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Something really special to crown your Roman holidays. Not everybody realizes that only 30 minutes from the Capital, an extraordinary archeological site, as important and exciting as Pompeii, awaits us: the impressive excavations of Ancient Ostia. This was the city-harbor founded by ancient Romans at the mouth of the Tiber, and which later was hidden by floods and oblivion up to our days. Its remnants are thus better preserved than in Rome itself and offer us an extraordinary testimonial of the Roman civilization along its entire evolution. By walking through the ancient roads we will plunge straight into the past everyday life of a refined and dynamic city where the cult for arts and pleasures was sovereign. You will admire in fact the ruins of majestic public buildings, like temples, theatres, fora, or basilicas, as well as of the private ones, like houses, shops, inns, workshops, etc., ranging from the sumptuous to the humblest. Particularly attractive are the famous mosaics of the 12 thermal baths and of the various harbor offices (Corporations Square). A further bonus: archeology spared the whole area from modern artifacts, turning it into a delicious natural oasis, constantly cooled by healthy sea breezes.

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