Galleria Borghese, the Museum.

They say the best museum in Rome is the city itself. That may be so, but the Galleria Borghese is still a gem worth seeing.
Its collections are housed in a magnificent 17th-century villa and offer a compact course in the Italian aesthetic. In just 20 rooms, you are exposed to antiquities, the Renaissance and the beginnings of baroque art.

Visits to the Galleria in the northeast corner of the sprawling

Villa Borghese park are by reservation, which allows you the pleasure of seeing the Bernini sculptures from every angle without being crowded out.

Many believe that its sculptures, which include works by Bernini (including his sculpture David) and Canova, make the Borghese a must for those interested in art and history. Other works by Titian, Correggio, Raphael, Canova, Bassona and Rubens add

to the glory of the Borghese.

Reservations are required for the Gallery and can be made

online with this website.

For additional information on the Borghese, follow this link the

Gallery's official website. The Borghese Gallery and Museum is located at Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5 in Borghese Park and is open Tuesdays through Sunday.

While the Villa is a focus for many, the Villa Borghese Park is one of the largest in Rome and a pleasant respite from the activity of the city (sometimes it feels like the word "eternal" in Eternal City refers to its never ending traffic and noise). Offering beautiful monuments, landscaped lakes, dramatic fountains and manicured Old-World style gardens, the Borghese Park is an excellent place for a relaxing walk.

The Villa is remote from the Metro (the Piazza di Spagna stop is the closest). Although the walk is long, the park is a great place for a stroll. (Look at our museums map in Hybrid View to see the park

and the Gallery.) Many prefer to walk to the Borghese (from the Piazza Popolo or the Spanish Steps) and take a taxi for the return to their hotel.