ROME Tour Borghese Gallery and San Pietro in Vincoli, Private Guide Tour
From: Rome
Private guide Tour of Borghese Gallery and San Pietro in Vincoli with our selected private guide and pre booked tickets to skip the line at the Borghese Gallery; at the Borghese Gallery the Cardinal Scipione Borghese collected paintings and sculptures, both ancient and of his times, creating an extraordinary collection with masterpieces by Bernini, Canova, Caravaggio, Titian, and other outstanding artists.
SKIP THE LINE AT BORGHESE GALLERY WITH OUR PRE-BOOKED TICKETS!
Duration of the private guide Borghese Gallery Tour and San Pietro in Vincoli:
4 hours
Start Time Private Tour:
Morning Tour or Afternoon Tour: you can require whatever start time you like.
Meeting Point:
At the lobby of your hotel in Rome or to be decided at the confirmation
Inclusion:
Personal expert and licensed guide
Gallery Borghese pre-booked admission tickets to skip the line
Exclusions:
Gratuities (optional)
Admission tickets fees to further church and museums
Notes:
Not available on Mondays.
More of 7 persons rates on request.
On request:
Private chauffeured car or minivan with English speaking driver.
DESCRIPTION:
The Rome Borghese Gallery is surrounded form the most important green space of the town of Rome: Villa Borghese. More than 70 hectares of park, a large number of minor building, the Villa Borghese park include the Pincio area, where a large balcony overlooks Piazza del Popolo and in the distance you can see the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.
In your tour, the expert guide will explain about the history of Cardinal Scipione Borghese that was particularly interested on the work of arts of Caravaggio and Bernini: in the walking tour through the various rooms of the Borghese Gallery you can see among the others David with the Head of Goliath and St. John the Baptist in the desert of Caravaggio; the David and Apollo and Daphne of Bernini. The large collection include also: Pauline Bonaparte of Canova, the Last Judgement, Ascension and Pentecost of Beato Angelico, the Flagellation of Piero della Francesca and many others.
The private guided tour with your personal art expert guide include also a short visit of the park of Villa Borghese and will show you also a part of the park with the secret garden of Cardinal Borghese.
After the private guided tour of Borghese Gallery, you will then be taken to the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, the guide will call a taxi (to be paid on site), the church of San Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter in Chains), best known for being the home of Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. This basilica was first built in 432-440 to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem. According to legend, the Empress Eudoxia (wife of Emperor Valentinian III) gifted the chains to Pope Leo I. While he compared them to the chains of St. Peter’s final imprisonment in the Mamertine Prison in Rome, the two chains miraculously fused together. The chains are kept in a reliquary under the main altar in the basilica.
SKIP THE LINE AT BORGHESE GALLERY WITH OUR PRE-BOOKED TICKETS!
Duration of the private guide Borghese Gallery Tour and San Pietro in Vincoli:
4 hours
Start Time Private Tour:
Morning Tour or Afternoon Tour: you can require whatever start time you like.
Meeting Point:
At the lobby of your hotel in Rome or to be decided at the confirmation
Inclusion:
Personal expert and licensed guide
Gallery Borghese pre-booked admission tickets to skip the line
Exclusions:
Gratuities (optional)
Admission tickets fees to further church and museums
Notes:
Not available on Mondays.
More of 7 persons rates on request.
On request:
Private chauffeured car or minivan with English speaking driver.
DESCRIPTION:
The Rome Borghese Gallery is surrounded form the most important green space of the town of Rome: Villa Borghese. More than 70 hectares of park, a large number of minor building, the Villa Borghese park include the Pincio area, where a large balcony overlooks Piazza del Popolo and in the distance you can see the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.
In your tour, the expert guide will explain about the history of Cardinal Scipione Borghese that was particularly interested on the work of arts of Caravaggio and Bernini: in the walking tour through the various rooms of the Borghese Gallery you can see among the others David with the Head of Goliath and St. John the Baptist in the desert of Caravaggio; the David and Apollo and Daphne of Bernini. The large collection include also: Pauline Bonaparte of Canova, the Last Judgement, Ascension and Pentecost of Beato Angelico, the Flagellation of Piero della Francesca and many others.
The private guided tour with your personal art expert guide include also a short visit of the park of Villa Borghese and will show you also a part of the park with the secret garden of Cardinal Borghese.
After the private guided tour of Borghese Gallery, you will then be taken to the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, the guide will call a taxi (to be paid on site), the church of San Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter in Chains), best known for being the home of Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. This basilica was first built in 432-440 to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem. According to legend, the Empress Eudoxia (wife of Emperor Valentinian III) gifted the chains to Pope Leo I. While he compared them to the chains of St. Peter’s final imprisonment in the Mamertine Prison in Rome, the two chains miraculously fused together. The chains are kept in a reliquary under the main altar in the basilica.
 |
|
What does it costs?