Private Borghese Gallery Tour

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Admire stunning Baroque art most miss like Bernini's Rape of Proserpina & Apollo and Daphne

5.00

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2 h

Exploring the Borghese Gallery alone often means missing key details, dealing with confusing layouts, and relying on audio guides that just don’t deliver. With a personal, friendly guide, you’ll experience the gallery as it was meant to be, with engaging stories about masterpieces by Bernini, Caravaggio, and Raphael. Skip the line and enjoy a thoughtfully curated visit, taking in the stunning art and history of one of Rome’s most elegant and celebrated galleries.

Surrounded by the lush gardens and lakes of Villa Borghese in central Rome, the Borghese Gallery has always been one of our favorite places in the city. For art-lovers looking to see some of the finest Baroque pieces ever created, this private guided tour is a must!

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 a...

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Free cancellation up to 7 days in advance!

Private English-speaking guide

Skip the line Borghese tickets

Raphael, Bernini, Caravaggio, and more!

Apollo and Daphne

David with the Head of Goliath

Private tour

History of the Borghese Gallery

Sitting in Rome's most popular gardens, you'll find the beautiful Villa Borghese. Designed by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, a nephew of the pope, to serve as the family's mansion in the 17th century.

Discover the Borghese Gallery

Within Rome’s incredible white house your local guide will show you one of the most impressive art galleries Italy has to offer.

Works by Renaissance Masters

During your Borghese Gallery Guided Tour, you'll be shown one of the most mysterious and celebrated paintings ever, "The Sacred and Profane Love" by Titian!

Caravaggio

Your expert guide will tell you the stories surrounding the turbulent life and everlasting legacy of Caravaggio, in a room almost entirely dedicated to the Italian genius’s paintings!

Bernini

Ever seen a statue carved by an 11-year-old? This is supposedly how old Gian Lorenzo Bernini was when he performed his first work for the Borghese Cardinal!

For Reference Only. Itineraries are subject to change

In front of the Museum entrance. Your friendly personal guide will be holding a sign with our company name on it. Your tour will end inside the Borghese Gallery where you are free to explore more on your own.

Comfortable shoes and a passion for art! Bags and cameras aren't allowed in the museum, but a baggage check is available.

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Private Borghese Gallery Tour

Anders Knutsson

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March 29, 2025

it was an excellent tour and experience. Our guide really knew the collection well and because the time limit kept a good pace. We spent special time with the main Bernini sculptures and studied them in detail. She put him and the work in the historic context, Also the Caravaggios were special to us and we discussed his work and life. Most enlightening. Thank you!

Amazing experience

J. Nicholas Tkacz

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March 28, 2025

Our tour guide was passionate, knowledgeable, engaging and entertaining adding to the overall immense beauty of the artwork displayed. Highly recommend!

Wonderful tour

Barbara Stratton

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March 01, 2025

Chiara's private tour of the Borghese was excellent. She was informative, friendly and clearly enthusiastic about what she was sharing with us. I am so gladly we arranged for a private tour.

Marie Joy V Guttschow

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February 10, 2025

Steve Santoro

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May 05, 2024

Great Tour Guide. Laura was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We loved the tour and the Bourghese!

Edward nusrala and Kim nusrala

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April 24, 2024

Excellent experience

David Brouwer

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September 30, 2023

We were fortunate to have a private tour with Eva. She was informative and knowledgeable, detailing the history and significance of the Borghese and the collection.

Heather Phillips

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September 28, 2023

James Flanick

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July 30, 2023

Loretta was amazing!

Devon Wilson

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July 01, 2023

My husband and I had a wonderful tour with Loretta. She was kind, funny, spirited, and so informed! She was very very engaging! I highly recommend!!!

EXCELLENT

Kim Mumola

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June 07, 2023

EXCELLENT

Spectacular Borghese Gallery Tour

John and Kim Keiserman

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April 10, 2023

This tour was an absolutely first-rate way to view the Borghese Gallery, where limited admission windows mean that having a guide to shuttle you through and ensure that you see all of the works that you hope to view is incredibly helpful. Our guide, Marianna, was friendly, incredibly knowledgeable about the Gallery, and knew the museum like she had visited a hundred times before (which I suspect she had!) I cannot recommend this tour more highly--really a fantastic experience.

Fantastic Tour!

Craig Fox

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December 31, 2022

What a wonderful tour! Our kids had a fantastic time.

This museum is amazing! The sculptures are incredible! Our guide was wonderful!

Heather Bachman

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December 19, 2022

This was our fourth tour with The Roman Guy during our time in Italy. All of these were amazing and this one didn't disappoint! We really enjoyed the morning we spent with Guido. He clearly loves the art in this Gallery and taught us to love it too! Thank you for the knowledge and information. Highly recommend the private tour experience.

THOMAS WELLMAN

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November 06, 2022

Herb White

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November 23, 2019

The Borghese Gallery "Story Tellers" Private Tour

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August 11, 2017

I booked this tour for my parents, who were visiting Rome for a week in June. They absolutely love it - in fact they're still talking about it 5 weeks later ! Worth every cent and the highlight of their visit. Thank you so much.

Off the beaten track

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April 29, 2016

Jowita was simply awesome.It wasn't just an art history lesson, but I learned all the cool stories about artists as well!

Wonderful & Engaging

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April 27, 2016

The Borghese tour was absolutely wonderful. Our guide Fabiola showed my family and I a great time! She was so much fun, my kids absolutely loved her. Storytellers is a very fitting name for the tour, as there are so many engaging stories to learn! A great tour for families.

Really a "Story Tellers" Tour

Sean Sean

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April 26, 2016

This tour was short and fun. 2 hours inside a gallery this intense is plenty. The guide told us the mythological stories behind all of Bernini's sculptures which really kept things interesting. I am not a big art fanatic, but I like the backstories and meaning behind the work. If you are the same I recommend this tour.