• Private Tour
• Carbon Neutral

Unveil the mysteries of the Borghese Gallery and get the most out of your visit on this enriching tour! Get to know everything about this magnificent attraction with the insights provided by a local expert.

Destination

Rome, Italy

Category

Art Culture Tours

Duration

2 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Italiano, Español, Français

Included

• Private Guide
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance tickets not included
• bookings with more than 4 people need to pay an extra 70 Eur fee per group to enter the museum

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 6 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at At the entrance of the Gallery - Rome to start your journey

   View on Maps

2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Inside the Borghese Gallery

   Once you are inside, follow your local host’s insights as you check out the must-sees like the salon of Mariano Rossi and Villa Borghese gardens, as well as the hidden gems that not many know about. Be part of an enriching tour that will satisfy your curiosity and answer all of your questions!

4. Keep Exploring

   After the time with your host is over, you can either stay inside the attraction and keep exploring by yourself or say goodbye outside the attraction where your host will point out other spots to explore in Rome

5. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

James🇺🇸 United States

(About local Cecilia)

20 February 2025

Very knowledgeable and extremely passionate about art. Great session!!Excellent!

Bill 🇺🇸 United States

(About local Cecilia)

1 December 2024

My family and I recently visited Rome and had the pleasure of doing a tour of the Borghese museum. Even prior to our visit Cecilia kept in contact with usto make sure we be sure we the appropriate tickets. Her knowledge of the museum And its priceless works was extraordinarily helpful. Going to the museum without her would have been confusing and we would’ve not learned nearly as much. I highlyrecommend Cecilia as a tour guide for this museum and likely other? Thank you for a memorable and informative visit.Great experience, great museum & guide

Melissa🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

6 November 2024

It was a great tour and our guide was very understanding and accommodating to the physical restrictions one person in our party had. Thank you !Wonderful time

Amy🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

25 May 2024

Valentina was an excellent guide. She was very knowledgeable and made our visit to the museum memorable. Great tour!

Thomas and Mary 🇺🇲 United States Minor Outlying Islands

(About local Valentina)

17 April 2024

We booked a museum tour w Velentia and she was professional, kind and flexible when our plans changed a day before the tour. Velentia was very responsive and helpful

Hiram🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

8 March 2024

Very knowledgeable and provided a lot of interesting and curious facts. We never got bored and had a great time.Excellent!

Ann🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Valentina)

17 January 2024

A must do with guide Valentina!! So much to see and it can get overwhelming. Walk around with an art historian - you won’t regret it. Thank you Valentina, we loved it and you kept our teens engaged with art history. Ann Museum Borghese with Valentina

Jillian

(About local Valentina)

23 October 2023

Valentina was a fantastic guide for me and my family at the Borghese Gallery! Having the private experience with her made the tour feel special, and she is a wealth of knowledge. I learned more than I could ever could receive visiting the museum on my own. She is a fantastic guide and I highly recommend her for anyone looking for a personal tour. One on one museum guide perfection

MARK🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

16 October 2023

I booked the Explore The Borghese Gallery with Valentina and am so glad I did. She took care of getting the tickets for our 11:00 to 1:00 time slot. Communication with Valentina via the WithLocals website prior to our tour was excellent. The Borghese Gallery is beautiful and a must visit in Rome. It was extremely helpful to have someone knowledgeable guide us to paintings and sculptures by Italian masters Caravaggio, Rafael and Bernini. The two hours flew by too quickly. I know my wife and I would not have enjoyed ourselves as much without Valentina guiding the way. We thoroughly enjoyed our short time with her and wish it could have been longer.Great guide for the Borghese Gallery

Jessica🇮🇹 Italy

(About local Valentina)

4 October 2023

Valentina provided us with an excellent tour of the Borghese. She took us through the gallery and explained the history of the site itself as well as highlighting the most important artists and their works. The Borghese restricts the tour time to two hours and with all there is to see that isn't a lot of time so having a personal tour guide like Valentina takes the experience to the next level. Thanks Valentina!Galleria Borghese Tour

David🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

18 September 2023

Valentina took the three of us through the Borghese Gallery which has time entry allowing each visitor just two hours. She took us through a considered route through the various rooms in order to provide a complete picture of specific artists careers and history. She is articulate, knowledgeable and totally enjoyable to be with. She showed us how to look at the art while telling the fascinating stories and history as well as anecdotes and asides that gave a whole view. She’s exceptional and highly recommended!Fantastic!

