Villa Borghese Park Walking Tour - From 2 people

 

Visit Villa Borghese “the green heart" of Rome and the third largest park in the city. Highlights - Visit the third-largest green park in Rome - Discover with your guide the three fences and the secrets gardens - Relax in the park pampered by its timeless plants and evergreen trees - Breathe the Villa Borghese history - Immerse yourself in the history of 1600, rich families and artists Immerse yourself in the history of 1600, rich families, artists, and secret gardens! In this tour you will discover the three "fences" that divide the Villa: the dark enclosure with its fountain and the ancient "Loggia dei Vini" connected by an underground tunnel to the Casina Nobile, what is now the famous Borghese Gallery: the enclosure of the perspectives that is the present park of the fallow deer, where are periodically exhibited works of artists of our day, and the largest enclosure called the Barco which was initially an uncultivated forest for walking and where then Marco Antonio Borghese built the lake and the temple. You will also discover the history of the Casina Nobile, commissioned by the Borghese family and container of works by artists such as Caravaggio and Bernini, considered at the time as a museum of contemporary art and therefore the first museum in Rome to deal not only with antiquities. Know with your guide the secret gardens of the Villa, where the rich and powerful of the time walked undisturbed and far from the buzz of the villa’s walkers. Relax in the park, pampered by its timeless plants and evergreen trees breathe the history!