Cambridge and Oxford Historic Colleges of Britain Day Trip

London, United Kingdom

Begin the day traveling across the Chiltern Hills to Oxford, the "City of Dreaming Spires", whose hushed courtyards and elegant, dignified timeworn buildings have inspired generations of scholars (including Bill Clinton in the 1970s) and writers, including Lewis Carroll who wrote "Alice in Wonderland" here.

Find your own inspiration in the sense of tradition and intellectual curiosity that pervades this lovely City. You will visit Christchurch College, where Harry Potter scenes were filmed and where Albert Einstein studied. On your walking tour of Oxford you will see the Bodleian library and the picture-perfect College courtyards for which Oxford is justifiably famous.

Through scenic countryside to Cambridge, bridging centuries of scholarly rivalry between these two venerable institutions! Cambridge's stately Gothic style College buildings rise spectacularly from the greenery along the River Cam where students and visitors enjoy punting along the River.

You will visit the magnificent perpendicular chapel of King's College, founded in 1441, which is the finest and grandest example of late medieval Gothic architecture in England, and a fitting tribute to the great minds that have studied here. During your walking tour of the city filled with beautiful buildings and historical quirks, you'll visit the so-called "Bridge of Sighs", named after its look-a-like in Venice and several other Colleges that make up the University, each with their own stories to tell.

USD $116.92

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Clare S	October 2011
I enjoyed every part of this day and our guide was great.

Review by: Dora D	October 2011
The Evan Evans tour company is very professional. They pick me up from the hotel at the expected time and the guide was very knoledgeable, attentive, organized and polite. they even help us guiding us on our way back to our hotels.

Review by: Jan T	September 2011
cambridge is so lovely oxford is so busy. long day but worth it

Review by: paular	August 2011
Good tour if you wish to get an overview of the two cities. However, as other reviews stated, very rushed. No time at all basically to explore yourself. In Oxford we were given 20 minutes to look around and meet back at a point, one man was literally 1 minute late and the guide was having a fit! I think the tour bus should have given a better run around the cities to give you a good orientation and concept of size. I think if you are staying in London for a few days you would be better to take public transport to one of the cities and do a hop on hop off tour, it would be beter value for money and you would see more of the cities. The short time we did have in the cities included visiting a Church and a Dining Hall, to be honest these were fee paying attractions and if I had visited the cities on my own i probably would have bothered paying to go into these. Also, the price of the ticket included the entrance fees to these attractions but we were extremely rushed!

Review by: Sandra K	August 2011
Very good tour, but very rushed, especially in Cambridge. Could have used one extra hour of free time in each location, but glad we went on the tour.

Review by: Vivek G	August 2011
Good and informative trip , time was short to cover both Cambridge and Oxford in a day ._br/_ Vivek Gupta _br/_ Dubai

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Review by: Judy	October 2010
Well worth doing as a day tour but as we all know a day tour just gives an overview of a place so you don't get too long in either town to see much, other than what the guide shows you. Long drive between Oxford and Cambridge and our guide and the driver were talking loudly the whole way so so it was really hard to have a rest. Overall though not a bad day and good value if you don't have time to stay overnight in either town. Departure from Victoria coach could have been more prompt and they changed the gate without informing anyone.

Review by: Judy	October 2010
Well worth doing as a day tour but as we all know a day tour just gives an overview of a place so you don't get too long in either town to see much, other than what the guide shows you. Long drive between Oxford and Cambridge and our guide and the driver were talking loudly the whole way so it was really hard to have a rest. Overall though not a bad day and good value if you don't have time to stay overnight in either town. Departure from Victoria coach could have been more prompt and they changed the gate without informing anyone.

Review by: Christine H	September 2010
The coach was comfortable however we felt a bit rushed for the tours. We understand that the guide and driver did not have control over the excess traffic due to the Underground strike, however it made it feel that we spent more time on the coach than we did in either Oxford or Cambridge. I'm not sure what could have been done to adjust for this, but it did take away from the tour. Our guide seemed very knowledgeable and gave us quite a bit of interesting information.

Review by: Manel D	August 2010
nice trip

Review by: Catherine L	July 2010
Great day out and a good way to see both cities when you have limited time available. Guide was excellent!

Review by: Beth W, United States of America	November 2009
without a tour guide you would not do this tour justice by seeing and not being told all the history of these prestigious colleges. I would of liked a little more time but we did tour both in one day.

Review by: BETH W	November 2009
without a tour guide you would not do this tour justice by seeing and not being told all the history of these prestigious colleges. I would of liked a little more time but we did tour both in one day.

Review by: Michael S, Canada	August 2009
It was nice to visit the two universities but the amount of driving and time it takes to get to each site was too much! It takes nearly 1.5-2 hours to get to Cambridge, 1.5 hours between Cambridge and Oxford and then nearly 1.5 hours to come back to London. The campuses were lovely and the guide was excellent! If it were closer together, it would have been better!

Review by: Marco F, Italy	August 2008
Very nice trip, but we needed more time in the two destinations. Possibly the tour should start earlier in the morning to allow for additional time. Our guide was very nice and informative.

Review by: Maryam K, Iran	July 2008
It was good.

Review by: Anonymous, Taiwan	September 2007
The tour guide was nice, but the schedule was a bit tight. It would have been better if the itinerary had allowed us more free time for activities and for visiting the towns.

Review by: Elizabeth K, Canada	May 2007
We enjoyed the tour. It was a pity that the time in each town could not be a half hour longer, but that is understandable given the time constraints. The tour guide was excellent. He was very knowledgeable and helpful. Thanks for the fun time!