Chad🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

27 May 2023

The tour and experience were excellent. Valentina was punctual and professional and provided an extremely enjoyable tour of the Borghese Gallery for my wife and myself. Would absolutely recommend her for any of your upcoming tour needs!Borghese Gallery Tour

Catherine🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

14 April 2023

Lia Beatrice was great! I forgot to book tickets to the Borghese and she was able to secure for us. She was so flexible and kind. Her tour was so informative and she was great with our kids. We were so pleased with our experience!Great guide and so helpful!

John

(About local Valentina)

15 October 2022

We had a great experience touring the Borghese Gallery in Rome with Valentina. She was articulate, knowledgeable and charming, and we learned so much while experiencing fantastic sculptures and paintings,Great Experience

Sandi🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Valentina)

7 September 2022

Valentina was full of knowledge and made our tour of the Borghese Gallery extra special . Understanding the story behind many of the art pieces made the tour more meaningful. I would highly recommend this tour with Valentina.Excellent informative tour

Laura🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

24 July 2022

We really enjoyed touring the Borghese gallery with Valentina as our guide. The amount of beautiful art can be overwhelming so it’s helpful to have context, background and stories. Valentina was professional and engaging. Our kids really enjoyed the tour as well.Wonderful art museum tour

Daniel🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

22 July 2022

Lia was entertaining by by offering great explanations and perspectives of the Bourghese museum content. We received a history lesson that was priceless. Thank you, Lia for welcoming us into your knowledge and giving us the best tour imaginable!Lia Beateice captures Rome in the most educational and inspirational way. Her perspective is balanced and informative, yay makes us deeply understand the meaning of art and the feeling of the artist. We learned a lot from Lia amd want to steal her to the

Dana🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

20 July 2022

The gallery is beautiful and has a wonderful collection and setting that I highly recommend if you are in Rome. I would not recommend the tour guide Lia. She talked hyper-fast and rarely took a breath. She was at times confrontational, annoyed and aggressive when asked questions. She may have a lot of knowledge but she wasn’t skilled at conversation or story telling about the subject matter. The other tour guides we had while in Rome were wonderful, kind, talented, engaging and had a gift for sharing information and their passion about the subject of the tour. This one was not like that. We were quite disappointed. I never leave a negative review but I also have never been disappointed by a tour before.

Timothy🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

10 June 2022

Valentina was absolutely brilliant. We have always appreciated art, but she made the art and artist come to life for us. Without her knowledge of history, the art would still be beautiful, but the meaning and history would be lost. We would recommend Valentina for anyone who wants to have the art come alive. Much Love and we cant thank her enough for an awesome experience.Retired couples

Dimas 🇧🇷 Brazil

(About local Valentina)

7 June 2022

Great! Valentina has been wonderful. Her knowledge of art is amazing.

Harry🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

19 May 2022

Valentina was incredible. She was so friendly and was full of knowledge. We were late to our meeting and she was extremely patient waiting for us. She made our trip to Villa Borghese so much more enjoyable than if we did it on our own. High recommended. A++++ - Friendly, Knowlegable and Patient

Phil🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

7 April 2022

Valentina was an excellent guide to the Borghese Gallery. She was able to discuss the historical, artistic and technical aspects of the artwork. Valentina was able to coordinate the elevator for me, since I walk with a cane, which was very helpful. I had an excellent visit and learned a lot about the pieces. I would definitely take another tour with her.Excellent guide to the Borghese Gallery

Hans🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Lia Beatrice)

4 April 2022

Lia Beatrice is a guide who really breathes art and makes you look at paintings and sculptures in a different way. Especially the 17th century manageable collection of the Borghese Gallery is an ideal portfolio to illustrate the evolution from Renaissance to baroque. And Lia never gets lost for words to help you understand the exhibited masterpieces. A magnificent experience!Enjoying art through passionate eyes

Danielle🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

1 January 2022

Lia was a fantastic guide! She was very knowledgeable, answered all of our questions, and ensured we were comfortable during the tour. Highly recommend booking Lia for your experience!Great Experience!

