Rome: Borghese Gallery Small Group Tour & Skip-the-Line Admission | 2 hours

1052 Reviews | Rome
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$199.48
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Guided Tour - 5:45pm: small-group tour max 20 people, with an expert guide. Please arrive 15 minutes before the activity time.

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • No additional fees or taxes
  • Walking tour of Villa Borghese Gardens (No Guide)
  • Borghese Gallery guided visit (2 hours)
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Overview

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.

Meeting points

Departure Point: We will meet in front of Borghese Gallery entrance Directions: Please arrive in front of the main entrance to the Borghese Gallery 15 minutes before the activity starts. Our staff will be meeting you holding a “Loving Rome” flag. Dates: See Availability

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • 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).

    15 minutes

  • 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.

    1 hour 45 minutes

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Dress code is smart casual
  • Travelers with excessive sized bags will have certain problems, please note that small or large 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.

Free Cancellation

December 31100% refund
January 01No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Reviews

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1052 reviews

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Rome highlight for us

Published on Jan, 2025

Had a fantastic tour with Matthieu (? Spelling). A group of 4 including me and my daughter. He made each piece of art come alive through explaining its history (and the artists) so you could feel the emotion. No dry recitation of dates and names. Probably the best art history tour I’ve ever been on. Took the entire two hours and never checked my watch. Totally worth the money. Obviously you don’t see everything but that’s not the point. It’s your learn in greater detail about highlights and to me that was better than a fast paced run through everything

Very good tour of the museum

Published on Jan, 2025

Small group tour was quite enjoyable. Feels like two hours that the museum allows per entry is not enough to see everything we wanted to see. Our guide did a very good job discussing the sculptures and key paintings. Would definitely recommend this tour to friends and family.

Alicia was an excellent...

Published on Jan, 2025

Alicia was an excellent tour guide, I recommend the Villa Borghese Gallery tour! You will be pleased with all the wonderful works of art to see and hear about.

The tour guide is very...

Published on Jan, 2025

The tour guide is very knowledgeable and explained many technical and historical details of the artworks.

Really excellent tour!

Published on Jan, 2025

This was a tour with a knowledgeable tour guide. We learned so much from our guide and this enhanced our experience.

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