Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica - Palazzo Barberini

The experience

A vast Baroque palace near Piazza Barberini holding part of Italy's national collection of older art, with over a thousand works from the 13th to 18th centuries. Highlights include Raphael's La Fornarina, Caravaggio, Holbein and El Greco, beneath Pietro da Cortona's enormous ceiling fresco. The rooms are large and rarely packed, so it rewards a slow visit.

A grand palace and first-rank paintings you can take in calmly, without the queues of the bigger sights.

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.