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Borghese Gallery Private Tour Explore the Masterpieces by Bernini Caravaggio and Raphael
Rome, Italy
3 hours
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What You Will Do
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.
What's Included?
- Skip The Line Tickets
- Professional guide
- Customized Email with the Tour Start Time
- Identity Card and Covid-19 Full Vaccination Proof are required
- Borghese Gallery Collections Private Tour
What's Not Included?
- Food and drinks
- Transportation to/from attractions
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
Galleria Borghese, Piazzale del Museo Borghese, 5, 00197 Roma
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Galleria Borghese
2 hours
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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Additional Information
This activity is 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
- For a quick response you can use iMessage, Whatsapp and Viber for texting us
- We will not be able to accomodate you if you don't arrive at least 10 minutes before the tour start time
- Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration. Please pay attention to any messages we may send regarding potential changes.
Guide Options
- Guide - English
- Guide - Italian
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