Little known Ruins

[Irish Blondie]

Looking for photos and ruins near Civitavecchia, they were on a thread a while ago showing amazing ruins to explore instead of going in Rome!

[cruisemom42]

There are ruins all around -- perhaps one of these is what you are looking for:

 

Just outside of Rome is Ostia Antica -- extensive ruins on a level with Pompeii (but dating slightly later). Is that what you were thinking of?

 

Nearer to Civitavecchia are Etruscan (pre-Roman) tombs and a good small museum at Tarquinia.

 

Suggest you also look on the Italy Ports of Call boards where there is a lot of information and other posters who can help.

 

Edited to add: I wouldn't necessarily say either of these are "little known" but on a given day they are less crowded than somewhere like Pompeii.

Edited January 8, 2016 by cruisemom42

[cantwaitt]

Astia Antica is the most underrated site in Italy. It is how you described it. But you need to go to Rome first to get there.

 

I think the poster is looking for ruins near the cruise terminal so they don;t have to go to Rome for the day.

 

If it exists I'm all ears.

[SadieN]

Ostia Antica

 

http://www.ostia-antica.org/

[sail7seas]

Ostia Antica

 

http://www.ostia-antica.org/

 

Thanks for the link.

The video is wonderful to watch. I'd love to see Ostia-antica.