National Gallery Guided Tour with 2-Course Lunch & Drink

About this tour

Spend part of your day in London's National Gallery with a guide who walks you through its Italian Renaissance paintings, including religious panels, mythological scenes, and portraits by da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, and Titian. You'll wear a headset so you catch every word in the busy galleries. Afterward, the group heads to Locatelli for a two-course lunch built around seasonal Italian cooking, paired with a glass of Prosecco.

Highlights

• See paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, and Turner in one collection
• Cover 700 years of European painting, from the Renaissance to Post-Impressionism
• More than 2,300 works arranged chronologically through the galleries
• Follow the shift between artistic movements and the eras behind them
• One of the world's great art museums, right on Trafalgar Square
• Free general entry means you can see the collection without booking a ticket
• The Sainsbury Wing, added in the 1990s, holds the early Renaissance paintings

Places You Will Visit

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Good to Know Before You Visit the National Gallery

Your tour meets at Trafalgar Square, in the heart of central London and about as easy a spot to reach as the city offers. The nearest Underground stations are Charing Cross (Bakerloo and Northern lines), Leicester Square (Northern and Piccadilly lines), and Embankment (Bakerloo, Northern, District, and Circle lines), all a short walk away, and plenty of bus routes stop at the square. The gallery sits on the square's north side, behind the long columned front with its dome and portico.

Inside, the galleries are laid out roughly by date and region, so your guide can move you logically from the early Italian Renaissance rooms through to the later European schools without backtracking. The National Gallery generally opens daily, with standard hours of 10:00 to 18:00 and a later close of 21:00 on Fridays, though holiday hours can vary and the gallery closes on certain public holidays. There's no formal dress code, but you'll be on your feet for a good while across the galleries, so comfortable shoes are the one thing worth getting right.

Weather in London

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Mon, Oct 26 62°F17°C 50°F10°C Rain 59%

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Local time 12:53 AM, UTC+01:00

Available Days / Times

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• Saturday : 15:30
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Last updated: Oct 22, 2026