Villa Farnesina Private Tour
Step inside Agostino Chigi's Renaissance villa and discover Raphael's masterpieces through a private experience in the heart of Rome.
Request a Private TourRaphael Without the Vatican Crowds
Across the Tiber from the historic centre lies one of the most refined artistic residences of Renaissance Rome.
Villa Farnesina was created for Agostino Chigi, one of the wealthiest and most influential bankers of the early sixteenth century.
Chigi brought together extraordinary artists and architects to transform his residence into a celebration of art, mythology, beauty and Renaissance culture.
Among them was Raphael, whose work here produced some of the most celebrated frescoes of his Roman career.
A Renaissance Masterpiece
Created for a Private Home
Villa Farnesina offers something fundamentally different from Rome's great public museums.
These masterpieces were created for the private residence of one of Renaissance Rome's most powerful men.
Art, architecture, mythology and entertainment were designed to work together, turning the villa itself into an expression of Chigi's extraordinary world.
The Magnificent Banker of Renaissance Rome
Agostino Chigi was far more than a wealthy banker. His financial network reached courts, popes and rulers across Renaissance Europe.
Instead of constructing a fortified urban palace, Chigi commissioned an elegant suburban residence devoted to beauty, intellectual life and entertainment.
Diplomats, cardinals, artists and members of the Renaissance elite passed through its rooms.
Understanding Villa Farnesina therefore means entering not simply a museum, but the private world of one of the great personalities of sixteenth-century Rome.
The Masterpieces You Will Discover
The Loggia of Cupid and Psyche
Designed by Raphael and executed with his workshop, this extraordinary decorative cycle transforms the ceiling into an illusion of a garden pergola populated by gods, fruits and flowers.
The Triumph of Galatea
Raphael's celebrated Galatea combines movement, mythology and classical beauty in one of the defining images of the High Renaissance.
The Hall of Perspectives
Baldassarre Peruzzi used illusionistic painting to dissolve the walls of the villa and seemingly open the room onto the landscape beyond.
Myth, Love & Renaissance Symbolism
The decoration of Villa Farnesina is filled with classical mythology and references connected to its patron, allowing the villa to be read as an extraordinary visual programme rather than simply a collection of individual paintings.
Experience Villa Farnesina Privately
For guests seeking a more exclusive experience, a special opening of Villa Farnesina may be requested.
Subject to approval and availability, dedicated openings can offer the opportunity to experience the villa outside the ordinary public visit format.
This option is particularly suited to private travellers, collectors, executive guests, cultural groups and special occasions requiring a more intimate setting.
Special openings require advance organisation and remain subject to the approval and regulations of the venue.
Enquire About Special AccessThe Stories Behind the Masterpieces
A private visit allows the villa to be explored through the people, ambitions and stories that created it.
Raphael
Explore Raphael's Roman career and the artistic language behind Galatea and Cupid and Psyche.
Agostino Chigi
Discover the extraordinary banker whose wealth, ambition and patronage created the villa.
Renaissance Rome
Enter the world of artists, bankers, popes, diplomacy and private entertainment in sixteenth-century Rome.
Villa Farnesina Private Tour
Continue the Story of Renaissance Rome
Villa Farnesina can become part of a broader private itinerary designed around Raphael, Renaissance art or the hidden heritage of Trastevere.
Tell us what interests you and we will design the experience around your time in Rome.
Discover Raphael Beyond the Vatican.
Experience one of Renaissance Rome's most beautiful private residences with a guide dedicated exclusively to you and your guests.
For selected dates, we can also explore the possibility of arranging a special private opening.
Request Your ExperiencePhotography by Claudio Colis · Used with permission