# Borghese Gallery, in Two-Hour Slots

What to do en Rome · Rome

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/things-to-do/borghese-gallery · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 18 € per person
- Duración: 2 h
- Temporada: All year, Tuesday to Sunday
- Para quién: Adults and teenagers

Bernini, Caravaggio and Canova in Cardinal Borghese's villa: slots of up to two hours, a named €18 ticket and closed on Mondays.

The sculptures by Bernini and the Caravaggios gathered by the Borghese family, in the villa that Cardinal Scipione had built inside his park. You enter with a named ticket and a fixed time, and have two hours at most inside.
What you see and why it matters
The collection began in the 17th century as the private gallery of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V and one of the great collectors of his time. He commissioned works from a young Bernini and bought paintings by Caravaggio when they were still controversial.
The ground floor is for sculpture. The Bernini rooms are the reason for the visit: Apollo and Daphne, with the nymph turning into laurel; the Rape of Proserpina, with Pluto's fingers pressed into the marble thigh, and David in full tension before hurling the stone. On the same floor is Canova's Pauline Borghese, reclining like a Venus, and the Caravaggio room, with the Boy with a Basket of Fruit, the Sick Bacchus and David with the Head of Goliath. Upstairs, the picture gallery: Raphael, Titian with Sacred and Profane Love, and painting from the 15th to 17th centuries.
Opening hours
It opens Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00; it is closed on Mondays, 25 December and 1 January. Slots start every half hour and the last entry is at 17:45. Each slot gives up to two hours of visit, except the last two, which are shorter.
Tickets and prices

General entry: €18; in the last slot, €13.
Ages 18 to 25, EU citizens: €2.
Under 18: free, but they need a booked ticket; only under-5s enter without one.

Temporary exhibitions are part of the route and may raise the price. Tickets are named, bought on the Musei Italiani platform, a maximum of six per purchase, and are not refunded or changed; the name can be corrected once up to three days before. At the door they compare the ticket with your ID. The museum warns that there are no "skip-the-line" tickets: buy only through official channels. For the first Sunday of the month, which is free, tickets are released at 12:00 ten days beforehand and go quickly.
Bags and cloakroom
You can only go in with bum bags or small bags up to 21 × 15 cm. Rucksacks, medium and large bags and shopping bags are not allowed. The cloakroom accepts cabin suitcases as long as there is room, with no guarantee: if you are coming from the hotel with luggage, leave it first.
Getting there
The gallery is at the eastern end of the Villa Borghese park. From Termini, bus 910 or 92 to the Pinciana/Museo Borghese stop. From Barberini on metro line A, buses 63, 83, 52 or 53 to the same stop, or 61 and 160 to San Paolo del Brasile. From Flaminio, buses 89, 490, 495, 61 or 160. On foot from Piazza di Spagna through the Pincio it is about 25 minutes of park. There are taxi ranks on Via Pinciana and Via Vittorio Veneto.
How long and with whom
Two hours are enough if you get straight to the point: start with the ground floor, which is the one that fills up, and go up to the picture gallery afterwards. For teenagers it works well, because Bernini's sculptures hit the eyes without explanation. With small children, two hours of rooms where you touch nothing feel long; the park outside makes up for it.
Afterwards, stroll down through the Pincio to Piazza del Popolo. If you are looking for another art day, St Peter's Dome and the Vatican Museums are on the other side of the Tiber.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://galleriaborghese.cultura.gov.it/visita/info-biglietti/
- Coordenadas: 41.9142, 12.4922

## Cerca de aquí

- [Hotel Hassler Roma](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/where-to-stay/hotel-hassler-roma), a 1.2 km
- [YellowSquare Rome](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/where-to-stay/yellowsquare-rome), a 1.5 km
- [Hotel Artemide](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/where-to-stay/hotel-artemide), a 1.5 km
- [The Beehive](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/where-to-stay/the-beehive), a 1.6 km
- [Armando al Pantheon](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/where-to-eat/armando-al-pantheon), a 2.1 km
- [Bio Hotel Raphaël](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/where-to-stay/hotel-raphael), a 2.3 km
- [Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine with a Named Ticket](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/things-to-do/colosseum-forum-palatine), a 2.7 km
- [Salumeria Roscioli](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome/where-to-eat/salumeria-roscioli), a 2.7 km

## Consejos

### Book weeks ahead
Weekend and mid-morning slots sell out early, especially in spring and at Christmas.

### Arrive with time for the check
They check the ticket against each person's ID: have everyone's ID card to hand, including minors who have one.

### The last slot costs less
At 17:30 or 17:45 you pay €13, but the visit is shorter. If you only want the Bernini rooms, it is enough.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Do you need to book the Borghese Gallery?
Yes. You enter in slots with a named ticket bought on the Musei Italiani platform; even under-18s, who do not pay, need theirs.

### How much is the ticket?
€18 general, €13 in the last slot and €2 for ages 18 to 25 who are EU citizens. Temporary exhibitions may raise the price.

### Can I go in with a rucksack?
No. Only small bags up to 21 × 15 cm are allowed. The cloakroom only guarantees space for cabin suitcases if there is room.

Destino: [Rome](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/lazio/rome.md)