Take time out in Oxford to discover the city’s finest chocolatiers, confectioners and cafes on a 2.5-hour walking tour. With a sweet-toothed local guide, explore the streets around the city center to learn all about chocolate and enjoy up to seven samples along the way. Venues visited may change, but typically include Hotel Chocolat, Hardy’s Sweet Shop, The Fudge Kitchen and more. A choice of start time is available when booking.
Choose from one of two start times, and then meet your guide in central Oxford to discover the city’s sugar-coated delights. While known for its university colleges and architecture, Oxford is also home to an eclectic array of independent boutiques, cafes and chocolatiers — all of a quality that reflects the city’s eminent status.
Follow your guide around the streets to learn about chocolate, hearing little-known facts about its health benefits and stress-relieving properties. Along the way, visit seven establishments where some of the finest chocolate, candy and cakes can be found. Venues and types of samples may change, but typical highlights are as described below.
Venture inside Hardy’s Sweet Shop, a lovely example of a traditional British candy shop where shelves heave beneath the weight of jars filled with cherry lips, gobstoppers, rock, Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls and more. After admiring the wares and trying some of the traditional British treats, wander across to a branch of Patisserie Valerie where continental patisseries, chocolates, macarons and cakes are served.
Visit Hotel Chocolat to see gourmet chocolates piled up high, and then try some of the chewy-centered cookies that Ben’s Cookies produce. Learn about cake design in The Cake Shop where customized cakes are a specialty, and sample some of the city’s finest fudge with a visit to the Fudge Kitchen. Recipes used in the shop are said to date back centuries, and their fudge is still made by hand on large marble slabs.
After 2.5 hours exploring the eateries of Oxford, your tour finishes by the city’s covered market, leaving you ideally placed to shop for some sugary souvenirs to take home.
Guide never turned up and it seems we are not the first according to the Sweet shop we were told to meet outside. Absolutely furious and this is not the first time this has happened according to the Sweet shop they could recall at least 4 other groups left waiting some up to an hour with no one turning up. The phone number provide just played music to me for half an hour and the paperwork declares this number as a contact for emergency!
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