Quietly grand on its riverside spot at Millbank, Tate Britain holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present. It is the elder of the Tate galleries and, many would argue, the more contemplative, tracing the story of painting in these islands through Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable, the Pre-Raphaelites and the modern age. A chauffeur-driven visit means you arrive refreshed and leave when the art, not the timetable, decides.
The jewel is the Clore Gallery and its Turner Bequest, the largest collection of the artist's work anywhere, from luminous seascapes to the late, almost abstract studies of light. The annual Turner Prize keeps the gallery at the centre of contemporary debate. Afterwards, your chauffeur is waiting on Millbank, ready to carry you on to Westminster, the West End or wherever the day leads next.
