Palazzo Colonna in Rome: gallery, salons and gardens, Saturday hours and tickets

Updated on October 8, 2026

Palazzo Colonna, between Piazza dei Santi Apostoli and Via della Pilotta, is a private residence of the Colonna family, one of Rome's oldest, whose apartments and picture gallery can be visited in a very short window: Saturday morning, and Friday morning on a guided tour by reservation. You pass through the Baroque great gallery with its ceiling devoted to the Battle of Lepanto, salons decorated with paintings and period furniture, then the terraced gardens. The short ticket costs €15, the complete visit €25 (prices from the official site galleriacolonna.it, October 2026). Allow 1.5 to 2 hours.

Highlights

The façade and the palace

The palace fills a whole block at the foot of the Quirinal and opens onto Piazza dei Santi Apostoli; the Saturday entrance is on the other side, on Via della Pilotta. It has been the Colonna family's residence since the Middle Ages: the present gallery dates mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The terraced gardens

The gardens, with their fountains, statues and potted orange trees, are included in the short visit. They climb the hillside and offer rare calm a few minutes from Piazza Venezia.

The great gallery

This is the most spectacular room: a long salon lit by chandeliers and mirrors, whose painted ceiling celebrates the victory of Lepanto (1571), in which Marcantonio Colonna took part. A cannonball is still lodged in the marble staircase, from the siege of Rome in 1849.

The picture collection

The salons house Renaissance and Baroque works, including, depending on the route, Annibale Carracci's famous Bean Eater. The complete route also includes Princess Isabelle's apartment.

Horaires et tarifs

Saturday 9:15am to 1:15pm (last entry): short visit (gallery, Pio pavilion, gardens) €15, complete visit (with Princess Isabelle's apartment) €25, FAI rate €20. Friday: guided tours by reservation at 9:30, 10:00 and 10:30am (Italian), 9:30 and 10:00am (English), 10:30am (French), €35 (€30 for FAI members). Audioguide €5. Free for under-12s (2 per paying adult) on Saturday. Tickets via Ticketone, Roma Pass or by phone on +39 06 6784350; private visits by reservation outside these slots.

Practical info

Tips

Arrive at opening time on Saturday: the palace is open in the morning only. For the Friday guided tour, book before you arrive: there is no free-entry opening. Check the dates on galleriacolonna.it, as the palace may close some Saturdays for private events or in summer. Prices noted in October 2026. See also: Trevi and Quirinal, Doria Pamphilj Gallery.

How to get there

Saturday entrance: Via della Pilotta 17, 00187 Rome. Entrance for Friday tours and for visitors with reduced mobility: Piazza dei Santi Apostoli 66. About 5 minutes' walk from Piazza Venezia, served by many buses; metro line A, Barberini station, about 15 minutes on foot.