Free 1st Sunday to Borghese Gallery

You need to call to make a reservation. If you wait until the day of you'll find that they are sold out.

http://www.ticketone.it/obj/media/IT-eventim/pdf/en/galleria-borghese-5.pdf

If tickets for other days are sold out you may be too late for the free Sunday. If you are trying for dates in June you're trying to far in advance.

Donna

Does this item taken from the link of the previous post, infer only those countries listed below are eligible for the free Sunday admission?

Free Admission
First Sunday of each month tickets are free of charge,
until the maximum
daily capacity is reached.
All reductions and complimentary tickets are reserved to European Union, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and
Switzerland citizens showing valid proof.

I checked online and all tickets are sold out. I think that means you cannot get any by calling, am I right?
For the free 1st Sunday, how many people will be allowed in? Do you just line up somewhere? How early should we go to get a better chance?

Does this item taken from the link of the previous post, infer only
those countries listed below are eligible for the free Sunday
admission?

No. Anyone at all can be admitted on free Sundays as long as they made their reservation by phone, and as long as tickets were still available. They restrict them to the same number they do on non-free days to maintain crowd control.

The text regarding free and reduced tickets refers to all other days the museum is open. The guidelines for whom is eligible is under the "Info Discounts" and "Info Free" text...which reads a bit differently on the Italian version of the site. For instance, UE Citizens between 18 and 24 years of age and permanent teachers in EU state schools are eligible for discounted tickets. These benefits are available to same-aged citizens and teachers in the EEA countries of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and the EFTA country of Switzerland.

The only bit of confusion is that the English version for free-ticket eligibility (on non-free Sundays) reads, " Citizens under 18 years of age." The more accurate Italian version translates as "Children under 18" as any child of any citizenship under the age of 18 can be admitted free of charge.

If there are no tickets available, and you are within the reservation window, you may be out of luck. There are only so many tickets available, your option would be to go and hope someone is late or doesn't show up. Or you could use a ticket broker for a higher cost (about 100% above face value), still a bargain for what's inside.

I checked online and all tickets are sold out. I think that means you
cannot get any by calling, am I right? For the free 1st Sunday, how
many people will be allowed in? Do you just line up somewhere? How
early should we go to get a better chance?

Chris, please read Donna's post again. You cannot make reservations online for free Sundays; you can only do that over the phone. And you won't get in by standing in line; call and see if reservations are still available.

If you're not seeing tickets available for ANY of the days you'll be in Rome, they are sold out or you're trying to book too far in advance (bookings look to be available only through Sept.) If time slots for the days in addition to the Sunday you'll in Rome are sold out, free Sunday is very likely booked up as well. Again, lining up is not going to get you inside as when all time slots are filled to capacity they're filled...especially during high season. The best you can do is call and see if anything at all is still available. You could try again several times before your trip in the off chance of a cancellation.

Adding: Try Zoe's method of more expensive brokers as well although my guess is that wouldn't apply to free Sundays.

Thank all!
Now I know that the free 1st Sunday also must be reserved by phone in advance, which may have long been booked out since it is free!
My last option is to pay more (23.50euro) to join an Italian guided tour, which still has a few tickets available. In such case, may I still be able to rent an audio guide at the entrance? If not, I can only follow the group and ignore the Italian-speaking guide.

Yes, you should be able to rent an audio guide even though you're on a tour. I don't know if the audio guide route is the same as the tour route.

Donna

Kathy, you can make reservations online for Free Sunday (2 euro handling fee), subject to ticket availability (of course). I think it's in trying to use the RomaPass that you have to call for reservations. Otherwise youre going to be prompted to pay full price.

Yes, they must have recently (very very recently) changed their website to allow free Sunday bookings. this is good news for a lot of people. Now if only they would add something for those using the romapass.

Donna

Wow, it must have been very, VERY recently but that's a good thing! Just checked and yep, they're now showing online for free Sundays.

And this is why it takes a village of sharp eyes, eh? Thanks for that, Susan! :O)