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65 things to doin RomeVilla Borghese is a magnificent landscape park in the English style, a popular place for walks and picnics in Rome. Also here is the museum with the incredible collection of art.
At the beginning of the 17th century Cardinal Scipione Borghese decided to build the great park with the antique sculptures on the Pincho hill.
You can climb up the Spanish Steps or you can take a walk from the del Popono square. Also you can take the bus # 5, 19, 52, 53, 63, 86, 88, 92, 95, 116, 204, 217, 231, 360, 490, 495, 630, 910, 926.
If you want to get the park by the subway, you need the Spagna station (line A).
Villa Borghese is the public park, and the entrance is for free. You need to pay only for visiting the museums, located here. The most well-known of them is the Borghese Gallery with the cardinal's incredible collection of art.
Photo: the Borghese Gallery from the outside, © Zoltan Herold
The tickets to the Gallery cost €15 for adults and €2 for children. You can buy them on the official website.
Photo: inside the Borghese Gallery, © Elizabeth Rosalyn
Besides the main gallery, here you will find the National Gallery of Modern Art, The Villa Giulia, the Villa Medici and the Globus Theatre, specializing on the Shakespeare's novels.
Photo: The Villa Borghese's park, © Harvey Barrison
Also you can just walk here in the park, enjoying the fresh air, or take a boat on the lake, or even see the green parrots. Walk by feet or rent a bike or a segway.
How to get here
You can climb up the Spanish Steps or you can take a walk from the del Popono square. Also you can take the bus # 5, 19, 52, 53, 63, 86, 88, 92, 95, 116, 204, 217, 231, 360, 490, 495, 630, 910, 926.
If you want to get the park by the subway, you need the Spagna station (line A).
Tickets to Borghese Gallery
Villa Borghese is the public park, and the entrance is for free. You need to pay only for visiting the museums, located here. The most well-known of them is the Borghese Gallery with the cardinal's incredible collection of art.
Photo: the Borghese Gallery from the outside, © Zoltan Herold
The tickets to the Gallery cost €15 for adults and €2 for children. You can buy them on the official website.
Photo: inside the Borghese Gallery, © Elizabeth Rosalyn
Other places to visit here
Besides the main gallery, here you will find the National Gallery of Modern Art, The Villa Giulia, the Villa Medici and the Globus Theatre, specializing on the Shakespeare's novels.
Photo: The Villa Borghese's park, © Harvey Barrison
Also you can just walk here in the park, enjoying the fresh air, or take a boat on the lake, or even see the green parrots. Walk by feet or rent a bike or a segway.
Things to do here 5
Have a picnic in the Villa Borghese
NikaTake a delicious Italian meal, a bottle of wine and have a rest under the shade of the trees, enjoying the peace and quiet.
FREE25
Explore Villa Borghese in the quadricycle
oddviserGet a charge of vivacity with a ride on the Villa Borghese in the quadricycle.
€1219
Go boating around the Temple of AsclepiusoddviserIn the Villa Borghese's park here is the man-made lake and the temple in the center of it.
6
See the sunset from the Pincian Hill
DarinaThe observation deck here on the Pinncian hill in the Villa Borghese park offers the great views of the evening Rome.
FREE6
See the racehorses showoddviserFans of horse contests should visit Rome in May to see competitions of racehorses. One of the greatest in Europe.
FREE4
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Villa Borghese on the map
Open hours
from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
Contacts
Official website: http://www.galleriaborghese.it
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