Only in London: Cultural and Historical London

1.  See Picasso's only mural produced in England at the Wellcome Collection

2.  Choose from more national museums in one city than any other capital in the world         

3.  See the world's largest collection of portraits for free at the National Portrait Gallery, the oldest portrait gallery in the world

4.  Visit Tate Modern, the most popular modern art gallery in the world

5.  Explore the largest collection of British art in the world at Tate Britain

6.  Stare in wonder at Van Gogh's Sunflowers for free at the National Gallery

7.  Visit the Estorick Collection, Britain's only gallery devoted to modern Italian art      

8.  See the greatest collection of 18th-century French paintings, furniture and porcelain shown together anywhere in the world at the Wallace Collection

9.  Take in an exhibition at the Barbican, Europe's largest arts and conference venue

10. Pay your respects to a host of literary greats in one place – from Dickens to Chaucer to Kipling to Tennyson – at Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey    

11. Pay respect to Nelson where he lay in State at the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College

12. Discover the UK headquarters of the fabled Templar Knights at Temple Church with London Treasure Hunts     

13. Visit England's first classical building, the 17th century Queen's House in Greenwich        

14. Watch the Ceremony of the Keys, the world's longest running ceremony of its kind, at the Tower of London       

15. Visit the childhood home of the nation's longest reigning monarch – Queen Victoria – at Kensington Palace

16. Sail up the Thames from the Tower of London to see the first major example of English domestic architecture at Hampton Court Palace      

17. Get your sea legs on HMS Belfast – Europe's largest surviving armoured warship 

18. Take in a Shakespeare play at Shakespeare's Globe, in the area where he lived and worked