Bernini, Caravaggio and Canova in 20 rooms
Borghese Gallery tickets and tours
Every way into the Borghese compared, with the slots, the rules and the prices, so you book the right ticket before your hour sells out.
- Free cancellation up to 24h on every ticket listed
- Reserve now, pay later
- Official price shown alongside
Every ticket needs a booked two-hour slot, free ones included, and each slot takes at most 180 people. Book as soon as your dates are fixed.
Three ways in
Every option includes entry to the gallery; the difference buys a guide, the park or free cancellation.
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Most reviewed ticket
Borghese Gallery Tickets with Audio Guide ($44)Reserved entry + audio guide
From $44 4.6
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Best guided tour
Borghese Gallery Guided Tour with Entry Tickets ($55)Art historian, 2 hours, 4.8★
From $55 4.8
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Gallery and park
Borghese Gallery and Gardens Tour, Max 15 ($60)Guided, max 15, 2.5 hours
From $60 4.7
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Every way in, at a glance
Quick answer
Borghese Gallery tickets are timed: every visitor books a two-hour slot, and entry starts on the hour. The official ticket costs €18 (€16 plus a €2 booking fee), about $20, but it cannot be refunded and slots sell out. Booking partners sell reserved entry with an audio guide from $44 and guided tours from $55, all with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 7 pm, last entry 5.45 pm, and closed on Mondays. The mistake most people make is turning up at the park without a slot.
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Start with the ticket
If you want to see the collection at your own pace, a reserved entry ticket is enough: the audio-guide ticket costs $44 and the plain reserved ticket $46, against €18 (about $20) on the official site. You pay the difference for free cancellation up to 24 hours before and, often, a slot when the official calendar is full.
Audio guide Borghese Gallery Tickets with Audio Guide ($44)
Reserved Borghese Gallery entry with a digital audio guide and a host at the meeting point: $44, free cancellation up to 24 hours, rated 4.6 from 2,750 reviews.
2 hours in the gallery (the listing gives 2 to 4 hours across its options) 4.6 (2,750)
Skip the line entry Borghese Gallery Skip-the-Line Tickets: What You Get ($46)
A reserved two-hour Borghese Gallery slot with the ticket handed over at the door: $46, free cancellation up to 24 hours. What it skips and what it does not.
2 hours (your gallery slot) 4.4 (499)
Guided tours
With a guide
Two hours goes fast in 20 rooms. A guided tour takes you straight to the Bernini sculptures on the ground floor and the paintings upstairs: the art-historian tour costs $55, the tour that adds a walk in the Villa Borghese gardens $60, and a private guide is an option from $73.
Guided tour Borghese Gallery Guided Tour with Entry Tickets ($55)
A two-hour Borghese Gallery tour with an art historian and reserved entry: $55, five languages, free cancellation up to 24 hours, rated 4.8 from 2,258 reviews.
2 hours 4.8 (2,258)
Gallery and gardens combo Borghese Gallery and Gardens Tour, Max 15 ($60)
A 2.5-hour guided tour of the Borghese Gallery and the Villa Borghese gardens, entry included, groups of 15 at most: $60, rated 4.7 from 2,885 reviews.
2.5 hours 4.7 (2,885)
Private tour Borghese Gallery Private Tour: Art and Gardens
A private guide for the Borghese Gallery and the gardens, or a ticket with app guide, on one listing: from $73 for the ticket, private tour priced at checkout.
2 to 3.5 hours, depending on the option 4.2 (91)
In the park
Around the gallery: Villa Borghese park
The gallery stands inside Villa Borghese, a free public park of about 80 hectares. Before or after your slot you can ride it on a guided e-bike tour ($67) or take a rowing boat out on the lake by the Temple of Aesculapius with a photographer ($70). Neither includes gallery entry.
Bike tour Villa Borghese Bike Tour: Guided E-Bike Ride ($67)
A 2.5-hour guided e-bike tour of Villa Borghese, the Pincio and the lake, max 8 per guide: $67, free cancellation, rated 4.9 from 143 reviews. Plus self-hire.
2.5 hours 4.9 (143)
Rowing boat Villa Borghese Rowing Boats: Lake Hire and Photo Tour
Rowing boats on the Villa Borghese lake: walk-up hire by the Temple of Aesculapius, or a 40-minute boat ride with a photographer for $70. What each gives you.
40 minutes (20 minutes rowing, 20 minutes photo shoot on land) 4.7 (15)
What the ticket gets you
Three reasons the slot is worth booking
Cardinal Scipione Borghese built the villa from 1607 to hold his collection, and much of it is still in the rooms it was made for.
Bernini's sculptures
Apollo and Daphne, David and the Rape of Proserpina stand in the middle of the ground-floor rooms, a few steps apart.
Six Caravaggios
Six paintings by Caravaggio hang together in Room 8, alongside works by Raphael and Titian on the first floor.
Canova's Pauline Bonaparte
Napoleon's sister, carved by Canova as Venus Victrix, reclines in Room 1, the first room on the ground floor.
The details in one place
- Official ticket
- €18 (about $20)
- Open
- Tue–Sun 9:00–19:00
- Visit length
- 2-hour timed slot
- Per slot
- Max 180 people
- Bus stop
- Pinciana/Museo Borghese
Borghese Gallery: key facts
- Heritage status
- Italian national heritage
- Visitors per year
- 544,290 (2022)
- Architect
- Flaminio Ponzio, Giovanni Vasanzio
- Located in
- Roma Capitale
Source: Wikidata (CC0), checked 2026-10-27.
Frequently asked questions
Do you need to book Borghese Gallery tickets in advance?
Yes. Booking is mandatory for every ticket, including free tickets for under-18s. Entry is by two-hour slot starting on the hour, with at most 180 people per slot.
How much is a Borghese Gallery ticket?
The official ticket is €16 plus a €2 booking fee, €18 in all (about $20); the 5.45 pm slot is €11 plus the fee. Partner tickets cost from $44 and guided tours from $55.
Can you buy Borghese Gallery tickets at the door?
Only a few. The ticket office sells limited last-minute tickets from 20 minutes past each hour, at most 2 per person, for a shorter visit, and none on free days. Same-day entry is not guaranteed.
When is the Borghese Gallery open?
Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 7 pm, last entry 5.45 pm. It is closed on Mondays, 25 December and 1 January.
Is the Borghese Gallery the same as Villa Borghese?
No. Villa Borghese is the free public park; the Borghese Gallery is the museum inside it, and only the gallery needs a ticket.
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