Art Attack... East versus West London

6 days from £1,780 / $2,848 per person

• London

London has some of the best art in the world, whether you are looking for Renaissance classics, Turner Prize entries or raw and ready street art. This six day Art Attack tour will help you cover the diversity on offer, from classical West to exciting East. Begin the tour with your private guide who will introduce you to the highlights of the Tate, National Gallery & Portrait Gallery, Somerset House and the Royal Academy. Your second day will focus on London's modern masterpieces at the Tate Modern, Gagosian Gallery and the Saatchi Gallery. Temporarily shift to Shoreditch for a night where you will get the opportunity to experience some of the capital's quirkier art scene. Both suggested hotels will immerse you in a different aesthetic era - from the achingly glamorous Art Deco-inspired aesthetics of 45 Park Lane with its impressive contemporary art collection, to the art and design retrospective of the Boundary hotel, which takes inspiration from Mies van de Rohe, Bauhaus and Terence Conran. This tour includes luxury vehicles for all transfers and private Blue Badge guides for sightseeing tours.

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.
Bill Bryson