Private Borghese Gallery Tour
Admire stunning Baroque art most miss like Bernini's Rape of Proserpina & Apollo and Daphne
5.00
(31)
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
Christine Blackhurst
May 11, 2025
Eva was an incredible tour guide—knowledgeable, passionate, and engaging from start to finish. She brought the artwork to life with fascinating stories and insights we would have never discovered on our own. Her pacing was perfect, and she made sure everyone in the group felt included and comfortable. We truly enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend Eva to anyone visiting Rome!
Private Borghese Gallery Tour
Anders Knutsson
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
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
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
February 10, 2025
Steve Santoro
May 05, 2024
Great Tour Guide. Laura was very knowledgeable and entertaining. We loved the tour and the Bourghese!
Edward nusrala and Kim nusrala
April 24, 2024
Excellent experience
David Brouwer
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
September 28, 2023
James Flanick
July 30, 2023
Loretta was amazing!
Devon Wilson
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
June 07, 2023
EXCELLENT
Spectacular Borghese Gallery Tour
John and Kim Keiserman
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
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
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
November 06, 2022
Herb White
November 23, 2019
The Borghese Gallery "Story Tellers" Private Tour
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
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
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
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.