Excursions & day trips

Official National Gallery highlights 1-hour guided tour

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$26.00

Free cancellation

Mobile voucher accepted

Duration: 1 hour

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Entrance Fees Included

Guided Tour

Why you’ll love this…

Discover the best of the National Gallery
Enjoy a guided tour by a Blue Badge Guide
Follow a 1-hour guided tour
Explore the Gallery at your own leisure

What to expect

Take the opportunity to explore the National Gallery on a guided tour. Discover the history of the collection and the stories behind the pieces during the tour, and continue your exploration by yourself afterward.

Listen to the story of European art as you admire the various masterpieces the National Gallery holds. The Gallery holds some of the greatest paintings in the world. Admire the more than 2.600 paintings from Medieval, to Renaissance, Impressionists up to the modern days. Your Blue Badge Guide will lead you around the Gallery for approximately one hour. Before and after the tour, you are welcome to explore at your own leisure.

What's included

Blue Badge Guide
Vox headset device
Entry to the gallery

Where

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, UK

Meeting point:

Head through the Getty entrance (groups entrance) and go through the security barriers. You will then head inside Annenberg Court and the tour will depart close to the information desk on the right-hand side. Do not head into the main entrance of the gallery, this is for public and not booked tours. The meeting point for this tour up to 9 May 2025 is the Getty Entrance. Walk through the Getty entrance, up the stairs and pass through the security barriers, the tour will start by the Information Desk on the right. The meeting point from 10 May 2025 is at Sainsbury Wing, the National Gallery’s new main entrance located on Trafalgar Square (WC2N 5DN). Customers should make their way up the stairs to Level 2. The meeting point will be located on level 2, across from the audio desk, where they will meet their guide at the designated tour meeting point marked with a Meeting Point tour sign. The guide will be wearing a National Gallery Official Tour Guide yellow badge for easy identification.

What to remember

The guided tour has fixed starting times. You are free to explore the museum at your own leisure before and after the tour during the opening times

Provider

National Gallery

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 7 days before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

Anonymous
From Italy - August 2024

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Entrati senza fare coda. La nostra guida preparata e appassionata, un’ora è volata senza accorgersi! Consiglio!
Anonymous
From United States of America - March 2024

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5
Anonymous
From United States of America - January 2024

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Visitare la galleria è stata un’esperienza unica. La guida ha svolto la sua funzione in modo eccellente.
Anonymous
From United States of America - June 2023

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5
Anonymous
From United States of America - May 2023

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

It was easy to book and the experience was awesome!
Anonymous
From United States of America - March 2023

Great
Overall rated
4/5

Would have appreciated if the tour was a bit longer for the price paid. At least another 30 minutes. thanks

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