3 hours
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Private tour

Highlights

Enjoy the personal attention of a private guide on this 3-hour tour of the Borghese Gallery. View masterpieces by Caravaggio, Raphael, Bernini and much more. Borghese Gallery is an art gallery housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana. At the outset, the gallery building was integrated with its gardens. The Villa Borghese gardens are considered a 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.

Inclusions

What's included

Professional guide
Borghese Gallery Collections Private Tour
Customized Email with the Tour Start Time
Skip The Line Tickets
Identity Card and Covid-19 Full Vaccination Proof are required

What's not

Food and drinks
Transportation to/from attractions

Itinerary

The Villa Borghese, the splendid small palace that hosts the Borghese Gallery, was built at the beginning of the 17th century as a private residence of the Borghese family. From the very beginning it housed the collection of Cardinal Scipio (1579-1633), nephew of Pope Paul V (a Borghese). In 1902, the Italian State purchased the rest of the collection and the palace. Currently, the collection consists of sculptures, bas-reliefs, ancient mosaics, 16th-17th century paintings, and sculptures. They include masterpieces by Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini, Perugino, Pinturicchio, Veronese, Raphael (Deposition), Domenichino (Diana's Hunt), Titian (Sacred and Profane Love, Venus Blindfolding Love), Correggio (Danae), Caravaggio (Youth with a Fruit Basket, The Madonna of the Footmen, David with Goliath's Head), Rubens (Pietà), and magnificent sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Apollo and Daphne, The Rape of Proserpina, David) and Canova (Paolina Borghese).
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Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point: Galleria Borghese, Piazzale del Museo Borghese, 5, 00197 Roma
Pickup: Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Tickets: Tickets are redeemed at a different location from the meeting point.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by: Tours of Rome

Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Identity Card or Passport are required
Minimum 2 adults required to book
Your Guide will be waiting for you holding a Sign with the name of our company TOURS OF ROME in the Meeting point.
Please remember that you will need to check for free your hand-back or pack back in the Museum check Room before starting the tour and take it back at the end of the tour.
We highly recommend to have an on the road cell phone to be easy to contact us and to contact you if necessary
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How it compares in Rome

Its from-price is 155% above the median of the 8352 experiences we list in Rome.
Its length is typical for the group.
By number of reviews it ranks 2518 of 8352.

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