Masterpieces Unveiled: A Journey Through the Borghese Gallery Small Group meeting point
When in Rome, one cannot miss out on the Borghese Gallery, a museum that houses a very important art collection including works by Bernini, Caravaggio, Canova and Raphael.
Additional Information
Meeting point
BORGHESE GALLERY
The art gallery is situated in Scipione Borghese Square, 5 inside Villa Borghese gardens. The tour will begin close to the museum’s entrance
11:45 AM in front of Borghese Gallery main entrance (Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5) REACH US AT OUR MEETING POINTS: After the recent bus restrictions issued by Rome’s municipality, we encourage our guests to save some dimes and to come to our new meeting points: they are now even easier to find and to recognize. We enhanced the presence of our distinctive pink flags to signal the meeting point and increased the staff members’ number: now they’re wearing a brand new set of uniforms, to make finding us a breeze.
Departure:
Daily except Mondays 12:00 PM
Blackout dates
The first Sunday of each month (during this monthly occasion, in fact, the Italian Ministry of Culture offers free access to the Borghese Gallery)
Notes and Advices
Comfortable shoes suggested
Dress Code and Clothing Restrictions:
In Rome, especially in places of worship and inside the Vatican Museums, it is strictly forbidden to bring strollers, bulky bags and umbrellas.
It is mandatory to provide a nominative list of all participants (including children) at the time of booking
If you have a metal coated pacemaker, you have to show your pacemaker identification card at the Security checks.
Customers have to bring their passport with them during the tours and show it if required.
The tour takes approximately two hours to complete.
Highlights
- Borghese gallery
What's included
- Local guide
- Tickets
- Skip the line access
- Headset
- Personal expenses
Overview
A professional local guide will illustrate the Gallery and its elegant, sophisticated and even regal interior and exterior spaces. The underlying sculptures and paintings in the building come from the private collection of cardinal Scipione Borghese (1579 - 1633), an art collector and patron, son of Ortensia Borghese, pope Paul V’s sister. The cardinal’s attention was directed to all Renaissance and contemporary art expressions, but wasn’t really into medieval art. Thus, his ambitions favored sculptures and marble groups whose high standards rivalled those of ancient art. Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix, sculpted by Canova between 1805 and 1808, has been here since 1838. In 1807 Camillo Borghese gav Napoleon 154 statues, 160 busts, 170 bas reliefs, 30 columns and a number of other objects that now make for a Borghese-derived Louvre catalog. Bernini’s artworks (Apollo and Daphne, The rape of Proserpina, David, to name just a few) have a prominent position in the gallery’s spaces on the first floor, too - so much so that one cannot but remain literally entranced by them. The collection of paintings is also very compelling: Pictures by Caravaggio, Titian, Correggio and Raphael are displayed on the second floor among many others.
Tickets to the Gallery must be booked well in advance, but we take care of it! By booking this tour, access is secured and you won’t have to pay anything at check-in. The tour starts at the Meeting point K which each guest will reach on their own. As an upgrade, one can opt for the version with pick-up from centrally located hotels to reach the museum with us stress-free by minivan.
When the tour is over, we suggest lingering outside in Villa Borghese, the huge public garden where the Gallery is located. Everyone finds a walk along the villa’s tree-flanked promenades very relaxing. The Pincio terrace is a twenty-minute walk, this being one of Rome’s hills. From here one can enjoy wonderful views not only over Piazza del Popolo right below and the Prati district, but also St Peter’s Dome, the Gianicolo, the Quirinale, Piazza Venezia as well as the Capitol hill. The outlook from the Pincio is really one of a kind!
Know before you go
Dress Code and Clothing Restrictions:
In Rome, especially in places of worship and inside the Vatican Museums, it is strictly forbidden to bring strollers, bulky bags and umbrellas.
It is mandatory to provide a nominative list of all participants (including children) at the time of booking
If you have a metal coated pacemaker, you have to show your pacemaker identification card at the Security checks.
Customers have to bring their passport with them during the tours and show it if required.
Cancellation policy
Cancellations without penalties within 24 hours before tour date
