Borghese Gallery Entrance Ticket with Optional Guided Tour | La Vacanza Travel

Borghese Gallery Entrance Ticket with Optional Guided Tour

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Destination: Italy, Lazio, Rome
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  • 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Rome
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Appreciate art like a collector with a visit to the Borghese Gallery and Gardens. Carefully controlled entry means that unlike the nearby Vatican Museums, this collection of masterpieces is never crowded. The gallery includes pieces by Raphael and Bernini, and the tour includes the Borghese Gardens: a peaceful oasis amid the chaos of the capital.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Galleria Borghese, Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5, 00197 Rome Italy

Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned both the Villa Borghese itself and many of the great works still on display in its gallery. Works by Bernini, Caravaggio and Titian remain in their original settings, as envisioned by the Cardinal, a fiercely determined collector.

Strictly controlled entry to the Villa and Gallery can make booking difficult and complicated. This package lets you avoid the organizing and even skip the line to get in when you arrive.

On this fully-guided tour you’ll hear more about Cardinal Borghese’s quest to complete his collection, and the stories behind the artworks themselves, including Bernini’s ‘Apollo and Daphne’, Canova’s ‘Pauline Bonaparte’, Caravaggio’s ‘St. Jerome’ and Raphael’s ‘The Deposition’. Your guide will be an English-speaker and an expert on the collection, and audio headsets ensure you’ll hear every word they say.


Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Villa Borghese Gardens, Piazzale Napoleone I, 00197 Rome Italy

Included in this tour is a visit to the Borghese Gardens: once the Cardinal’s private park, now a favorite spot for locals to relax among sculptures, plants and water features and get away from it all.

Duration: 1 hour

Inclusions
  • Borghese Gallery Escorted Entrance Ticket
  • Small group of 15 people max (When Guided Tour option is selected)
  • Borghese Gallery guided visit (When Guided Tour option is selected)
  • Headsets so you can always hear your guide (When Guided Tour option is selected)
  • Expert, English-speaking tour guide (When Guided Tour option is selected)
  • Villa Borghese Gardens Visit (When Guided Tour option is selected)
  • Guaranteed to skip the lines
  • Entry/Admission - Galleria Borghese

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • All personal belongings must be left on arrival at the reception of the Borghese Gallery
  • We regret that we are unable to accommodate pushchairs or strollers on our group tours
  • Please note that the Borghese Gallery will close its second floor for renovations beginning on March 19th. Our tour duration may vary slightly until renovations are completed by the end June.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Piazzale del Museo Borghese, 00197 Roma RM, Italy


Return Details

Piazza del Popolo, Roma RM, Italy

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

2 hours 30 minutes


User's Reviews

Simon_P

25 Mar, 2024

The statues by Bellini and Canova are stunningly beautiful. The upper floor of the gallery was closed and a number of well-known pictures were away on loan. We booked an optional guided tour package but this was not available on the day neither was there an audio alternative so we felt short-changed and overcharged. The signage in the rooms for the exhibits is inadequate/poor.

Charles_W

23 Mar, 2024

We met at the meeting point and collected our tickets and enjoyed the museum but that is not the point. We paid about 40 euros per ticket ( 3 times the face value) and you can buy them online yourself for 13 euros. Nothing else was included. I understand everyone needs to make a profit and if La Vacanza Travel are adding some value then fair enough like using the huge mark to provide a tour guide then that's ok but here there was ZERO added value. Nothing at all.

Alice_H

22 Mar, 2024

Disappointed that La Vacanza Travel, City Wonder tours used by La Vacanza Travel to distribute the tickets, or the Borghese staff informed us that floor 2 was closed and had been for awhile. We found out as we left the first floor and could not go up to the second. Also we paid La Vacanza Travel 40+ Euro for an entry ticket (no tour) that would have cost 13 directly for a timed ticket. It appears that La Vacanza Travel and other companies buy up the tickets and increase the cost. The only thing the nice City Wonders man did was to find our name on a list and give us 2 tickets. Also, the entry to the Borghese is not easy for people like me with mobility problems. No rails to go down the entry steps. Once inside, a runner is laid on top of the steps making it difficult to get ones footing because the runner is not tacked down. In addition, people with dogs are allowed in the restaurant. 3 women with dogs were next to me at checkout and I found myself having to keep my balance with dogs sniffing my feet and legs as I struggled carrying my food. Soooo, the art was fabulous but the high cost, dogs, mobility challenges, and only seeing half of the exhibits were disappointing.

Stacy_H

22 Mar, 2024

You are basically buying a museum ticket at twice the price. No tour. But that's what you do if you want to go when it's otherwise sold out. Half the museum is currently closed for refurbishment, so I felt like it was not worth the price.

Marcia_M

20 Mar, 2024

I hope you have an opportunity to have Fabio as your tour guide. He's so knowledgeable, entertaining and passionate about providing the tour.

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A very helpful guide = better understanding

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A must visit gallery in Rome!

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If you live art the Gallery Borghese is a must-see when in Rome!

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Very worthwhile tour of the Borghese museum.

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Great way to learn the Villa Borghese Gallery!

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Took my breath away!

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Beautiful historical gallery in a picturesque location

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You should be very proud to have her on your staff.

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Great experience with great guide

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Borghese Gallery Tour

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Get a reservation as soon as you know you will be in Rome!

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100% worth it

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