{"id":19971,"date":"2026-04-08T15:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/?p=19971"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:17:47","slug":"mytological-tour-at-the-borghese-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/mytological-tour-at-the-borghese-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mytological tour at the Borghese Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This villa was originally conceived not just as a residence, but as a <strong>\u201ctheatre of art\u201d<\/strong>, where each room was carefully curated to impress and tell a story.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s one of the best places in Rome to\u00a0<strong>discover the fascinating world of Greek and Roman mythology<\/strong>. As you move through its rooms, stories of gods, heroes and legendary creatures come to life, captivating both children and adults alike. Many of the sculptures, especially those by\u00a0<strong>Gian Lorenzo Bernini<\/strong>, were designed to be viewed from specific angles, revealing surprising details and a sense of movement.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery is also home to paintings by some of Italy\u2019s greatest artists, including\u00a0<strong>Caravaggio<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Raphael<\/strong>, whose works add emotion to these timeless tales.<\/p>\n<p>Set within the beautiful\u00a0<strong>park of Villa Borghese<\/strong>, it\u2019s the perfect place to continue your experience after the visit, whether with\u00a0a relaxing walk, a picnic in the greenery, or even a\u00a0<strong>bike ride<\/strong>\u00a0through the park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This villa was originally conceived not just as a residence, but as a \u201ctheatre of art\u201d, where each room was carefully curated to impress and tell a story. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s one of the best places in Rome to\u00a0discover the fascinating world of Greek and Roman mythology. As you move through its rooms, stories of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[143,198,191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appetitours","category-highlights-tours","category-rome-tours"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19984,"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19971\/revisions\/19984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appetitours.com\/wordpress2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}