Experience the best of Cambridge
Cambridge is an English university city on the River Cam, famed for its ancient colleges, King's College Chapel and punts gliding along the Backs.
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The university, founded in the early thirteenth century, still shapes the centre, with college courts, gatehouses and chapels opening off narrow streets. King's College Chapel, with its fan-vaulted ceiling and tall windows, is the best known, and Trinity's Great Court and the Bridge of Sighs at St John's are close behind. The Fitzwilliam Museum holds antiquities and paintings, and the market square has traded for centuries.
The Backs, a stretch of lawns and willows behind the colleges, runs along the river, where flat-bottomed punts glide beneath stone bridges, among them the Mathematical Bridge at Queens' College. Upstream, meadows lead to the village of Grantchester, and to the south the Imperial War Museum at Duxford shows aircraft on a historic airfield. Ely, with its great cathedral rising above the Fens, is about twenty-five kilometres to the north.
The Eagle, an old coaching inn, is where Crick and Watson are said to have announced that they had found the secret of life, and the pubs around the market keep a warm, bookish feel. Trinity burnt cream, a custard under a layer of caramelised sugar, is the college dessert. Punting is at its best from May to September, and blossom lines the river in spring.
- 1 hop-on hop-off route
- Free cancellation on 92% of experiences
- Day trips to Bath
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Questions about Cambridge
- What are the top attractions in Cambridge?
- Ranked by the experiences that visit them, the top attractions in Cambridge are King's College Chapel, Trinity College, Mathematical Bridge, Queens' College.
- What is the most popular experience in Cambridge?
- By number of traveller reviews it is "Cambridge University Tour by Alumni™ with optional King's Chapel", rated 4.9 out of 5 from 2,616 reviews.
- Is there a hop-on hop-off bus in Cambridge?
- Yes. We list 1 hop-on hop-off bus tour in Cambridge; the most reviewed is "City Sightseeing Cambridge Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour" with 229 reviews.
- How long do tours and tickets in Cambridge take?
- The typical experience in Cambridge lasts about 2 hours; the middle half run between 75 minutes and 2.5 hours.
- Can I cancel a booking in Cambridge?
- The operator lists free cancellation on 93% of the 108 experiences we hold for Cambridge. The cut-off differs by experience and is shown on each product page before you choose a date.
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