Spend half a day with an award-winning guide who knows and loves Oxford, to get a thorough overview of its extraordinary history, architecture, and stories. Whether you are interested in the city's ancient origins, the rise of the university, the many fascinating personalities who have studied here, or its famous film locations, this bespoke tour will take you off the beaten track, guide you amongst the dreaming spires, and give you the inside story of this beautiful and eccentric city. You will see inside one of Oxford's most fascinating colleges, including its chapel and dining hall. You will visit the oldest classroom in the world and learn not just about the ancient university but how it works today. And you will hear many stories about the city's famous - and infamous – inhabitants, including its connections with Tolkien, CS Lewis, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and Wonka. The timings include a coffee break and walking times between stops.
13 Magdalen Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
A reminder of one of the darkest episodes in Oxford's history.
Cornmarket Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
A 1000-year old tower and the town gaol where bishops were imprisoned, on the ancient market street of Cornmarket
Turl Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
You will encounter three colleges, along with gargoyles, grotesques and a riddle in stone.
Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
Home to Britain's oldest museum, the largest room in the world selling books, and three Oxford colleges
ed by the extraordinary 'Emperors' Heads'
Broad Street, University Of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Home to 13 million books! We can go inside the Divinity School (£2.50 each) with its incredible fifteenth century decorated ceiling, and hear about the various Harry Potter scenes filmed here.
Radcliffe Square, Oxford, United Kingdom
Radcliffe Square, Oxford's famous architectural centrepiece, contains multiple important university and college buildings including Brasenose and All Souls
The High Street, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Where the university began, with its stunning medieval spire and fascinating interior. If you like, we can climb the tower for the best views of Oxford.
New College Ln., Oxford, United Kingdom
Perhaps Oxford's most-photographed landmark, it appears in many TV shows and movies
Holywell Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
We can go into this or a different college, depending on availability (£2-7 per person), and see the glorious chapel, dining hall, quad, gardens and cloisters
Queens Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom
View the oldest college in the world to have taken undergraduates and decipher the chronogram over the door
Oxford, United Kingdom
One of the world's greatest streets, lined with colleges and wonderful architecture
Merton Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
Founded in 1263, Merton is the oldest college that still has its original buildings - and counted JRR Tolkien as one of its professors
Oxford, United Kingdom
We will view Oxford's grandest college - Christ Church, learn of its most famous inhabitant - Alice in Wonderland, and hear about the first community founded here in around 700AD by Oxford's patron saint, St Frideswide
In the courtyard in front of the main museum entrance.
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