Giardini della Galleria Borghese

Villa Borghese is central Rome's most popular park as well as the home to the building that gave the whole park its name. It's an impressive formal garden-like park, with lakes, temples and other kinds of follies and decorations which is a very pleasant place to walk about (though full of Roman families, especially on weekends - Rome's small zoo, the Bioparco, is located here). But the highlight of the park is, undoubtedly, the wonderful collection of art in the Galleria Borghese. The collection was started by Cardinal Scipione Borghese as his private collection and was acquired by the state in the beginning of the 20th century. The gallery is ...  Read the complete review