Villa Borghese

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  • Address
    entrance at Porta Pinciana, Tridente
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  • Transport
    bus: Porta Pinciana

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Lonely Planet review

Formerly Cardinal Scipione Borghese's private playground, Villa Borghese is Rome's most famous park. A popular spot for joggers, cyclists, strollers and smoochers, it has kilometres of shaded avenues, hedged walks, planted flowerbeds, gravel paths and roads. The reserved, English-style Giardino del Lago in the centre was laid out in the late 18th century, as was Piazza di Siena, an amphitheatre used for Rome's top equestrian event in May.

Bike hire is available on Via delle Belle Arti, near the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, and at various other points in the park. Typically, you'll pay around €3 per hour for a bike.