not many people know about. Definitely recommend going. Tickets were 18 euro each and you can also purchase a guided tour.

What an amazing place! Never experienced such extensive roman ruins before, and amazing level of preservation. Also good that you are allowed to wander in amongst them.

One of my favorite places, along with most other places in Rome/Italy. We basically had the place to ourselves and the scenery was stunning, the buildings were ancient and awesome and the only improvement would be if they could open a window backwards in time to see people living their lives surrounded by marble and mosaics. It was an incredible experience and Ostia Antica, if you ever need someone to live in the ruins and scrub them with a toothbrush please reach out. Also there were cats. I dubbed one Catzio Mewoditore Paw Furenze and he was walking around on the rooftops living the absolute best life. Good kitty.

Museum closed, mosaics all covered up, which is a bummer. Get the Rick Steves app and download his free 30 minute walking tour rather than pay extra for the audio guide.

Omg it's a lot of walking, definitely bring good shoes and a camera. For the price, it's an amazing opportunity to spend the afternoon. So much to see.