Emily🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

29 November 2021

This was our second of two tours with Lia - and if you are also booking multiple tours we highly recommend you do the same! Thank you Lia for a truly insightful tour of the Galleria Borghese. This was my husband’s first visit to the gallery and it is one of my favorite places in Rome - we both felt we were experiencing something new for the first time together because of your tour. Amazing art history and insight into both the work and the lives of the artists. You and Bernini magically brought story and stone to life for us.Lia magically brought the art to life

Jane🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Lia Beatrice)

12 October 2021

Lia gave us a fabulous 2 hour tour through the gallery!Funny, warm, attentive guide

Lisa 🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

27 September 2021

My daughter and I just loved Lia! She was very knowledgeable of the history of the pieces in the Villa. She gave us insight to the period and what the artists were thinking with the expression of their talents. Highly recommend!!!!Enthusiastic!

Christina🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Lia Beatrice)

16 September 2021

Lia gave us a lot of information about all the painters and sculptors. She gave us as well a lot of back ground information. As we had only 2 hours to visit Galleria Borghese it was a lot to absorb. It was a pity that we had to hurry up all the time which was not Lia‘s fault. What we liked most were the explanations about the different centuries - showed in the way of painting and sculptures. Or the differences of painting from South to North. We liked as well the stroll through the gardens of Villa Borghese with all the explanations. Thanks to Lia we learned some new parts about the Italian history. Thank you Lia Villa Borghese

Kim🇷🇴 Romania

(About local Lia Beatrice)

8 August 2021

We toured the Borghese Gallery with Lia at the beginning of August. It was wonderful to have such a passionate guide. All visits are limited to a 2 hour time slot and Lia helped us make the most of our visit. She educated us about the evolution of various painting styles and drew our attention to details in the sculptures and paintings that we otherwise wouldn't have noticed. There was a Damien Hirst exhibit on while we were there and Lia also helped make it interesting and relevant for us. We really enjoyed our time with Lia.Great tour at the Galleria Borghese

Unknown

(About local Lia Beatrice)

1 August 2021

Lia Beatrice was both engaging and knowledgable on the works and history within the Borghese Gallery. She provided some great insight into the works including symbolism and regional trends. She moved through at a good pace while answering all our questions. Would recommend. Great

Alvina🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

10 July 2021

Lia was an amazing tour guide. She was very helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly. We enjoyed learning about the Borghese Gallery and the wonderful masterpieces. We would recommend Lia 100% for anyone wanting to learn more about the Borghese Gallery. ❤️Borghese Gallery Tour

Liliana🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

9 March 2020

The tour we had with Lia Beatrice at Galleria Borghese was very good. She is very knowledgeable, and nice. We had a great time and I recommend her. Galleria Borghese

Jenny🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Lia Beatrice)

15 February 2020

The Borghese was one of our favourite Rome experiences. The art was exceptional and brought to life with Lia’s wonderful energy and knowledge. We couldn’t recommend the tour, and Lia more highly! Excellent morning at the Borghese Gallery

Paul

(About local Valentina)

7 January 2020

Valentina was a great guide. Extremely knowledgeable about all aspects of the fine artworks. We had very little knowledge of the gallery, but Valentina was very patient and explained things in detail. She was charming and funny and a definite highlight of our trip to Rome. Fantastic time at The Borghese

Anna🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

1 January 2020

Lia's enthusiasm, knowledge and appreciation for the art made this an outstanding afternoon at the Borghese. She chose exactly the right masterpieces to show us - with just the right amount of information about each one. She answered every question we had and seemed to know the gallery as if she'd lived there her whole life. She was generous, warm - and very, very funny. The three of us loved her and would definitely ask for her again. We will never forget the gorgeous work she showed us; nor will we forget her.Lia Makes the Art Come Alive

Hope🇺🇸 United States

(About local Lia Beatrice)

8 December 2019

Now that is what you call a knowledgeable guide!! She was wonderful guide with a lovely voice and easy going disposition. Our heads are still spinning with all the info she gave us during the tour.OMG!!

