We have one day in port between cruises and want to go to Ostia Antica. We don't want to taxi or uber it because of the expense. It seems I have two options:
Find a tour
Take the train from the port to Rome and then switch trains to go directly to Ostia Antica.
Are there any other options and which do you think is best. We have all day after disembarkation of cruise #1 and into the evening since cruise #2 doesn't leave until the next day.
Thanks!
Donna
Where are you overnighting??? Luggage ?? Your second option is a possibility but it does require a second train change. There is not a direct train from Termini to OA park.
You can take a regional train from Civitavecchia directly to Roma Ostiense (about an hour) where you would switch to the local train to Ostia Antica (maybe 15 minutes). Note that the regional train is part of the Trenitalia system while the local train is part of the Rome municipal transit system, so it's 2 different tickets. My recollection is that you can take an underpass from the Ostiense train station to the Ostiense metro station, and the local train station is adjacent to the metro station.
Thank you for your responses. Frank, I think your suggestion would work and then we could maybe spend just a bit of time in Rome before heading back to port. We might as well find a room there!
