Individual visits

Guided tour in English:
Monday to Sunday (except Tuesdays): 11am / 3.00pm

Guided tour in French:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 10.30am / 11.30am / 2pm / 3pm / 4.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 10.30am / 11.30am / 2pm / 3pm / 4pm / 4.30pm

Guided tour in Italian:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: noon / 4.30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11.00am / noon / 3.30pm / 4.30pm

Visitors are kindly requested to arrive 10 minutes before the time of the guided tour. Guided tours start in the reception hall next to the ticket office, where visitors are invited to wait for the guide.

Villa Medici’s tour includes the following itinerary: the Loggia, the Piazzale with a view of the internal façade of the palace, the Niobides square in the gardens, the Gypsotheca, the Studiolo of Ferdinando de’ Medici (Stanza degli Uccelli), and the Balthus Loggia. The tour ends with the historical rooms of Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici (The Elements Room, the Muses Room, the Jupiter’s Lovers Room) with its Renaissance décor, its ceilings painted by Jacopo Zucchi at the end of the 16th century, and its furniture designed by Balthus in the 1960s. The tour addresses the historical aspects of Villa Medici as a heritage site, but also its role as a laboratory for contemporary creation through the hosting of artists, researchers and art historians in residencies for experimentation and research.

Villa Medici regularly hosts interventions by contemporary artists in its historic spaces, inviting us to renew our view of heritage and to bring it into dialogue with the most current artistic creation. This guided tour is also an opportunity to discover these installations, which are part of the Art Club cycle of temporary exhibitions curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto.
→ Discover the ongoing Art Club

The Villa unlimited

With your VILLA MEDICI card, take advantage of the cultural offer of the French Academy in Rome.
Alone (SOLO) or accompanied (DUO), you can benefit, for one year, from:
– unlimited access to all temporary exhibitions, without advance reservations
– a free guided tour of the gardens and the historic building of Villa Medici
– discounts at the Villa Medici boutique: 10% on derivative products and 5% on books.
– and many other benefits: special rates for exclusive events, invitations, and meetings.

For people between 18 and 24, the VILLA MEDICI TRIBU card, entirely free, allows you to :
– access to all temporary exhibitions at the Villa Medici at the TRIBU rate of €2
– benefit from discounts at the Villa Medici boutique: 10% on derivative products and 5% on books
– benefit from special rates for scheduled events and exclusive meetings.

Your card is personal and individual. The DUO card allows you to invite the person of your choice.

SOLO card: 20€
DUO card: 30€
TRIBU card: free for 18 – 24 year olds 

Purchase VILLA MEDICI SOLO, DUO and TRIBU cards online or directly at Villa Medici.

– Young people under 25
– Jobseekers on presentation of a certification (registration to “Pôle Emploi” or “Iscrizione nell’elenco anagrafico del Centro per l’impiego”)
– Residents and members of foreign cultural academies based in Rome

– Young people under 18 years of age
– VILLA MEDICI SOLO or DUO cardholders (only for current exhibitions)
– Disabled civilians or victims of war and one accompanying person per visitor, on presentation of a disability card
– Journalists holding a valid press card
– Members of the International Council of Museums – ICOM or of Monuments and Sites – ICOMOS
– Staff of the French Ministry of Culture
– Professional artists in the graphic, plastic and photographic arts cited in Article L. 382-1 of the Social Security Code, on presentation of the annual certificate issued by the French organisation responsible for their affiliation
– Fellows, residents and staff of the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid and the Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto
– Members and staff of the École française de Rome