Ostia Antica On horseback

Ride through the pinewood into the ruins of Ostia Antica, lunch included

Ostia Antica

You choose your horse with the guide, then ride into the port of imperial Rome: past the ruins, in the saddle, with the myths of the place told as you go.

How the day goes

  1. Train to Ostia Antica station, where the ranch's free shuttle picks you up.
  2. Meet the herd first, all rescued animals, and pick the one that suits you.
  3. Out through the pinewood and into the archaeological site, riding among the ruins.
  4. Lunch at a restaurant in the pinewood, with the horses standing alongside.

It is written for riders who already know what they are doing, and the cancellation terms are strict: read them before you pay.

Where it is

Ostia Antica at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Ostia Antica, and where it is from Rome Ostia Antica drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 42 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 42 min Rome Ostia Antica

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Via Appia Antica, Roma (the registered office given in their terms of sale); the ranch is in the Riserva Naturale del Litorale, at Ostia Antica, the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 42 mindrive from the middle of Rome
  • 26 kmeach way

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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Photograph by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0. Not this place: it shows what the day looks like, and will be replaced with the operator's own photograph or ours from the field.

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