Must-SeeOxford and the Cotswolds
England
About 52 miles away
Dreaming spires and old colleges, with honey-stone villages close by, and Blenheim Palace.
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National Gallery
A free gallery of European painting on Trafalgar Square, from Leonardo and Titian to Turner and Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free; paid for special exhibitions
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DNDirections
- Getting There
- Charing Cross or Leicester Square station.
Why Go
More than 2,000 paintings span seven centuries, including Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, Leonardo's Virgin of the Rocks, Constable's Hay Wain, Turner's Fighting Temeraire and Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
It faces Trafalgar Square, with Nelson on his column and the bronze lions at its foot.
Nearby in London
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