Ostia Antica: €18, closed Mondays, museum shut

Ostia Antica, the port city of ancient Rome at the mouth of the Tiber, costs €18 full and is closed on Mondays; on other days it opens 8:30 am to 7 pm (2026).

Closed on Monday, 8:30 am to 7 pm otherwise

The archaeological park is closed every Monday and opens Tuesday to Sunday from 8:30 am to 7 pm (08:30 to 19:00 at the gate). It also shuts on January 1 and December 25.

Those are the summer hours. The park runs a shorter winter timetable, but its own site, parcoarcheologicostiantica.it, didn't respond when the facts were collected, so the winter closing time isn't given here.

€18, €2, or free on the first Sunday

A full ticket costs €18 and the reduced one €2, and entry is free on the first Sunday of every month (2026). The prices are in euros.

How long the ticket stays valid isn't verified, and neither is the surface of the excavated area. Plan on a single day, and don't count on re-entry.

Two things missing in 2026

In 2026 the Museo Ostiense is closed to the public and the golf-cart shuttle inside the site is suspended.

The closed museum means the finds you'd normally see indoors are off the route this year. The suspended shuttle means everything is on foot, which matters for anyone traveling with a parent who planned on the cart.

Neither closure has an announced end date among the verified facts.

Viale dei Romagnoli 717, inside Rome

The entrance is at Viale dei Romagnoli 717¹, 00119¹ Rome: Ostia Antica isn't a separate town but part of the comune of Rome, at the mouth of the Tiber.

No public transport timetable to the site is among the verified figures on this page. Check the park's site or the city transport operator on the day, and don't rely on a timetable copied onto a blog.

Ostia or Tivoli: €18 for one site, €30 for three

From Rome, the other day out in the same register is Tivoli, where the VILLÆ Pass costs €30 for Villa Adriana, Villa d'Este and the Sanctuary of Hercules the Victor, valid 72 hours from first entry.

For ages 18 to 25 the pass costs €4, against €2 at Ostia. The annual VILLÆ 365² card, in your name and valid 12 months from first use, costs €40, or €10 for 18 to 25s. Both have been on sale since June 23, 2026.

The arithmetic is simple: one ancient city for €18, or three sites for €30 if you can give Tivoli two half days. Details on Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este.

Monday and the first Sunday

Two days change an Ostia plan: Monday, when it's closed, and the first Sunday of the month, when it costs nothing.

The national picture on both is on what's closed on Mondays and free museum days. For the region, see Lazio.

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