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Ostia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ostia, Italy
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ostia antica
... of them are destined to be decorations on the Xmas tree. Later, the whole tribe took the Metro and then a train out to Ostia Antica. Ostia (mouth - as the mouth of the Tiber) was the ancient seaport of Roma. It was a wealthy and important town in its ...
It smells like life here!
... after a quick breakfast and warm shower, made our way to the metro station. Our goal today: get to and wander about Ostia Antica, the primary port for ancient Rome. To do this we had to transfer to the other metro line and then hop on ...
xmas eve, xmas and boxing day
Boxing day - 26 Dec. 2005. On Christmas eve, we all went together to the market near the metro station to get the provisions for our Christmas dinner. Marcello and Nell arrived that morning so we met them at the metro station and the kids walked them ...
Tivoli and the last day in Roma
... lucky to catch a few glympses of the exotic marbles that the Pope had managed to damage and subsequently left behind. Ostia also has many gorgeous mozaic floors - including pictures of fish, men boxing and charioteers in action ...
Ostia Antica and Cerveteri
... so we aren’t exactly sure what our bus driver was doing. We finally got off the bus and it was raining, as usual. Ostia Antica is an abandoned city that used to be a port that sat on the edge of the Tevere (Tiber River) but over time the ...
Hoy y Ostia!
... cosa de antepasados, será el porteñaje o será el Diego?! Cerca esta Pompeya que visitaré el viernes y asi puedo comparar con Ostia Antigua… a, no les conté que fui a Ostia Antigua el sábado pasado mientras Lu se iba con Andrea y Diego a un ...
Ahh the serenity of the beach.. Ostia!
... now in another country. At the interchange you miss the last train and you are 25km from your destination! Faaaaaaaaark! We ended up in Ostia which is located on the beach, outside of Rome and it is where we are based. The beach is so fucking awesome ...
From the Via Appia to the Via Aurelia
We passed Rome on the coast on the "Via Appia" an then we took the " Via Aurelia" on our way to the north. ...
Day one and our plan for the rest of the trip
... in cab and were there in 20 minutes. The site was huge, described as similar to Pompeii without the people. Ostia Antica was the harbor for ancient Rome. It consists of old warehouses, an amphitheater and various stores. We ...
Pompei, Naples, Amalfi Coast and Ostia
... ’t think he would fit but then we persuaded him to come. After that we headed back to the van. I liked Ostia a lot. S – I really liked Pompei. They are ruins of a city from Roman times that got covered in ash when a volcano ...
Lido di Ostia - die römische Alte Donau
... Nachmittag das Eintreffen einer Störung vorhergesagt wurde und es in der Nacht regnen soll, habe ich einen Strandbesuch in Ostia einem Museumsbesuch vorgezogen. In ein Museum gehe ich auch bei Regen, an den Strand eher nicht. Den Vormittag habe ich ...
The start of my journey in Italy
... Since it was Sunday, most of the shops were closed. I walked about 7 miles today. From airport to hotel in Ostia Airport Palace Hotel, Ostia The streets look empty of pedestrians because it was Sunday. ...
Kontrastprogramm: Villa Borghese und Ostia Antica
... eine Strassenbahn ein, die mich an Lateran und Colosseum vorbeibringt. Endstation ist bei Piramide und ich beschließe spontan nach Ostia Antica zu fahren, wenn ich schon beim entsprechenden Bahnhof bin. In Rom beginnt es außerdem gerade zu ...
Ostia Antica
... non-EU like us, children 6 years and older are supposed to pay the full adult price. That's really pretty aggravating that Italy upcharges for children at a world heritage site, so I can only hope we have special EU prices for visitors at home. We ...
Beach Babes!
That's right, we went to the beach this morning. The Mediterranean Sea. Do I need to say anything else? You're probably jealous enough to kill me already (I know I would be...) so, I'll just continue on. We road the ...
7th day -Ostia Antica
... A line & then we got the B line & got of at a southern stop where we could catch another train in the direction of Ostia Antica. Jon thought it was at separate train station so we wandered a bit but then we ended up back at the metro station. It ...
Benvenuto in Italia.
... why I was not about to take any crap from the taxi driver who wanted me to pay 60 euro for a 10 minute ride to Lido di Ostia, a town right near the airport where I decided to stay for the night… because I thought it would be easy. Wrong! The taxi I ...
Navigating Traffic
... I when we put on sun screen as if to say "what is that?" haha, seriously. Our last stop of the day was at Ostia Antica, a preserved ancient Rome city that used to serve as the main trading port for Rome. It was beautiful. About half of it was cleaned ...
Day at the beach (lido)
Had we been in Rome over the summer, we would have come here all the time along with the thousands of Romans. Being that we were here over the winter and spring, we got to experience these beaches near Rome without the crowds. The last time ...
Chillin With Napoleon
On Thursday I hung out at JJ's Cathedral Bar/ Pub and have properly dubbed the Duomo the "Duom-izzle". Don't ask me why. But I did. I didn't have my camera with me so I cant really call upon my "photo journal" as it ran out of batteries quite early in ...
Sailing
... , an older man walked in and turned right back around. When we woke up Sunday morning we started our trip back to Ostia. Ostia is the port outside of Rome. Poor Megan had been sea sick the entire trip. As we got into rougher waters, everyone else ...
Party on the Beach
Party on the beach with Gianluca and Lisa. Gianni visited his sick uncle in Bologna. I was alone with non-english speaking family for a few days. A lot of drinking and ...
Toff''s on a Budget
... decided that was not really for us and have found a campsite inland a little and nearer the site that the area is named after (Ostia Antica) which I will have to tell you about next time but is meant to be an incredibly well preserved site as it was ...
So much walking
... I travel, we continue to realize how, in Montreal, we have a really sad excuse for a public transportation system. But I digress. Ostia Antica is one of the sites that gets lost on the tourist map. I think, because it is far removed from the ...
"I thought you said you knew were we were"
... the cheapest option was always going to be a winner, and during my hunt for jobs I came across Country Club Castlefusano in Ostia near Rome, I had applied for a job but had been rejected but this place still left a lasting impression, most notably for ...
Introduction to musical Theater 101
Immediately following my trip home in August, I had the opportunity to audition for a production of Mama Mia by a group called "Arts in English." This group produces musical plays in English and I was very anxious to be involved. My whole life I ...
Arriving in Ostia Antica
We strolled the boardwalk along the Tyrean sea near Ostia Antica. It was really beautiful...and the weather perfecto! Along the boardwalk, a lot of drinking fountains were opin along the street that had clean drinking water which was entering. A sign ...
Rome and Ostia Antica
... old Roman port of Ostia. Now inland due to the changing course of the Tiber over th last 2000 years the "town" of Ostia- Antica contains the remains of this once important transport hub of the Roman Empire. A cheap E2 ticket got us out to the ...
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