The Rome IndexGalleria Borghese
Rome's finest art collection in a 17th-century villa — and the city's trickiest ticket to get.
Why book so far ahead
Entry is capped at a small number of visitors per two-hour slot — typically no more than 360 at a time — and popular dates sell out weeks in advance. Book through the official site the moment you have confirmed travel dates.
What's inside
Bernini's Apollo and Daphne and The Rape of Proserpina are the headline sculptures, both carved when Bernini was in his early twenties. Six Caravaggio paintings including Boy with a Basket of Fruit round out a collection that punches far above its compact size.
The grounds
The villa sits inside the Villa Borghese gardens — worth arriving early to walk the grounds before your timed entry begins.