Private Borghese Gallery Tour

You'll meet your personal expert guide near the gallery entrance, and with skip-the-line tickets included, you'll be able to make the most of your time inside the gallery. Your guide has an expertise in art history as well as storytelling, and will bring life to the Borghese in a way you just wouldn't experience on your own.

Private Borghese Gallery Tour Description

Your 2-hour tour includes:

• Skip-the-line Borghese Gallery tickets

• Private guided tour, tailored to you

• See works by Raphael, Bernini, Caravaggio, and more!

• Engaging English-speaking guide with expertise in art history

Villa Borghese and Galeria Borghese

Located at the top of the Spanish Steps, this beautiful public space is worth a visit even if you're not an art lover. Formerly a vineyard, it was converted into gardens during the 15th century and was once used a a place of leisure by its owner, Cardinal Scipione Borghese. Within the park you'll find the former Borghese family mansion, the Borghese Gallery, and a number of other museums and monuments, as well as Pincian Hill where you'll get one of the finest views in Rome!

Your guide will be waiting to meet you near to the Borghese Gallery entrance, where you'll skip-the-line the begin exploring the world-renowned art collection held within its walls.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini has many sculptures in this museum, four of which your guide will explain in depth since they have become the focal points of the Galleria Borghese artwork collection. Bernini's attention to detail will leave you speechless—creating the appearance of sweat down the back of Pluto and see-through cloth worn by Apollo. All of which was done using marble, a hammer and a variety of chisels! Genius! Your guide will explain some the techniques Bernini used, as well as stories about the man himself.

Caravaggio

Another major figure of the Baroque era was Caravaggio, and his works play a starring role in the Borghese Gallery. You'll visit a room dedicated almost entirely to Caravaggio's masterpieces. See and hear about his progression as a young artist into a true master of the trade, and learn about his "chiaroscuro" art style and his fascinating life—his dark past and eventual death make for a fascinating story. You’ll even learn lesser known stories like how one of his paintings foreshadowed his demise!

Inside the Borghese Gallery you'll find Caracaggio's Sick Bacchus, David With The Head Of Goliath, Palafrenieri, and many more.

Raphael, Correggio, Titian, and more!

Beyond the works of Bernini and Caravaggio, the Borghese Gallery houses pieces by some of the most celebrated artists of the Baroque period. Your guide will lead you to pieces by famed artists like Raphael, Correggio, and Titian, amongst many others. The Borghese Gallery is truly one of the best pound for pound collections of art in Italy, including Paolina Bonaparte by Canova and Diana And Her Nymphs by Domenichino.