Tour details
- Rating: 4.6 out of 5 from more than 2,700 reviews
- Price: from $44 per person for the lowest-priced option, shown as reduced from $60
- Museum's own ticket: €18, including the €2 booking fee
- Includes: timed entry ticket, a host at the meeting point, an audio guide app and access to the Borghese gardens; a live guide on the guided option
- Time inside: 2 hours, or 1 hour 15 minutes from the 5:45 PM entry
- Languages: English and French
- Meeting point: Fontana dei Mascheroni, in front of the gallery
- Cancellation: free up to 24 hours before
- Operator: Crown Tours
Rating, price and inclusions from the GetYourGuide listing, checked October 14, 2026. Museum prices and hours from the gallery's own ticket page.
What to expect on the Crown Tours Borghese ticket
A visit to the Galleria Borghese always starts with a booked entry time. The museum releases its own tickets 10 days before each date, and on busy dates they can be gone soon afterwards, which is why resellers offer times the official site no longer shows. The Crown Tours ticket on GetYourGuide started from $44 per person when we checked on October 14, 2026. The price includes the ticket, a host who meets you outside the gallery with it, and an audio guide on your phone.
The calendar below shows which entry times still have space on your date, in English or French. The listing currently offers free cancellation up to 24 hours before, and you can reserve now and pay later.
The collection is small enough to see in one visit. Bernini's Apollo and Daphne, The Rape of Proserpina and David stand in the ground-floor rooms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese's villa, with Canova's Paolina Borghese and six Caravaggio paintings in Room VIII. Upstairs, the picture gallery holds Raphael's Deposition and Titian's Sacred and Profane Love. Each entry is capped at 180 people.
Because every ticket is for a fixed entry time, free ones included, there is no ordinary walk-up queue to fall back on. Tickets bought from the museum can't be changed or refunded. Crown Tours holds tickets for dates and times that may be sold out on the museum's site and resells them with a host and an app. On the standard option this is an entry ticket, not a tour.
We haven't used this ticket. This page is built from the current listing, the museum's ticket rules and recent reviews in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German, with most attention on what people said about the price, the app and the handover outside the gallery.
There are four things to know before you book:
- The price is well above the museum's own €18 ticket.
- The audio guide is an app on your own phone, and no earphones are supplied.
- The host hands over your ticket outside. On the standard option, nobody goes into the museum with you.
- Every visitor enters at a booked time, so the "skip-the-line" label saves you the ticket desk and not much more.
The listing describes the host and the timed entry, but it doesn't say that you need your own earphones. With an average of 4.6 out of 5, the lower-rated reviews are a minority.
If the museum's tickets for your date have gone, this is a simple way in, with commentary on your phone.
The museum's ticket or this one?
The Crown Tours listing is a resale entry ticket with a phone audio guide. Whether it is worth paying for depends mostly on whether the museum's own tickets for your date and time are still available.
The museum sells entry for €18, which is €16 plus a compulsory €2 booking fee. At current exchange rates €18 is roughly $20, so at the $44 starting price the host, the app and the free cancellation add a little over $20 per person.
The listing's price changes with the date and the option, so check it for your own date before you compare.
Value for money scores 4.1 out of 5 on the listing. The guide score, which covers the hosts and the guides, is 4.6.
Many of the lower-rated reviews are about the gap between what people paid and the museum's price, which is printed on the ticket you are handed. Many of the same reviewers still praise the gallery itself.
When official tickets for your entry time are on sale, the museum's own ticket costs less. This listing is useful when they are gone, or when free cancellation matters to you, because the museum's tickets are non-refundable. If regular tickets have sold out, the museum also sells a small number of last-minute tickets from 20 minutes past each hour, for a 90-minute visit. They are not guaranteed, and none are sold on free-admission days. Our sold-out guide covers the other routes in.
There are two other options on GetYourGuide if this one doesn't suit you:
- Entry Ticket and Audioguide App, from Inside Out Italy, is a similar timed ticket with an app audio guide. Its listing states that €18 of the price is the museum's entrance fee and says headphones are not included. It started from $49 per person and is rated 4.7 from more than 800 reviews.
- Guided Tour with Skip-the-Line Entry, from Loving Rome, has a live guide with you inside for the two hours, in groups of up to 15. It started from $168 per person and is rated 4.7 from more than 2,800 reviews.
The Inside Out Italy ticket is the closer match if you want the same format with the costs spelled out. The Loving Rome tour costs much more, and it suits you better if you want a person to explain the rooms as you go.
Tips for booking the Crown Tours ticket
- Check the museum's own site first, 10 days before your date. That is when its tickets for your date go on sale. If your entry time has gone, this listing is a reasonable backup.
- Bring your own earphones and a charged phone. The audio guide is an app you set up at the meeting point. One recent reviewer whose phone was too old for the app paid €5 at the desk for the museum's own audio guide instead.
- Save the Fontana dei Mascheroni on your map before you go. It is the drinking fountain on Piazzale del Museo Borghese, facing the gallery building. The host wears a purple Crown Tours T-shirt.
- Book an entry before 5:45 PM if you want the full two hours. The last entry of the day lasts 1 hour 15 minutes, because the gallery closes at 7:00 PM. At the museum that shorter entry costs €13 with the booking fee.
