Tours and Excursions

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Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

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The founding of the Vatican Museums can be traced back to 1503 when the newly – elected Pope, Julius II Della Rovere, placed a statue of Apollo in the internal ...
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Galleria Borghese

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The Borghese Mansion was commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese to Flaminio Ponzio and Vasanzio and built between 1613 and 1614. Site of Cardinal Borghese's art collection, its extraordinary masterpieces contributed ...
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Palazzo del Quirinale

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By the 1500s, the Vatican had a reputation as an unhelthy location because of the high incidence of malaria, so Pope Gregory XIII chose this superb site on the highest ...
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Altemps Palace and Ludovisi's Collection

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In the 17th december 1997, a double event has been celebrated in Rome: the end of the works of repair of Palazzo Altemps, lasted fifteen years, a renaissance palace in ...
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The Museum della Casina delle Civette

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A new museum has been opened in Rome, after a lengthy and intricate campaign repair which are still in progress on others buildings in the Park of Villa Torlonia. ...
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Palazzo Massimo

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The Palazzo Massimo alle Terme holds collections of Ancient Roman works of art, coins and jewellery belonging the Museo Nazionale Romano which were previously displayed in the Museum's Terme di ...
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