_Turning to the right_, just outside the Porta del Popolo, is situated this the handsomest park in Rome, founded by Cardinal Scipio Borghese. The grounds are open to all visitors; they cover a wide extent, and their walks, meadows, and groves are superb and unique in their general attractions. As a promenade for horsemen, pedestrians, and carriages, it shares the honours with its neighbour the Pincio. After an airing on the latter, a turn through the Porta del Popolo into this splendid villa generally completes the evening drive of Romans and tourists. The clatter of hoofs in winter begins at 4 P.M., and in summer at 7 P.M. On Sundays a large crowd is collected within its limits from all quarters of the city, composed of all classes, from the _minente_ and Albanian nurses bearing babies, to the duchesses gliding along in landaus. On those days it becomes the paradise of children, who flock thither with their guardians, and enjoy a rare frolic in gathering wild flowers, rolling on the grass, and breathing a far fresher air than the city affords. In the centre of the villa is the Museum. _Open on Saturdays only, from 1 till 4 in the winter, and 4 till 7 in the summer. Catalogues are provided for visitors._ GRAND HALL.--1. Diana; 5. Bust of Juno; 9. Augustus. Relief, Curtius leaping into the Gulf. Mosaics of gladiators. RIGHT SALOON OF JUNO.--_Centre._ Juno Pronuba. 3. Urania; 4. Ceres; 5. Venus Genitrix; 20. Relief, Birth of Telephus. HALL OF HERCULES.--_Centre._ Fighting Amazon on Horseback. 21. Venus. ROOM OF APOLLO.--_Centre._ Apollo. 3. Scipio Africanus; 4. Daphne turned into a Laurel; 13. Anacreon; 14. Lucilla. GREEK GALLERY.--The twelve porphyry Cæsars are modern. Porphyry urn from Tomb of Hadrian. 32. Bronze statue of Geta. CABINET.--7. The Hermaphrodite; 11. Martius. Mosaics of fishing scenes. _Centre._ Alcæus. CABINET OF TYRTÆUS.--The Greek poet _in the centre_. 2. Minerva; 4. Apollo. ROOM NINE.--_Centre._ Boy on a Dolphin. 4. Paris; 8. Ceres; 10. A Gipsy, _modern_; 20. Venus. ROOM OF THE FAUN.--_In the centre._ 2. Ceres; 8. Faun; 14. Periander; 6. Seneca. _Stairs from the great gallery lead to the second floor._ ROOM ONE.--David, Apollo and Daphne, Æneas and Anchises, all by Bernini. ROOM FIVE.--Pauline Borghese, sister of the great Napoleon, as Venus Victrix, by Canova. Pictures--Story of Helen, by Gavin Hamilton. _Passing out of the villa, and proceeding along the ancient_ VIA FLAMINIA, _now_ VIA PONTE MOLLE (_which is traversed by a tramway_), _turning up the lane on the right, at the top we come to the_ VILLA OF PAPA GIULIO. _On the left-hand side, at the corner of the lane_, is the Casino, with sculptured cornices and a fountain. Beyond the Casino, and formerly connected with it by a corridor, is the villa where Pope Julius III. best loved to dwell, coming from the Vatican in his barge upon the Tiber. There remain two rooms with richly decorated ceilings by Zucchero, and a fine court with a fountain.