Sally🇮🇪 Ireland

(About local Cecilia)

17 November 2019

We had a great tour of the Borghese gallery with Cecilia and really appreciated all the information she imparted on the sculpture and art. Thanks so much!

Bellin🇲🇽 Mexico

(About local Lia Beatrice)

7 October 2019

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Heather🇺🇸 United States

(About local Valentina)

26 June 2019

She explained the art pieces well and in a way that we could understand easily. She adjusted her time for us. She was very patient and friendly. Informative and knowledgeable about art

Ruth🇸🇬 Singapore

(About local Carlo)

7 March 2025

We had a fabulous tour with Carlo at the Vatican. He is knowledgeable, friendly, very attentive and engaging. Thank you Carlo so much. Carlo is wonderful

Jon🇺🇸 United States

(About local Sara)

3 March 2025

Sara was perfect! Her knowledge of local foods, traditions and local history made the whole afternoon a memorable and wonderful day. I would highly recommend Sara for any tours in Rome!Taste of perfection

Mirka🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Yanira)

26 February 2025

We had a Colosseum tour with Yanira and we couldn’t wish for a better guide. Yanira is very friendly, extremly knowledgeable, she explains the history facts in the best possible and un a such interesting way. Do not hesitate to book her for your memorable Rome tours. We wished we had booked more tours with her. Yanira is your best guide in Rome

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(About local Eleonora)

23 February 2025

My son and I enjoyed our private tour it was all we were looking for and more! Eleonora provided an individualized experience full of interesting facts and background information, and even sparkled a few refreshing more light-hearted pieces of information into our tour. I definitely recommend Eleonora, and will book her again next time I will come to Rome. John

Bob

(About local Cecilia)

12 February 2025

Cecilia was very knowledgeable and very pleasant. She really tried to help us conceptualize what we were looking at.VERY THOROUGH TOUR

Bibiana

(About local Eleonora)

6 February 2025

this is the second time we do this tour, this time with our kids too, and they loved it! Absolutely the best tour we have done so far thanks to Eleonora. She couldn't be any better!Fantastic!

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Sara)

26 January 2025

Sara was a wonderful tour guide who brought all the history to life in a very engaging way. She is an expert historian who is super friendly and an amazing source of knowledge and stories. We came away so much more informed about the history and life of ancient Rome and cannot recommend this tour more highly. Top Colosseum, Palatine Hill & Forum Tour!

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Cecilia)

26 January 2025

Cecilia was a wonderful tour guide with expert art history knowledge who brought everything to life for us. We were able to beat the crowds and see all the artwork and sculptures and more in this very enjoyable and informative tour. Cecilia was amazing and we highly recommend her tour. Fantastic Vatican and Sistene Chapel Tour

Monia

(About local Eleonora)

25 January 2025

I learned a lot thanks to our guide Eleonora. Her enthusiasm for the city of Rome is contagious! Despite being in the city for a short time, I was able to see some hidden gems and also the most iconic landmarks of the city. Definitely the highlight of my trip! Grazzie!!The highlight of my trip!

Tiel

(About local Cecilia)

15 January 2025

We had the most amazing tour with Cecilia in and around the colosseum. The experience would not have been the same without Cecilia‘s wealth of knowledge. The tour was not rushed which is incredible given the amount we managed to pack into the time we had. Thanks so much CeciliaThank you so much Cecilia!

Margaret

(About local Eleonora)

14 January 2025

Eleonora is an amazing, funny, and knowledgeable guide. We had a lot of schools touring around us so it was busy but she navigated around them well and was fantastic throughout the whole tour!Amazing Colosseum tour with Eleonors