Interesting and well worth the trip - This tour was so interesting! Paulo is extremely knowledgeable and eager to share about this fascinating ancient site.

Amazing walking tour with Archeologist tour guide - This was one of the highlights of our entire trip to Rome. Ostia antica is an amazing archeological site and our tour guide, who was an archeologist, gave us an amazing tour experience. This was a much different owce than the hustle and bustle of Rome and there were practically zero crowds here. A great activity all around and I would highly recommend!

An excellent a peek at ancient Roman lifestyles - This was an excellent tour of Ostia Antica, the ancient port for Rome. Our guide, Paola was friendly, engaging, and knowledgeable. We saw the remains of the Porta Romana necropolis, a city gate, the ancient theater and the Piazza of the Corporations, houses and shops with mosaic floors, warehouses, a laundry facility and the water system, large public baths and toilets, an apartment building and the thermopoliuma/taverna across the street, and the city Forum. It was a very interesting 3 hour tour that give us a peek at Roman lifestyles. Time flew by and we learned so much - thank you Paola!!

Hugely enjoyable and educational - Paola was extremely knowledgeable about the everyday life and living conditions of the average Roman living in ancient Ostia. Fascinating stories and a detailed grasp of art, archeology and religion of the times.

Excellent three hour walking tour. - I decided to escape the confusion of a weekend in Rome and travel to this attraction on a Sunday, ordering a tour through this website. I was met by Paola, an archeologist, at the entrance about ten minutes before the stated time on my ticket. She led us on a journey through the area that began with the necropolis, originally outside the city walls and dating back to the 1st century BC. We then passed through the Porta Romana, the entrance to the city for those arriving from Rome, and walked along the Decumanus Maximus, essentially the Main Street of the city. Over the next couple hours be branched off the main road, visiting a number of erratically preserved sites including the baths, a flour mill, the city’s forum, a very well preserved amphitheater (with adjoining Square of the Guilds), and even firemen’s barracks. Also included were the Cassegiato of the Thermopolium (ancient tavern) and an almost entirely vacant Temple of Hercules. Our group of three spent almost as many hours on site, with a quick stop at the souvenir store at the end. There appear to be three ways to visit the site: walking tour with a guide, audio guide, and a self-sufficient exploration reading the storyboards. I would highly suggest the former as my interaction with Paola was superb. She gave a professional perspective that you simply can't get from the other two options. a highly recommended choice.

Wonderful private tour - This was a fantastic tour of Ostia! The guide was patient and engaging and took the time to get to know us so the tour could focus on our interests. After visiting Pompeii and Herculaneum this was easily our favorite. The site is incredibly quiet and the guide was so knowledgeable. Highly recommended!

Amazing experience - Paola was a great guide! She explained everything we could want to know about the daily life in Roman times, and we saw many ‘off the beaten path’ houses that we would never had seen by ourselves. I had a great time!

Excellent Guide - but tour company had a minor admin issue - Very knowledgeable guide - Philipp. He's an archaeologist who had worked at Ostia. Great tour, pointing out features, translating inscriptions and interpreting the history of the site. Just what we wanted. Slight admin issue as TripAdvisor booking was a front end for local tours and there was a minor comms issue over tickets being ready at the entrance. Not Philipps fault. Download tickets before you're there or screenshot them - minimal signal at the entrance building. We were there 2.5 hours and covering the rest of the site would take the same again, but wed seen the key locations. Ours started 0930 which meant it was cooler and less crowded. By the time we left, lots of people were arriving. Annoyingly, couldn't find a train timetable for Sao Paolo to Ostia, even at the stations, but trains seemed regular (every 15 mins) and its €1.50 each way for the c.35 min journey.

Fascinating ancient port town - It was an excellent tour but I did not know many mosaic were covered for protection in the winter time , which I was very disappointed …

Communication Issues and Stubborn Tour Operator - We'd signed up for this tour and were excited about seeing the ruins (which we ended up doing on our own - they're amazing and a hidden gem). Unfortunately, I'd put the wrong date on my calendar and when we showed up - no guide. We called him on the phone but he was not available to join us. Here's our issue. We did NOT get a call or message the previous day (our signup time) when we didn't show up, either from the guide or the tour operator. If we had gotten the call, we could have gotten to the meeting point. I contacted the tour operator and suggested that we were both at fault and that perhaps we could split the difference and get a half-refund. She refused, only offering to cover the cost of our entry tickets. This was an expensive tour and that solution was not acceptable to me. The tour operator forwarded on a screen shot of a message that was supposedly sent to me, but I checked all my texts, calls, and social media contacts and found no such message. We wanted to warn others who sign up for this tour to triple check your details. It might have been an amazing tour and arranged guide - we'll never know.