Villa Borghese gardens, Rome

Name: Villa Borghese gardens
Address: 5 Piazzale del Museo Borghese, Rome, Italy

#204 among attractions in Rome

Vernacular architecture, Museum, Museum district

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Villa Borghese is a landscape garden in Rome, containing a number of buildings, museums and attractions. It is the third largest public park in Rome after the ones of the Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada. The gardens were developed for the Villa Borghese Pinciana, built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese, who used it as a villa suburbana, or party villa, at the edge of Rome, and to house his art collection. The gardens as they are now were remade in the late 18th century. ()

Local name: Villa Borghese Area: 197.68 acres (0.3089 mi²)Coordinates: 41°54'51"N, 12°29'32"E

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5 Piazzale del Museo BorghesePinciano e salarioRome Italy

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Villa Borghese gardens – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Via Veneto, Galleria Borghese, Bioparco di Roma, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna.

0.5 miS
Street, Shopping, Federico Fellini
Via Veneto, Rome
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~50 ftSW
Renaissance art masterpiece collection
Galleria Borghese, Rome
1 min walk • Nestled within the verdant Villa Borghese gardens in Rome, the Galleria Borghese stands as a testament to the splendor of Italian art and culture. This museum, housed in a former 17th-century villa, showcases a rich collection that includes masterpieces of painting...
~1750 ftNW
Zoo with large animals, birds and reptiles
Bioparco di Roma, Rome
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0.5 miW
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
14 min walk • The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, also known as La Galleria Nazionale, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1883 on the initiative of the then Minister Guido Baccelli and is dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
0.5 miW
Temple
Temple of Aesculapius, Rome
13 min walk • The Temple of Aesculapius located in the gardens of the Villa Borghese, in Rome, was built in the ionic style between 1785 and 1792 by Antonio Asprucci and his son Mario Asprucci, with help from Cristoforo Unterperger.
0.6 miSE
Museum, Historical place, Sculpture
Porta Pia, Rome
15 min walk • Porta Pia is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after him. Situated at the end of a new street, the Via Pia, it was designed by Michelangelo in replacement for the Porta Nomentana situated several hundred meters southwards, which was closed up at the same time.
0.4 miSW
City gate, Ancient Roman architecture
Porta Pinciana, Rome
10 min walk • Porta Pinciana is a gate of the Aurelian Walls in Rome. The name derives from the gens Pincia, who owned the eponymous hill. In ancient times it was also called Porta Turata and Porta Salaria vetus, as the oldest Via Salaria passed under it.
0.6 miSW
Vernacular architecture, Architecture, Art museum
Villa Medici, Rome
17 min walk • The Villa Medici is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy.
0.6 miN
Hill
Parioli, Rome
15 min walk • Parioli is the 2nd quartiere of Rome, identified by the initials Q. II. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 2B of the Municipio Roma II.
0.6 miS
Church, Baroque architecture
San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani, Rome
16 min walk • San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani is a church in Rome. It is referred to in both Melchiori's and Venuti's guides as San Niccolò di Tolentino, and in the latter it adds the suffix a Capo le Case.
0.6 miE
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
MACRO, Rome
15 min walk • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italian: Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, usually known as MACRO, is a municipal contemporary art museum in Rome, Italy.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Villa Borghese gardens?

Nearby attractions include Galleria Borghese, Rome (1 min walk), Horti Aciliorum, Rome (9 min walk), Bioparco di Roma, Rome (9 min walk), Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Rome, Rome (9 min walk).

How to get to Villa Borghese gardens by public transport?

The nearest stations to Villa Borghese gardens:

Bus

Pinciana/Museo Borghese • Lines: 223, 360, 53, 63, 83, 910, 92 (3 min walk)
Puccini • Lines: 223, 360, 53, 63, 83, 910, 92 (5 min walk)

Tram

Bioparco • Lines: 19, 3 (10 min walk)
Rossini • Lines: 19, 3 (12 min walk)

Trolleybus

Porta Pia • Lines: 90 (16 min walk)
XX Settembre/Min. Finanze • Lines: 90 (16 min walk)

Metro

Spagna • Lines: A (17 min walk)
Barberini • Lines: A (19 min walk)

Light rail

Flaminio • Lines: Fc3 (21 min walk)
Euclide • Lines: Fc3 (27 min walk)

Train

Roma Termini (28 min walk)

Ferry

Ponte Cavour (30 min walk)