3-Hour Art Tour at the Borghese Gallery in Rome

Borghese Gallery

Paintings at Borghese Gallery

The Deposition by Peter Paul Rubens

Sculpture at Borghese Gallery

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Highlights

Marvel at the splendid collection of art, including sculptures, ancient mosaics and paintings

Visit one of the most renowned art museums in the world, the Borghese Gallery in Rome

Rome

art, architectural, museums

Private Tour

3 Hours

Easy

English

Description

Explore the world-famous sculptures, paintings, and other works of art that span several centuries and styles at the Borghese Gallery in Rome, a must-see destination for art lovers. Later, take a stroll in the building’s gardens which are also a part of the third-largest park in Rome.

Itinerary

Explore Famous Artworks at Borghese Gallery
- Meet your guide and visit the splendid Villa Borghese, which hosts the Borghese Gallery. Built at the beginning of the seventeenth century, it was the private residence and public representation of the Borghese family.
- See the famous artworks of Caravaggio, Canova, Raffaello, Bacchino, Malato, Fanciullo con canestro di frutta, Apollo e Dafne, David, Il Ratto di Proserpina, Paolina Bonaparte and Deposizione.

What's Included

Roman guide provided for 3 hours

What's Excluded

Admission/Reservation fees

Booking service for your tickets/reservations to the Borghese Gallery: € 17 per person

Headphones necessary for more than 6 persons (3,00 EUR/person)

Meals/Beverages

Taxi from/to your hotel

Know Before You Go

Need to arrive 30 minutes before the entry time at the meeting location.

The ticket expires after 2 hours, so the third hour will be spent visiting the garden.

The tour starts at 5 different time slots: 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 am, 2:30 pm, and 4:30 pm

To decide the best time for the visit to the Borghese Gallery, book your online tickets seven/ten days before.

From the beginning, the gallery housed the collection of cardinal Scipio (1579-1633), nephew of Pope Paul the Fifth 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, sixteenth-seventeenth-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 sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Apollo and Daphne, the Rape of Proserpina, David) and Canova (Paolina Borghese).

Meeting Point

At the Gardens of Borghese Gallery in front of the entrance or Hotel.

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.

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3-Hour Art Tour at the Borghese Gallery in Rome

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Explore Famous Artworks at Borghese Gallery

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