National Portrait Gallery

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World-class culture, fashion, music, food and history – and a mind-boggling array of bucket list experiences – packed into one extraordinary, incomparable destination. 

One of the world’s greatest collections of Western European paintings, with more than 2,300 works on display from Da Vinci to Monet.

This iconic and atmospheric West End square has a historic Victorian market building, street performers, restaurants and boutiques.

Fascinating museum offering an insight into the remarkable transport heritage of the city that pioneered the underground railway. Trains, iconic black cabs, scarlet double-decker buses and more.

World-famous, incomparable military parade dating back to the 17th century, involving thousands of soldiers, horses and musicians in full regalia, occurs each June to mark the Queen’s official birthday.

Famous for its picturesque alfresco ice rink in winter and the Edmund J Safra fountains in the summer, this elegant neoclassical building is also home to an art gallery and upscale restaurant.

An 18th-century mansion of masterpieces sitting pretty on Piccadilly, home to one of Britain’s oldest collections of fine art and regular blockbuster exhibitions.

Sky-scraping observation wheel taking passengers on a stately ride, 450 feet above the Thames.

London’s impressive aquarium, set on the South Bank, home to hundreds of species of fish and a selection of sharks.

From New York to London, Paris to Berlin, here’s our round-up of the must-see art galleries and museums around the world that should be on everyone’s travel bucket list.