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Oxford: Alumni-Led Walking & Punting Tour w/opt New College
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Oxford: Walking & Punting Tour w/opt Christ Church Entry

By Alumni Tours
7.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $525 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
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  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Blend into student life at Oxford University while walking the campus grounds
  • Experience the university’s history through the stories of alumni and students
  • Relax on a punting tour on the River Cherwell while you spot famous sites
  • Admire the history and architecture of the oldest English-speaking university
  • Enjoy 2 tours in 1 at a reduced rate compared to booking each tour individually

Activity location

    • Oxford
    • Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 11-12 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AP, UK | Meet at the red post box at 11-12 Broad street (very near the Oxford Campus Stores). Your guide will be wearing an item of royal blue clothing, a jacket, cap, beanie, or polo shirt.
    • Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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Private Tour without Christ Church Entry
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m2h 30m
  • English

Enjoy a Private 90-minute graduate-led Oxford University walking tour. & a 30-minute chauffeured punting tour along the River Cherwell.

Language options: English
Price details
CA $524.54 x 1 TravellerCA $524.54

Total
Price is CA $524.54

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included1.5-hour graduate-led Oxford University walking tour
  • What's includedWhat's included Entry to colleges (subject to opening hours)
  • What's includedWhat's included 30-minute chauffeured punting tour along the River Cherwell
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntry to colleges not listed on the itinerary

What you can expect

See Oxford University through the eyes of Alumni and current students on this combo alumni-led campus walking tour and student-led punting trip. Get an authentic look at the colourful storey of the oldest English-speaking university in the world.

Oxford is nothing without its students, and it’s the students who make this walking tour so special. Your guides will either be graduates or current students who combine their personal experiences of the city with their deep passion for its history, architecture, and stories.

In just a 1.5-hour walk, follow your guide to discover pivotal moments of human history: from petty and outlandish rivalries to architectural masterpieces with confusing names. Inspiring, baffling, and downright outrageous: Oxford is a city full of stories waiting to be told.

See the lamppost which inspired Narnia and the architecture that inspired His Dark Materials. Visit the meadows where Lewis Carroll first recounted the storey of Alice in Wonderland. Marvel at some of the world’s greatest examples of Gothic and Baroque architecture.

Hear all about what the students really get up to – from BOPS to secret societies to which all-night library permits outside snacks. Discover which college is the poshest and the oldest and which one has traditions designed only to mock the traditions of other colleges.

As well as hearing it all from past and current students themselves, you’ll get to see inside colleges (entry included), with highlights including the Jesus College gardens. This is the real Oxford, experienced as a student, through busy streets and college grounds.

After your walking tour, enjoy a 30-minute chauffered punting tour along the River Cherwell. As you set off south from the boathouse, you’ll be chauffeured past Oxford’s famous Botanic Gardens and Magdalen College School fields.

Continue through Christ Church Meadows, where Lewis Carroll was teaching students in the mid-19th-century when he wrote the famous Alice Through the Looking Glass and Alice in Wonderland.

Pass St. Hilda’s College gardens and make your way back to the boathouse. You can ask questions throughout your trip and even have a free punting lesson upon request.

Location

Activity location

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    • Oxford
    • Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 11-12 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AP, UK | Meet at the red post box at 11-12 Broad street (very near the Oxford Campus Stores). Your guide will be wearing an item of royal blue clothing, a jacket, cap, beanie, or polo shirt.
    • Oxford, England, United Kingdom