Private Borghese Gallery Tour with Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off
Rome, Italy
3 hours (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English and 4 more
Overview
Maximize time in Rome with a private tour of the Borghese Gallery, including pick-up and drop-off from your hotel. See masterpieces by Italian artists such as Raphael, Caravaggio, and Bernini while learning about the stories behind the paintings, sculptures, and frescoes. Visit one of Rome’s most beautiful parks, the Villa Borghese gardens.
- Explore the Borghese gallery with a private guide
- Learn about artwork by Raphael and Caravaggio
- See a large collection of paintings, sculptures, and frescoes
- Go for a stroll through the Villa Borghese gardens
What's Included
Private Walking Tour
Professional Licensed Blue Badge Tour Guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off via Uber/Taxi (Centrally located only - within Aurelian Walls)
Admission Fees
Food and drinks
Extras
Departure & Return
What To Expect
Itinerary
Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in the naturalistic English manner in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions. It is the third largest public park in Rome (80 hectares or 197.7 acres) after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada. The gardens were developed for the Villa Borghese Pinciana ("Borghese villa on the Pincian Hill"), built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa, at the edge of Rome, and to house his art collection. The gardens as they are now were remade in the early nineteenth century.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Free
The Galleria Borghese (English: Borghese Gallery) is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens, but nowadays the Villa Borghese gardens are considered a separate tourist attraction. The Galleria Borghese houses a substantial part of the Borghese collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities, begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V (reign 1605–1621). The Villa was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese himself, who used it as a villa suburbana, a country villa at the edge of Rome.
Scipione Borghese was an early patron of Bernini and an avid collector of works by Caravaggio, who is well represented in the collection by his Boy with a Basket of Fruit, St Jerome Writing, Sick Bacchus and others. Other paintings of note include Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, Raphael's Entombment of Christ and works by Peter Paul Rubens and Federico Barocci.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Please be aware that, for security reasons, guests are required to leave bags/backpacks/purses at the check-room
- Personal belongings are allowed in plastic bags provided by the Museum's administration at the entrance
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Learn more about cancellations.
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