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Has anyone used a tour guide from rome-museum.com? I am interested in a private guide for Borghese gallery.

I've used the Borghese docents for tours. They are small groups and cost E5 per person. That's a huge price difference and I can't imagine that anyone could give a better tour than the museum docents. The Rome Museum tour says it's about 2.5 hours but you must leave the museum after your 2 hour time slot is up; if you don't leave you'll be yelled at loudly to get out. And the site also claims no lines but there is a line to check your belongings. You can't get away from that line unless you bring nothing with you - no purse, no jacket, etc.

Thanks. adrienne did you book the guide before when you reserved your tickets?
kybourbon good site but will need to research if current.

You can't book the tour ahead. The guides are located by the audio guide area, near the entrance. There's a room when you first enter and behind that is a larger room. The guides and audios are on the right (unless they've changed location since I've been there but it will be easy to find). BTW - I've done the guided tour twice.

If you're really interested in this museum (and it is fabulous), book 2 back to back tickets so you have 4 hours inside. 2 hours just isn't enough.

Thank you adrienne. Did not know you could book back to back. Did you do the second tour on your own with no guide? I would love to do this but don't know if I can talk my sweetheart into it.

Yes, I did the second 2 hours on my own. You have to exit and enter again but it only takes a couple of minutes. You exit on the first floor and enter through the main entrance on the ground floor.

BTW - read the Borghese information on their site. The English tours are only in the morning, I believe.

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...-borghese-.cfm

We felt the 2 hours was sufficient, but as always YMMV.