Borghese Gallery Private Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry
Description
Visit Galleria Borghese with this Exclusive Private tour. 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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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.
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.
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.
Truth Unveiled by Time is a marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was executed between 1646 and 1652. The artist wanted to show Truth allegorically, as a naked young lady being unveiled by a Time figure above her. However, a figure of Time was never executed. Bernini managed to express his idea by adding the figure in 1665.
David is a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Cardinal Scipione Borghese commissioned it to decorate the Borghese Gallery. The masterpiece was completed in seven months, from 1623 to 1624. The main subject of the sculpture is the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath, which will enable David to behead him.
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Important Information
- 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.
Reviews(17)
Martina is such an amazing guide! It was a 2 hour time full of great content! Hope to come back soon!
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed your visit to the Borghese Gallery and that Martina made the experience so memorable. We hope to welcome you back again soon! Kind regards, Doooing Experience Team
Our guide was very knowledgeable and made the visit much more of an experience! I recommend this service.
Thank you very much for your kind review! We’re delighted to hear that you had a wonderful experience at the Borghese Gallery and that your guide made the visit even more enjoyable. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you again soon. Doooing Experience Team
This tour was 100% worth it, and my only disappointment was that we were only able to hit the highlights of the highlights in time allotted. I never got any art education to speak of, so this two hours, where she covered about six pieces in depth, was really eye-opening.
Dear Lynn, Thank you for your kind review! We’re thrilled that **Martina** made your Borghese Gallery tour so eye-opening. We’re glad you enjoyed the in-depth look at the highlights and hope to welcome you back with **Doooing Experience** to explore even more art soon. Warm regards, Doooing Experience Team
Alessandra is a very excellent guide. It crowns the already glorious experience. She is extremely competent, and very charming. How lucky I was 🍀 Thanks!
Thank you so much for your kind words! We’re thrilled that Alessandra made your experience so special. 🍀 Warm regards, Doooing Experience Team
We had a perfect tour to the Galleria Borghia. It was very well prepared and the guide was extremely knowledgrable and insightful, yet funny.
Thank you very much for your kind review! We’re delighted to hear that you had a perfect visit to the Borghese Gallery and that your guide made the experience both insightful and enjoyable. We truly appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you again soon!
It was fantastic visiting the gallery and learning about Bernini, Caravaggio and other great artists from a brilliant guide. Our tour guide took us masterfully through the highlights, explaining both how the pieces were created and the different interpretations of them. She pointed out what to look for and gave insight into their historical context. Having been on this tour we were able to appreciate the art and the artists of the Borghese gallery to a much greater level. Highly recommend this tour for anyone visiting Rome!
Dear guest, thank you so much for your amazing review! 🌟 Your recommendation means a lot to us, and we hope to welcome you on another inspiring tour in Rome soon!
Struggling at the beginning whether the Galleria is really interesting we are overwhelmed! The tour guide was excellent and showed us her passion for art in a very new way. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your feedback! We’re glad that our guide’s passion and enthusiasm made the tour such an engaging and surprising experience. That’s exactly what we aim for! We hope to welcome you back soon.
The Gallery is not to be missed! But we wouldn’t have understood a fraction of the background without our fabulous tour guide, Martina. She told us the stories behind the stories, and it was wonderful. She is so knowledgeable, humorous and personable- a real gem!
Dear Guest, Thank you for your kind review. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the Borghese Gallery and that Martina’s knowledge, humor, and storytelling made your visit so meaningful and memorable. Doooing Experience team.
I booked this trip through The Tour Guy who then uses 3rd party, Doooing, for private tour of the Borghese Gallery. I was in Rome for the last trip my mom will likely take given her health. Prior to booking the manager himself at The Tour Guy sent me the link to use (since they first told me it was include with the Colosseum based on multiple email exchanges). I used the link and both times it said it was denied YET my credit card was charged. I then emailed the Tour Guy and they confirmed that one of the two processing requests went through. I received a confirmation number and ticket via email and they personally sent this to me. The day before the tour I received a text with the link to my tickets. I took a 40 minute taxi with my two young kids and my physically disabled parents to the Borghese Gallery to meet the Doooing tour guide. I arrived early and there was a group tour but they said they did not have a private tour guide. They called Doooing office who said "you are correct, we see your confirmation and reservation but we do not have a guide NOR the tickets to get you in Borghese Gallery." They offered to give me tickets for several hours later to enter (yet I had other pre-paid timed experiences set for that time and it was our last day in Rome). I said I will just take my 12pm tickets for entry and just forget about the guide. Then they tell me they do not even have the tickets for entry and the gallery was already sold out since the week before when I booked this through them and The Tour Guy. They never offered to "use" tickets from those in the group tours who showed up after I. Literally they were like "sorry it is our mistake but nothing we can do." I ended up leaving, taking another 40 minute taxi back to the city (so now spending close to $100 in taxi to and from). I requested immediate reimbursement for the pre-paid tour/tickets and the cost of the taxi and now 3 days later I still do not have it. I reached out to The Tour Guy as well and they point finger to Doooing's mistake. This is after I had also booked over $1200 of private tours the two days prior with The Tour Guy. They offered me a pathetic $50 credit to another tour with them in the future. I live in the US and who knows when I will be back, clearly my mom's last trip of the life, AND I will not use either of these companies in the future. I have more to say about The Tour Guy and communication you get before and then after you actually pay for the tours. Before you get immediate responses suggesting personal company and then you book and they completely limit communication. Highly disappointed to miss this special top 3 sites we wanted to see in Rome.
We are sorry to hear about your disappointment, but after reviewing your booking details, we would like to clarify a few points. Your reservation was for a standard guided tour, not a private tour, which is why no private guide was assigned to you. Additionally, we noticed that two separate bookings were made under your name, and one of them was later canceled, which may have contributed to the confusion. We understand how frustrating this situation must have been, and we sincerely regret any inconvenience.
Guided tour all for us... Martina, truly exceptional. It made us appreciate and enjoy in two hours the sense and beauty and richness of the villa and Bernini's works in particular. I was moved! Thank you so much!
Dear Guest, Thank you for your kind review. We are delighted to hear that Martina made your private visit to the Borghese Gallery so meaningful and moving, helping you fully appreciate the beauty of Bernini’s works and the villa itself. Doooing Experience team.
