Rome: Borghese Gallery Small Group Tour & Skip-the-Line Admission

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Duration:2 hours (approx.)
Location: Rome, Italy

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Enjoy the Borghese Gallery and Villa Borghese Gardens in Rome with skip-the-line admission and a guided walking tour limited to 15 people.

This popular attraction often sells out in advance, so by pre-booking a ticket, visit one of the world’s most beautiful art museums hosting the works of extraordinary artists. 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 Proserpina” and “Paolina Bonaparte”. Of course the tour won’t miss out on Raffaello’s “Entombment of Christ”. The guide will lead the tour through the marvelous rooms of Casina Borghese, with its splendid frescoes, disclose the secrets, the stories and the painting techniques concealed behind the masterpieces of one of the world’s most beautiful art museum.

Villa Borghese gardens and gallery, you cannot miss it when you visit Rome.

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1. Villa Borghese
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).
2. Galleria Borghese
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). 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.

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Posted By : Jill_R
Our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and I learned so much from him about art in general and the art on exhibit at the Borghese in particular. Best tour guide ever!
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Posted On : 2024-06-12 18:37:30

Posted By : Tara_M
Our tour was very educational and informative about the gallery history and each artists history as well.

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Posted On : 2024-06-09 16:12:00

Posted By : Deanne_W
Our guide was amazing!!! She had so much knowledge and passion for the art. And brought everything to life!!
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Posted On : 2024-06-09 06:04:55

Posted By : ernesth712
If you love artwork this is a must do. One of the best tours in Rome. Great area in the city. Our guide, Fredrico was a fantastic guide. Book early because tickets go quickly. Grounds need some TLC.
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Posted On : 2024-06-09 04:22:35

Posted By : JENNIFER_B
Went very smoothly and our guide Mateo was outstanding! Very professional, knowledgeable, and kind! Wish we could do it again!
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Posted On : 2024-06-09 04:12:43

Posted By : paulinebY4456AA
Our tour guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. I found this tour to be overpriced. The second floor of the gallery was closed for renovation and we didn’t see the secret garden. It was primarily a tour about sculptor Bernini - which was good - but I didn’t think it matched the price paid.
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Posted On : 2024-06-08 05:04:13

Posted By : tinahillwn
Loved the Borghese. It was the perfect end to our day. The sculptures are gorgeous. This is a DO NOT MISS tour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-07 19:21:35

Posted By : Lawrence_C
We had an excellent tour of the Borghese Gallery with our guide Guido. Guido provided his keen insight into the art and sculpture. The gallery is really worth a visit and complements the pieces found in the Vatican Museums and various churches and basilicas throughout Rome.
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Posted On : 2024-06-07 07:22:34

Posted By : Robert_P
Tour guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. She was kind and considerate of all the needs of the group
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Posted On : 2024-06-06 17:00:02

Posted By : Liina_B
The gallery was amazing and we are pleased that we managed to book it in a short notice. On the same time we felt that our guide was not very informative or organised, we got a bit of knowledge of the art and interiors we saw, but there was not enough overall context, interesting facts to make the the tour worthwhile. Also the headsets were terrible and crackled all the way through the visit, that only lasted 1.5 hours. We felt it was very overpriced for the experience we received.
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Posted On : 2024-06-04 11:02:04