Rome: Borghese Gallery & Gardens Small Group Guided Tour
Description
Appreciate art like a collector with a visit to the Borghese Gallery and Gardens. Carefully controlled entry means that unlike the nearby Vatican Museums, this collection of masterpieces is never crowded. The gallery includes pieces by Raphael and Bernini, and the tour includes the Borghese Gardens: a peaceful oasis amid the chaos of the capital.
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Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned both the Villa Borghese itself and many of the great works still on display in its gallery. Works by Bernini, Caravaggio and Titian remain in their original settings, as envisioned by the Cardinal, a fiercely determined collector. Strictly controlled entry to the Villa and Gallery can make booking difficult and complicated. On this fully-guided tour you’ll hear more about Cardinal Borghese’s quest to complete his collection, and the stories behind the artworks themselves, including Bernini’s ‘Apollo and Daphne’, Canova’s ‘Pauline Bonaparte’, Caravaggio’s ‘St. Jerome’ and Raphael’s ‘The Deposition’. Your guide will be an English-speaker and an expert on the collection, and audio headsets ensure you’ll hear every word they say.
Included in this tour is a visit to the Borghese Gardens: once the Cardinal’s private park, now a favorite spot for locals to relax among sculptures, plants and water features and get away from it all.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- All personal belongings must be left on arrival at the reception of the Borghese Gallery
- We regret that we are unable to accommodate pushchairs or strollers on our group tours
Reviews(2,281)
It was fantastic. Our guide was excellent! She told us information about every single important piece in the gallery, and was very knowledgeable.
We enjoyed an excellent tour with Salvatore, who provided expert insight into the Borghese gallery, along with interesting stories and an introduction to the grounds outside the gallery. With or without a tour, each visitor is limited to two hours inside the gallery, and we were fortunate to have Sal make perfect use of our time by guiding us through the highlight's and pointing out wonderful details. He was informative, entertaining, and very genuine.
The tour guide was incredible. He was very specific and thorough with his explanation. Definitely a must if in Rome!
Sal was an excellent tour guide. He was knowledgeable and passionate, and funny. The tour was beautiful and I deeply appreciated his love for what he does. Excellent tour, 10/10, a must do when in Roma!
Fantastic tour!! We are so happy that we booked this tour for our "free day" in Rome. A beautiful art collection in a beautiful place! Tour guide was excellent!!
Federica was fantastic! Knowledgeable and passionate. This museum is the most concentrated collection of brilliant art I’ve ever seen. With this tour you get to stroll through the secret gardens as well. If you have accessibility issues (there are lots of stairs) ask to use the lift. The staff is very helpful. Highly recommend!
Very knowledgable tour guide. Francesca gave a lot of information and showed up very energized and passionate for the Galleria Borghese tour. Overall, the tour was organized well and we got all necessary information in a timely fashion. We will book again with Viator.
Of all the things in Rome, this is the one I recommend the most. If you like art, you have to go to the Borghese Gallery. Sal was an amazing guide - you could tell he knew and really enjoyed all of the works here. It was an amazing tour of an amazing place.
Our guide, Frederica, was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the pieces in the Borghese Gallery. She was enthusiastic and energetic in her descriptions of the art. Highly recommended!!
This was a terrific tour of the masterpieces in the Gallery with Salvatore “Sal.” He provided excellent and enthusiastic insight into the works in the museum. We thoroughly enjoyed it! The only negative was that the “Gardens” part of the tour was very disappointing because the gardens are not well preserved at all, and we were not in the gardens at all, really, only on the grounds which are nothing much to see.
