Rome by artist

Rome's greatest works of art by the greatest of Old Masters: Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini, and Rapahel

Are you a fan of a particular Renaissance or baroque artist? Find yourself fascinated by one after seeing a few of their works and just want more?

Here are short bios of some of the greatest of Old Master artists including lists of where you can find their best works—frescoes, paintings, sculptures, and architecture—in Rome:

Tips & links

Artist tours of Rome

Take a guided tour focused on one or more great artists with one of our partners:

Bernini
Caravaggio
Michelangelo
Raphael

Context: Caravaggio's Mean Streets (Santa Maria del Popolo, Sant'Agostino, San Luigi dei Francesi)
Caravaggio Art Walking Tour of Rome with Wine Tasting (Santa Maria del Popolo, Sant'Agostino)
Private Tour: Borghese Gallery and Baroque Rome Art History Walking Tour (Galleria Borghese, Sants Maria del Popolo)
Context: Galleria Borghese (Galleria Borghese)
Skip the Line Borghese Gallery and Gardens Tour (Galleria Borghese)

Two Masters at the Papal Court: Raphael and Michelangelo in the Vatican (Vatican)
Private Viewing of the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums Secret Rooms (Vatican)
Context: Arte Vaticana: Our Vatican Tour including Sistine Chapel and St. Peters (with reservations) ( Vatican)
Early Access: Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums Ticket
Context: Vatican Collections (Vatican)
Skip the Line: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour (Vatican)
Vatican Friday Nights: Small-Group Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour (Vatican)
Context: Evening Vatican Tour (Vatican)
Context: Afterhours Vatican Museums Visit (Vatican)
Private Tour: Vatican Museums and St Peter's Art History Walking Tour (Vatican)
Palaces & Villas of the Renaissance (Palazzo Farnese - architecture)
Context: Popes, Power, and Parties (Palazzo Farnese - architecture)

Two Masters at the Papal Court: Raphael and Michelangelo in the Vatican (Vatican)
Context: Arte Vaticana: Our Vatican Tour including Sistine Chapel and St. Peters (with reservations) ( Vatican)
Context: Vatican Collections (Vatican)
Private Viewing of the Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums (Vatican)
Vatican Friday Nights: Small-Group Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour (Vatican)
Context: Evening Vatican Tour (Vatican)
Context: Afterhours Vatican Museums Visit (Vatican)
Private Tour: Vatican Museums and St Peter's Art History Walking Tour (Vatican)
Skip the Line: Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Tour (Vatican)
Context: Popes, Power, and Parties (Farnesina)
Palaces & Villas of the Renaissance (Farnesina)
Context: Mythology Workshop for Families (Farnesina)
Private Tour: Borghese Gallery and Baroque Rome Art History Walking Tour (Galleria Borghese, Sants Maria del Popolo)
Context: Galleria Borghese (Galleria Borghese)
Skip the Line Borghese Gallery and Gardens Tour (Galleria Borghese)

How long does Rome take?

Planning your day: Rome wasn't built in a day, and you'd be hard-pressed to see it in that brief a time as well. Still, you can cram a lot into just a day or three.

To help you get the most out of your limited time in the Eternal City, here are some perfect itineraries, whether you have one, two, three, or four days to spend in Rome.

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Take a guided tour focused on one or more great artists with one of our partners:

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SIGHTS

Tourist info
Turismoroma.it

Other useful sites
060608.it (tourism info database)
Vatican.va (Vatican)
Coopculture.it (major sights/ruins)
Archeoroma.beniculturali.it (civic archaeology department)
Museiincomuneroma.it (civic museums)
Comune.roma.it (city site)
Sovraintendenzaroma.it (city cultural department)

LODGING

TRANSPORT

Public transportation:

Agenziamobilita.roma.it (all transit and driving/parking info)
Atac.roma.it (bus & Metro/subway)

plane

Rome airports:

Adr.it

Airport transfers:

Trenitalia.com (express train: €14)
Viator.com (private car: €14–€16.50)
Terravision.eu (bus: €4)
Cotralspa.it or Sitbusshuttle.com (bus: €5)
Taxi: €45–€55

Airfares:

train

Trains:

automobile

Driving/parking:

Sabait.it (Villa Borghese garage; €18/day)
Atac.roma.it (outlying commuter parking lots; from €5 per day)
Agenziamobilita.roma.it (more on the ZTL)

Car rentals:

Car resources
Emergency service/tow: tel. 803-116
Highway agency: Autostrade.it (traffic info, serivce areas, toll calculator, weather)
Italian automotive club (~AAA): Aci.it
ZTLs: Ztl-italia.blogspot.com (lightly outdated, but handy, links to cities' traffic-free zones)