Small Group Gallery Borghese Tour with Skip-the-Line Admission
Rome, Italy
2 hours 30 minutes (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Overview
The opulent Villa Borghese isn’t just a popular Roman attraction: home to paintings and sculptures by Raphael, Bernini, and Caravaggio, it’s also one of the world’s most revered art galleries. While tickets frequently sell out in advance, this small-group tour’s skip-the-line privileges guarantee swift entry, as well as the opportunity to discover the Villa’s many masterpieces in an intimate setting limited to 15 participants.
- Skip-the-line tour of the Borghese Gallery and its gardens in Rome
- Stroll through the Villa Borghese Gardens, the third largest public park in Rome
- Led by an English-speaking guide well-versed in art history
- A maximum of 15 attendees makes for an intimate experience
What's Included
Borghese Gallery guided visit (2 hours)
Walking tour of Villa Borghese Gardens
Guaranteed to skip the long lines
No additional fees or taxes
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Departure & Return
What To Expect
Itinerary
The best way for us to describe the Villa Borghese gardens is:
As the keeper of the Villa Borghese Pinciana, I publicly declare: whoever you are, providing to be a freeman, fear no hindrance here; go where you like, ask what you wish; leave when you want. Everything you see was made more for the guest than for its landlord. In the golden century, when peaceful years made any thing splendid for the refined ones, the landlord forbade all iron rules for the guest.
Let good faith be the only rule for our friend.
But if someone, consciously and purposely, by wickedness and deceit, was to break the golden rules of courtesy, be alert, the angry keeper may break these friendly words on your head.
(Latin inscription carved on marble plate at Villa Borghese).
Duration: 15 minutes
Admission Ticket Included
We will visit one of the world’s most beautiful art museum hosting the works of extraordinary artists such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Canova and Raffaello. The gallery’s most important sculptures and paintings are from Cardinal Scipione Borghese’s collection (1579 - 1633), he was the son of Ortensia Borghese, sister of both Pope Paul V and Francesco Caffarelli.
We’ll admire Caravaggio’s most important paintings, among which “Young sick Bacchus” and “ Boy with a basket of fruit”; Bernini and Canova’s magnificent sculptures’ collection, boasting works like “Apollo and Daphne”, “David”, “The rape of Preserpina” and “Paolina Bonaparte”. Of course we won’t miss out on Raffaello’s “Entombment of Christ”.
We will lead you through the marvelous rooms of Casina Borghese, with its splendid frescoes, we’ll disclose the secrets, the stories and the painting techniques concealed behind the masterpieces of one of the world’s most beautiful art museum.
To end the tour, we’ll walk through the Villa Borghese gardens, enjoying its beauty and calm far from the roman chaos.
Duration: 2 hours
Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Wheelchair accessible
- Dress code is smart casual
- Travelers with excessive sized bags will have certain problems, please note that bags are not permitted inside the Borghese Gallery, and will need to be checked in at the cloakroom before the tour to be collected afterwards.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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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