Private Half-Day Guided Tour in Oxford
- 4 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Private tour
Highlights
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.
Inclusions
What's included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Guide and Language In-person: English
What's not
- Entrance tickets to Divinity School and a college (£5-£10 per person)
Itinerary
A reminder of one of the darkest episodes in Oxford's history.
A 1000-year old tower and the town gaol where bishops were imprisoned, on the ancient market street of Cornmarket
You will encounter three colleges, along with gargoyles, grotesques and a riddle in stone.
Home to Britain's oldest museum, the largest room in the world selling books, and three Oxford colleges
Christopher Wren's masterpiece, where the university holds its ceremonies, guarded by the extraordinary 'Emperors' Heads'
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's famous architectural centrepiece, contains multiple important university and college buildings including Brasenose and All Souls
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.
Perhaps Oxford's most-photographed landmark, it appears in many TV shows and movies
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
View the oldest college in the world to have taken undergraduates and decipher the chronogram over the door
One of the world's greatest streets, lined with colleges and wonderful architecture
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- In the courtyard in front of the main museum entrance.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Lady Gargoyle Oxford Tours
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Oxford
- Its from-price is 768% above the median of the 37 city tours we list in Oxford.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 18 of 37.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Oxford
Oxford is England's famous university city, with honey-coloured colleges, libraries, museums and river meadows beside the Thames and the Cherwell.
Oxford has been a university town since the 12th century, and its dreaming spires belong to colleges that stand shoulder to shoulder around quadrangles and gardens. The Radcliffe Camera, a round domed library, the Bodleian Library, the Sheldonian Theatre and Christ Church, whose dining hall inspired scenes in the Harry Potter films, are the best known. The Hertford Bridge, a covered footbridge nicknamed the Bridge of Sighs, links two parts of one college.
Top-ranked sights in Oxford: Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Camera, Trinity College .
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