Villa Borghese Gallery Tickets & Visitor Briefing
A Practical Guide For Those Planning On Visiting The Borghese Gallery
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| Borghese Gallery Rome |
Official Web Site - Villa Borghese Gallery
Villa Borghese is the largest public park in Rome, just on the north-east fringes of the city centre. It features a lake, temples, fountains, statues and several museums.
The most famous is the Museo e Galleria Borghese, housed in the Villa Borghese, the building after which the park is named. It has a collection of sculptures with some important works by Canova and Bernini, including the latter's masterpiece 'Abduction of Proserpina by Pluto'. The Galleria Borghese also houses a collection of paintings from several masters including Titian, Rubens and Raphael.
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna is located at the grounds of the 1911 World Exposition. The museum has a collection of 19th and 20th century paintings. It contains mostly works from Italian artists.
Borghese Gallery
The Borghese Gallery has a collection of paintings, sculptures, mosaics and bas-reliefs, mainly from 15th to 18th century.
The original sculptures and paintings in the Borghese Gallery date back to Cardinal Scipione's collection, the son of Ortensia Borghese - Paolo V's sister - and of Francesco Caffarelli, though subsequent events over the next three centuries entailing both losses and acquisition have left their mark.
The Borghese Gallery has physical limits to the number of visitors it can cope with. Tickets are therefore for 2 hour slots. Admission is strictly limited to only 360 persons every 2 hour time slot and their is mandatory exit at the end of each time slot.
The museum is closed Monday and open from 08:30 a.m. to mid evening. With the above visitor quotas pre booking tickets is strongly advised.
There are guided tours daily in English and also audio guides available on the day.
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Skip The Line Borghese Gallery Admission Tickets
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| Borghese Gallery Admission Tickets |
If you would like to visit the Borghese Gallery and Museum in Rome at your own leisure and would like to skip the queue with reserved tickets (which regularly sell out a month in advance!), book your tickets now! Your Borghese Gallery ticket will be pre-booked and pre-paid, for a fast, hassle-free entry.
Tickets include the standard ticket price plus fast-track access fee.
Roma Pass
Roma Pass provides free and direct entry to the first two museums or archaeological sites visited, the choice is yours. After the first two sites/museums visited there are reduced ticket prices to all other museums and archaeological sites visited thereafter.
There is a long list of Rome museums and archaeological sites, perhaps the main draws for most tourists are the Colosseum (including the Roman Forum & Palatine Hill, Galleria Borghese and Appia Antica . The notable area not covered is the Vatican.
Borghese Gallery and Gardens Walking Tour
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| Borghese Gallery and Gardens Walking Tour Tickets |
First a 2 hour tour of the Borghese Gallery conducted in a small groups (maximum 25 people) with an English-speaking guide.
Then a 1 hour walking tour of Villa Borghese Gardens, vast gardens filled with fountains, monuments and diverse flora. It's a treat for all the senses.
The tour ends with a breathtaking view from atop the Pincio terrace.
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| Villa Borghese Boating Lake |
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese is the largest public park in Rome and a great safety valve to escape the noise and bustle of the city of Rome.
There are busy areas like the boating lake, but for the most part its very easy to find your own shady spot all to yourself. Its not manicured lawns, for the most part there the landscape is quite contoured.
As well as the Borghese Gallery, the park is only steps away from the Spanish Steps and Via Veneto. From Flaminio Metro station you can walk straight into the park, though its quite a long walk to the Borghese Gallery from here.
Getting To The Borghese Gallery
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| OpenTour Hop On On Hop Off Sightseeing Bus |
If you are using one of the popular hop on, hop off sightseeing buses then be careful selecting which operator. The north east part of the city where Villa Borghese is situated has quite different coverage from operator to operator.
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| Porta Pinciana To Borghese Gallery Through Villa Borghese |
The Roma Cristiana bus is one of those that doesn't go near the Villa Borghese. The Open Tourbus pictured right is one of the better ones.
Get off mid way up the Via Veneto, then walk up the remainder of the Via Veneto lined with very expensive restaurants to the Porta Pinciana where the Villa Borghese park meets the urban area. From here its a well signposted pleasant 10 minute walk to the Borghese Gallery through the park, (picture left).
By public transport, the 52 and 53 buses stop close to the Borghese Gallery and can pickup you up at Barberini Metro. You can also walk from Barberini in about 20 minutes by walking up the Via Veneto and following the route in the paragraph above, its a very pleasant walk to. The route is also signposted from Spagna Metro or the top of the Spanish Steps.
The 910 bus from Termini Station also stops close to the gallery.
The number 19 tram from just north of the Vatican offers a 'Rome experience' if not the closest drop off to the Borghese Gallery. Get off at the Museum of Modern Art which you cannot miss and walk through the park (some way) to the Borghese Gallery.
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| Vatican Museums Tickets | €40 | Fast track admission to Vatican Museum |
| Vatican Museums inc Sistine Chapel | €60 | 3 hour tour with hotel pickups. |
| Vatican Museums inc Sistine Chapel (Private) | from €87 | Price shown is per person for 9 person group. |
| St Peter's + Vatican Museums + Sistine Chapel | €58 | Most popular 3 hour tour. Daily except Sunday. |
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| Colosseum & Roman Forum | €52 | Daily half day walking tour, am and pm. |
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| Spanish Steps, Pantheon,Trevi, Piazza Navona | €39 | 3 hour afternoon walking tour. Tues,Fri,Sat |
| Villa Borghese Gallery | ||
| Villa Borghese Gallery Fast Track Tickets | €35 | Fast track admission ticket for a 2 hour slot. |
| Villa Borghese Gallery & Gardens Tour | €44 | 2 hour tour of gallery + 1 hour gardens tour. |
| Other Popular City Of Rome Tours | ||
| Dan Brown 'Angels & Demons' Tour | €56 | 4 hr walking tour inspired by the Dan Brown novel |
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| Night Tours Of Rome (Walking or Bus) | €30/€41 | Choice - walking or coach tour of Rome by night |
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| 4 hour private custom tour of Rome | €210-€378 | Prices are per vehicle. Mercedes vehicles from 1-3 passenger E-class Merceds up to 8 seat Mercedes Vito vans/mini-buses. |
| 8 hour private custom tour of Rome | €378-€567 | |
| * Price from April 2nd 2012 | ||
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