Borghese Gallery, and What to Do in the Park Afterwards

Three ways to book: a semi-private group capped at six, a small group capped at fifteen, or the ticket alone. Inside, the ground floor is Bernini. Apollo and Daphne, the David, the Rape of Proserpina, and Canova's Pauline Bonaparte, all carved to be walked around. Upstairs the paintings: Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath and his Saint Jerome, Raphael's Lady with a Unicorn, Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, Correggio's Danaë. The useful part of this listing is what it tells you to do next, because the slot is two hours and the park outside is enormous. Leaving the gallery, Viale dei Pupazzi runs to the Temple of Aesculapius, a folly on an artificial lake under umbrella pines, where you can rent a rowing boat by the half hour. From there the signs point to the Pincio terrace, above Piazza del Popolo, which is the view most people photograph without knowing its name. Below the terrace, Casina Valadier is a café with a panoramic terrace, good for a coffee or a plate at lunchtime. The park also holds a Globe Theatre and the Cinema dei Piccoli, the smallest cinema in the world. Or walk down to Piazza del Popolo and rejoin the city.