# The excavations of Ostia, Rome's port city

What to do en Ostia Antica · Ostia Antica

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/things-to-do/ostia-antica-excavations · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 3 h 30
- Temporada: All year; closed on Mondays
- Para quién: All ages

Visit · 3–4 h · €18 with the whole park · Streets, houses, baths, theatre and taverns of an entire Roman city

What it is
Ostia was the port of Rome, at the mouth of the Tiber, and came to have tens of thousands of inhabitants. When the river receded and the port moved, the city emptied and silt covered it. Today you walk through it as through a neighbourhood: the decumanus maximus, the main street, runs from end to end among warehouses, baths, multi-storey houses, taverns and temples. Unlike Pompeii, here you see the city of merchants and dockers, with its brick blocks of flats.
Hours and entry
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 8:30. It closes at 16:30 from 25 October to the end of February, at 17:15 in March, at 19:00 from April to September and at 18:30 from 1 to 24 October; the ticket office and last entry, an hour before. Closed on Mondays and 25 December. The integrated ticket costs €18 (€2 for EU citizens aged 18 to 25) and is valid for eight consecutive days for all sites in the park: excavations, museum, Julius II castle, Porto necropolis and imperial harbours. The first Sunday of the month is free. There are audio guides for the long route (€7), short (€5) and for children (€5).
Getting there
By train, the Roma–Lido line leaves from Porta San Paolo, next to the Piramide metro stop, and stops at Ostia Antica: from the station you cross the footbridge and in a few minutes you are at the ticket office. By car, along via del Mare or the Ostiense to viale dei Romagnoli, 717; there is an unattended car park from 7:30 to 19:30.
What you need to know
You cannot eat or picnic inside: there is a café and drinks machines. Dogs are allowed on a lead. From mid-December to the end of March the mosaics are covered to protect them. There is a wheelchair-accessible path from the ticket office to the museum.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 41.7556, 12.2917

## Cerca de aquí

- [The Baths of Neptune and their great mosaic](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/things-to-do/baths-of-neptune), a 75 m
- [Allo Sbarco di Enea](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/where-to-eat/allo-sbarco-di-enea), a 89 m
- [The theatre and the Piazzale delle Corporazioni](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/things-to-do/theatre-and-piazzale-delle-corporazioni), a 235 m
- [Julius II Castle and the borgo of Ostia Antica](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/things-to-do/julius-ii-castle-and-borgo), a 328 m
- [The Thermopolium and the apartment houses](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/things-to-do/thermopolium-and-apartment-houses), a 340 m
- [The Capitolium and the Forum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/things-to-do/capitolium-and-forum), a 367 m
- [Ostia Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/things-to-do/ostia-museum), a 374 m
- [Il Frantoio](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica/where-to-eat/il-frantoio), a 1.0 km

## Consejos

### Go on a Tuesday or Wednesday
There are fewer school groups than at the end of the week and the city is empty in the side streets.

### Leave the decumanus
The best is in the secondary streets, among houses and warehouses, where almost nobody goes.

### In winter, the mosaics are covered
If you come for the mosaics, avoid mid-December to the end of March.

Destino: [Ostia Antica](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/ostia-antica.md)