From Piazza del Popolo up to the Pincio terrace, across the Villa Borghese park to the Galleria Borghese, then the Etruscan museum and Andersen's studio.
Best time: Morning with a booked Borghese slot
The route, stop by stop
1
Piazza del Popolo
Twin churches and Caravaggios in Santa Maria del Popolo; 20 min.
2
Pincio terrace
Sunset view over the rooftops to St Peter's; 10 min.
Bernini's Apollo and Daphne and Rape of Proserpina, six Caravaggios and Canova's Paolina, in a villa where each visit is capped at 2 hours and about 180 people.
The world's finest Etruscan collection, including the Sarcophagus of the Spouses and the Apollo of Veii, in a Renaissance papal villa. It is overshadowed by the nearby Borghese.
