Ostia Accommodation

Searching for hotels in Ostia (Italy) or Ostia accommodation?  Ostia is a lively port town of ancient Rome, Italy and boasts a rich and varied archaeological site that is well worth visiting to explore. The marvelously preserved ruins of Ostia lie twenty miles from Rome, in the meadows between the Tiber River and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The site of Ostia is noted for the exceptional preservation of its antique buildings and splendid frescoes.

Although Ostia is now stretch out over acres of land, this tranquil Roman countryside boasts many wonderful sights for you to explore. As you walk along Ostia's main street, the Decumanus Maximus, your feet is settle into deep ruts left by carrucas, which is the four-wheeled carts used to ferry merchandise and baggage between Rome and Ostia. Once inside the Roman Gate, you visit the Baths of Neptune. Here, in a delightfully preserved mosaic you will see the sea god riding a chariot drawn by four pawing horses. From here, you would be wise to go directly to the modern outdoor cafe, where you can buy a guide book that will greatly enrich your tour.

Ostia's amphitheater is next door to the bar, it is a quiet, amazingly preserved series of steep semicircular stone bleachers. The tiny stage is still intact, and although the stable scenery that raised three stories behind it is no longer standing, you can easily imagine what it must have looked like during the premiere of Ovid's Medea.

A few yards away, you can climb the high podium of the Collegiate Temple. Despite its name, this was actually a social club for men of the poorer classes, who used it to hold the kind of extravagant banquet the rich could afford to have every day. Beyond the baths is a group of three and four-story apartment buildings. Many of them still have the ground floor shops and dark, conventional mezzanines where merchants and the lower classes lived. Climb the marble stairs to see the comfortable multi-room apartments that were inhabited by middle-class families.

At this point you have earned yourself a nice leisurely lunch, if you want only ice cream or coffee, sit under the Bar Centro. The ruins of Ostia Antica are open seven days a week for you to visit. Take a trip to Ostia beach that is known for its dark sand and is a lovely place to bathe in its wonderful warm waters.

Accommodations in Ostia offers luxury hotels, inns, villas and guest houses, such as the Aran Blu Hotel, the Hotel Tirrenia, or the Hotel Fattoria.
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