- Tell Crown Tours about any mobility needs when you book. The listing says the ticket isn't suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments. The museum has a stair lift at the front steps and a small lift, so ask the host or the museum staff to point you to them.
How a visit with this ticket works
You meet the host at the fountain before your entry time. They hand over your ticket and help you download the audio guide app. Then you walk to the entrance on your own.
Allow time for the cloakroom. Only small bags up to about 21 × 15 cm can go inside, and anything larger goes in the free cloakroom at the entrance.
Everyone in your entry group goes in at the start of the hour. The ground floor holds the sculpture rooms, including the Bernini groups and the Caravaggios in Room VIII. The picture gallery is upstairs, in Rooms IX to XX. Our room-by-room guide has a route if you are short of time.
The listing gives the duration as 2 to 4 hours. Your time inside is two hours, and the rest covers the meeting point, the cloakroom and, if you like, a walk in the Villa Borghese park outside, which is free.
The host at the fountain
The host's job is to hand over your ticket and get the app working. On the ticket option they don't come into the museum with you. The listing calls this "assistance at the meeting point". An older version of the listing called it an "escorted entrance", and reviewers from that time who expected someone to take them in were disappointed.
Recent reviews describe hosts who were easy to find and helpful with the app. Some reviewers also mention a reminder with the time and a map link, or a host who pointed them to the cloakroom first. In 2023 a few reviewers waited at the fountain before spotting the host elsewhere on the square, so look around for the purple T-shirt if you don't see it straight away.
The listing sells the ticket as skip-the-line, and its own booking notes say the benefit shows mainly in peak season. The museum says it doesn't offer skip-the-line entry: every visitor enters with their booked group at the start of the hour. What the ticket saves you is buying at the desk. You still go through the entrance and the cloakroom with everyone else.
The audio guide app
The audio guide is the listing's main extra. It runs on your own phone, so you need mobile data to download it, enough battery for two hours and your own earphones. Without earphones you can still read the commentary on screen.
Reviewers who liked it valued going at their own pace and being able to go back to a room. Others found it hard to match the commentary and the app's map to the rooms, and a few said it described works that were not on display that day. One reviewer's tip was to tap the photo of each work to find the right track. The app covers the main works, not everything in each room.
If you would rather hear it from a person, the listing also sells a guided option with a live guide inside. Guides named in recent reviews include Henry, Bianca and Victoria. Our audio guide page compares the app with the museum's own handset and its guided visits.
Other practical things to know
- Baby strollers, luggage and large bags are not allowed inside the gallery.
- At the museum, under-18s pay only the €2 booking fee, and there is a reduced €2 rate plus the fee for visitors aged 18 to 25 who qualify. If you are booking for a family or for students, check the museum's ticket page and the child price on the listing before you pay.
- Rooms and loans change. In spring 2024 the upstairs picture gallery was closed for works for a period, and many reviews from those months are about that. If one painting is your reason to go, check the museum's news page before you book.
Is the Crown Tours Borghese ticket worth it?
Yes, if the museum's own tickets for your date are gone and you are happy to explore on your own. The $44 starting price covers a timed ticket, a host with your ticket at the fountain and an audio guide on your phone, and most reviewers rate the visit highly.
If official tickets are still on sale, the museum's €18 ticket and its own audio guide from the desk cover the same visit. If you want the rooms explained in person, the Loving Rome guided tour or the guided option on this listing will tell you more than an app.
FAQ
Common questions about the Crown Tours ticket
Is the Crown Tours Borghese ticket a guided tour?
Not on the standard option. It is a timed entry ticket with an audio guide app. A host meets you outside the gallery with your ticket and helps you set up the app, and then you go in on your own. The listing also sells a guided option, where a live guide takes you through the rooms.
How much more does it cost than the official Borghese Gallery ticket?
The museum charges €18, which is €16 plus a compulsory €2 booking fee, or about $20 at current exchange rates. The Crown Tours ticket started from $44 per person when we checked on October 14, 2026, and the price on the listing changes with the date and the option.
Does the Crown Tours ticket let you skip the line?
Only in a limited sense. The museum says it does not offer skip-the-line entry, because every visitor enters with their booked group at the start of the hour. With this ticket you don't buy at the desk, but you still go through the entrance and the cloakroom with everyone else.
Do I need my own earphones for the audio guide?
Yes. The audio guide is an app on your own phone and no earphones are supplied, so bring a pair and a charged phone. You can read the commentary on screen if you forget them.
Where do you meet the Crown Tours host?
At the Fontana dei Mascheroni, the drinking fountain on Piazzale del Museo Borghese, facing the gallery building. The host wears a purple Crown Tours T-shirt.
Which languages does the Crown Tours ticket come in?
The listing currently offers English and French. You choose the language with your date on the booking calendar.
Is the Crown Tours Borghese ticket suitable for wheelchair users?
The listing says it is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments. The museum itself has a stair lift at the front steps and a small lift, and it lends small wheelchairs that fit in the lift. Tell Crown Tours about any mobility needs when you book.
How we put this together
Nobody on our team has used this Crown Tours ticket, so this page reports what other visitors found rather than a trip of our own. It draws on the GetYourGuide listing, the museum's own ticket and accessibility pages, and reviews of the listing in several languages, the one- to three-star ones included. We first published it on October 3, 2026 and rebuilt it on October 14, 2026, when the price, rating, review count and the museum's prices were checked again. Prices and availability change with the date.
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