We've booked a Domus Aurea Tour with Through Eternity Tours for Saturday, October 12. We were hoping to book with them for the Borghese Gallery on Sunday, October 13, but it looks like that date is unavailable for some reason. We tried The Roman Guy, but it seems they only offer extremely high priced Private Tours. Can anyone recommend another tour company.
Hi rich,
Yes, it appears The Roman Guy changed their tour schedule regarding The Borghese Gallery - they used to offer general tours.
Try - Dark Rome tours and Walks Of Italy
https://darkrome.com/rome-tours/borghese-tours
https://www.walksofitaly.com/rome-tours/villa-borghese-gallery-tour/ (They offer a discount on certain multiple tours)
Also, some peeps have taken Angel Tours and have been satisfied.
Do you understand that the B.G. opens for a strictly limited number of guests, every two hours by appointment and throws you out after two hours? That restricts both their own tickets and resellers with guides. It's not an ordinary open-market museum purchase. Just so you know.
You can buy the tickets/tours here https://www.tosc.it/tickets.html However tickers are not available for October yet.
Thanks, G
Looks like Dark Rome will work.
You are welcome. Have fun!
We used the Borghese Gallery’s audio guides and thought they were terrific. We could spend time where we were interested and skip things of little interest to us. Cheaper than a tour and freedom to follow your own nose,
We used the Borghese Gallery’s audio guides and thought they were
terrific
While we didn't use an audio guide, we did use a guidebook purchased in advance from the bookshop (arrived early to browse the selections). Like Laurel's method, this not only gave us the ability to move at our own pace but to bring home a great reference piece that we've used many times since. Just another idea?
I have a private tour guide we used last Fall when we were in Rome. The Borghese Gallery is one of her favorites and we are going to tour it with her when we return this Fall. If you would like her contact info I'm happy to give it to you?
We just booked with Dark Rome but thanks anyway!