Meet your guide just in front of the Borghese Gallery, in the middle of the 2 stone staircases at ground level. A taxi can drop you 100 yards from the gallery entrance. The exact address is Piazzale del Museo Borghese. Your guide will be wearing a special badge with Toorers logo – you can’t miss it! Set in the idyllic greenery of the Borghese Park, the Borghese Gallery is a hidden gem of Rome that any art-lovers can’t miss. Masterpieces of great artists such as Raphael, Bernini and Caravaggio are tastefully selected and displayed in their original baroque mansion to form a breathtaking but manageable journey. Accessing the gallery can however be complicated as all tickets need to be reserved in advance. How about leaving the work to us? In this relaxing private tour, your specialist guide will meet you with everything ready and take you directly inside to unveil some of the most beautiful artworks you might ever see in your lifetime. Itinerary : The tour will start with the history of this precious collection and the beautiful mansion that displays it. You’ll be intrigued by the jaw-dropping life stories of the cardinal Scipione Borghese, one of the most colorful personalities of Rome and a powerful patron of art who has created this very museum by the collecting, commissioning and even stealing of artworks. You’ll be impressed by the controversial baroque bad-boy Caravaggio, a genius of art but also a criminal arrested for murder. His personality is written in his darkly dramatic and blatantly realistic paintings that have changed the course of art history. A particularly intense example is his gruesome self-portrait on the chopped head of Goliath that David showed proudly to the spectators. The real superstar of the gallery, however, is behind the sculptures. Bernini was the most influential sculptor of baroque Rome who has left his indelible marks from the Trevi Fountain to St. Peter’s Square. A favorite of the cardinal, he has created stunningly beautiful works for the Borghese palace like the Rape of Proserpina and Apollo and Daphne, which captured the fleeting moment of movement in space and magically transformed the marble into flesh. It is an unforgettably moving experience seeing his statues close-up. Other highlights include Raphael’s Entombment and Lady with Unicorn that embody the ideal of Renaissance beauty. As the collection is highly manageable, this 2-hour visit will allow you to see all of the rooms at an unhurried pace and to fall in love with art like never before. This experience is hosted by Toorers - More Than Tours Starting from $449.00 per private group of 1-4 people Group size: up to 5 private group of 1-4 people Vibe: Local, Chill, Instagram-Worthy Mobility: Yes