The Final Day in Rome

Ostia Antica is the only thing we did before we caught our train to Venice this day. 

Ostia Antica was a shipping port in the Roman Empire. Of course all that's left today are ruins, but they are well preserved enough to make a park from them. 

I'm just going to post pictures of the place for this post. 

Residential Area

The well.

More houses or shops. 

The Baths of Neptune. 

The arches of the theatre. 

The stage as viewed from the top of the seats. The stage is still used for productions today. 

Mosaics everywhere! 

These mosaics represented what the businesses that once stood behind them did or sold. Just like modern day advertising. 

The town alter, with some fabulous construction going on in the background. 

Ancient bakery! The rocks were once ovens and wheat grinding stations.

Café.

A small part of the city from above. Ostia Antica is huge. 

The town center, but more importantly,  pinecone. 

Baths. 

Temple remains. 

Ostia also had a museum of some of the preserved statues and such. 

A gorgeous, preserved mosaic. 

Now, we ate here and had to leave directly in order to get back in time to grab our things and catch our train. 

Here is a picture of us on the train, really enjoying our trip!

 

We arrived in our lovely apartment in Venice not terribly long after departure and settled right in.

We had two days in Venice, as we elongated our stay out of pure enjoyment. 

The posts from those days will come along shortly. 

Thank you for reading!

~Roaming Rapunzel