The Courtauld Gallery

This is an execellent setting to experience a fair amount of world-class paintings by the older artists such as Botticelli and Rubens along with "newer" artists such as Manet, Monet, and Van Gogh.

I went specifically to see Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergeres" and was pleasantly surprised by a number of other paintings such as Ruben's "Descent from the Cross" and Van Gogh's "Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear."

Within walking distance of the Savoy Hotel with Temple Underground Station being the closest access for subway travellers.

The collection is "small", but it does have great masterpieces from all centuries, very well shown and accessible, Infact you can walk around the masterpieces, take pictures and there's n crowd at all !

The Courtauld Gallery is a nice place with beautiful art in nice surroundings. The French and Italian pieces are a must see. We visited lastweek during the special Renoir exhibition. At first my main interest was only to see the famous Manet piece but there is so much more to see. Not as exciting as the National Gallery but it is a must on your to do list whilst in London.