Borghese Gallery Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry
Visit Galleria Borghese with this Exclusive Semi Private small group tour limited to 15 people. Book your visit to one of the most famous villas in Rome. Enjoy the possibility to enter without queuing. Open your eyes and be dazzled by the works of Caravaggio, Canova, Bernini, and Raphael.
During this tour you will be able to know the story behind the famous sculpture of Apollo and Daphne, you will be amazed by the wonderful works of Bernini, Canova and the most famous paintings by Caravaggio. Walk through the twenty rooms where you can admire the famous painting of "Young Sick Bacchus" by Caravaggio or the Boy with a Basket of Fruit.
Let yourself be enchanted by the works of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which comprise a significant percentage of his output of secular sculpture, starting with early works such as the Goat Amalthea with Infant Jupiter and Faun to his dynamic Rape of Proserpine, or the iconic Apollo and Daphne which are considered seminal works of baroque sculpture
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Borghese Gallery Guided Tour
What's included in Borghese Gallery Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Apollo and Daphne – a marble sculpture in the Baroque style in natural size, made by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and executed in 1622-1625. Placed in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, this work depicts the culmination of the history of Apollo and Daphne (Phoebe and Daphne) in Ovid’s Metamorphosis.
Galleria Borghese
Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix (or Venus Victorious) is a semi-nude life-size neo-Classical portrait sculpture by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. It was commissioned by Pauline Bonaparte’s husband Camillo Borghese and executed in Rome from 1805 to 1808 after she married the representative of the Borghese family. Then, the sculpture moved to Camillo’s house in Turin, then to Genoa, only arriving in the Galleria Borghese around 1838.
Galleria Borghese
Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese are marble portrait sculptures created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1632. Both versions of the portrait are located in the Borghese Gallery in Rome.
Inclusions
- Entrance fees
- Skip-the-ticket-line entry
- Semi Private Tour (maximum 15 people)
- Borghese Gallery guided tour
- Headsets if needed
- Gratuities
- Private transportation
- Some rooms of the Gallery might be closed to visitors due to refurbishment works
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Due to the Jubilee, some monuments may be under restoration, and access routes could change. Please check your messages for updates before your visit.
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Meet your guide in front the entrance of the Borghese Gallery. The guide will have a sign with the logo of the Agency
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Ticket Redemption
Meet your guide in front the entrance of the Borghese Gallery. The guide will have a sign with the logo of the Agency "Doooing Experience".
