Rome Trip Overview
A private exclusive tour that will allow you to visit many of the most beautiful masterpieces of Bernini and Borromini in Rome!
Your professional guide will take you back in time, making you know the life, the masterpieces but above all the great rivalry between these two great artists Borromini and Bernini.
Immerse yourself in Baroque Rome and you will be amazed by its fantastic beauties
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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A private exclusive tour that will allow you to visit many of the most beautiful masterpieces of Bernini and Borromini in Rome!
Your professional guide will take you back in time, making you know the life, the masterpieces but above all the great rivalry between these two great artists Borromini and Bernini.
Immerse yourself in Baroque Rome and you will be amazed by its fantastic beauties
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Piazza della Repubblica, Rome Italy
After the pick up at your Hotel, you’ll meet the guide in Piazza della Repubblica where the tour starts
Stop At: Via Venti Settembre 17 Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vittoria, 00187 Rome Italy
Santa Maria della Vittoria, the wonderful baroque church that takes its name from the Battle of the White Mountain during the 30 Years War. This church houses the famous statue by Bernini “The Ecstasy of Santa Teresa”, and is one of the locations of Dan Brown’s famous book “Angels and Demons”.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Via Del Quirinale, 21-22, Rome Italy
The tour continues on Via del Quirinale, where you will admire the Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, to which an ancient monastery built by Borromini is annexed and where he built the crypt in which he would have liked to be buried after his death.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chiesa di Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, Via del Quirinale, 30, 00187 Rome Italy
Continue towards the Church of Sant’Andrea al Quirinale, an elliptical church designed by Bernini.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Piazza del Quirinale, Piazza del quirinale, Rome Italy
Quirinale hill, seat of the President of the Italian Republic
Stop At: Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Rome Italy
The tour continues towards the Trevi Fountain where there will be a short stop to rest, cool off and photograph the majestic Trevi Fountain.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
Arriving in Piazza Navona where the legend of the rivalry of these 2 great artists was born: in fact, in the large square, the Fountain of the 4 rivers, a work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in which we see the giant of the Rio della Plata that seems to be afraid of an imminent collapse of the Church of Sant’Agnese in Agone, Borromini’s masterpiece: is it true?
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chiesa di Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, Corso del Rinascimento 40, Rome Italy
The tour ends by passing through the Church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza
Duration: 15 minutes
