National Gallery highlights tour
Attractions & guided tours

National Gallery highlights tour

Free cancellation
Language: English
Availability: Wednesday and Friday
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: up to 2 hours 30 minutes
Do this because
  • Blue Badge guide - highest level in Britain
  • Feel engaged with the highlights and anecdotes behind the art
  • Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, Rembrandt’s Self-portrait and Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks
What to expect

Leave your map and heavy guidebook at home! On this visit to one of the greatest collections of Western and European paintings in the world, your professional guide is a walking, talking guidebook you can interact with to your heart’s content. Even the greatest masterpieces of all time can seem dry if you don’t have an expert by your side to bring the stories and history behind the paintings to life. This is precisely what this guided National Gallery highlights tour aims to do.

The Gallery is the definitive London address for famous artistic masterpieces. The expertly-crafted itinerary invites you to get up close and personal with the highlights of this collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.

As you explore the collection, you’ll instantly recognize Van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers. Your guide will share the story of how this innocent looking still-life painting led to an angry exchange between Van Gogh and an old friend. We’ll also encounter Rembrandt’s Self-portrait, one of a series he painted throughout his life. This particular self-portrait is notable for its somber qualities and is filled with subtle hints about the inner life of the artist, which your guide will reveal to you. Of course, no collection is complete without a piece from the prolific Italian master, Leonardo da Vinci. One of his two nearly identical paintings named the Virgin of the Rocks is here; the other can be found at the Louvre. Once again your expert guide’s insight becomes invaluable as you discover details of the long life of this painting from its humble beginnings in a chapel in Milan to the prestigious halls of London’s National Gallery.

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What's included
  • check Expert English-speaking tour guide
  • check Headsets (when necessary to hear the guide)
Where
Meeting point:
- Meet your guide in front of the National Gallery, on the balcony overlooking Trafalgar Square, behind the George IV monument (man on horse) - Arriving by tube: Charing Cross tube station. Turn left coming out of the tube station exit and walk along The Strand towards Trafalgar Square. Cross over the roads to the square. The National Gallery is the large building on the opposite side of Trafalgar Square
What to remember
  • Extra measures may be implemented at some venues due to heightened global security. As a result, you may experience delays in getting through mandatory security checks. Extra measures may also restrict the size of bags that can be brought inside. To avoid disruptions or possible denied entry, it is strongly suggested that you avoid bringing large purses, bags or backpacks on your tour
  • This tour involves a fair amount of walking and stairs; comfortable shoes are recommended
  • Unfortunately the museum is unable to accommodate guests with wheelchairs or any impairments requiring special assistance. The tour is also unable to accommodate strollers or baby carriages
  • Gratuities to guides providing excellent service are appreciated
  • Non flash-photography is permitted in the National Gallery
  • Timings and sites are subject to last-minute changes on rare occasions
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Provider
City Wonders
Booking fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation policy
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins.

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