I've been working as a tour guide in Rome since 2008, and it only seems to be getting more crowded with tourists. Instead, go to nearby Ostia Antica.

Visiting Ostia Antica. Getting there. Ostia Antica is about 16 miles southwest of Rome. The easiest and most economical way to get to it is to take the “trenino” — an electric-powered ...

The Museo della Via Ostiense (open 9.30am-1hr before sunset Tue-Sun) has a model of Ostia Antica in its heyday, and a good collection of artefacts from the site, including bas-reliefs of scenes of ...

If you are spending time in Ostia Antica, be sure to wear comfortable shoes as the city is large and you will most certainly walk a lot. During its peak in the 2nd and 3rd century AD, Ostia Antica ...

I arrived in Ostia Antica from Rome, where I’d been squinting at the grand ruins and trying to envision plutocrats in togas, grand processions of conquering generals, and tyrants with 100-foot ...

For the second time, I’m visiting that city, now called Ostia Antica. Twenty years ago, my husband and I were vacationing in modern Ostia and happened to visit the nearby site without knowing ...