Oxfordshire Trip Overview
See the city of dreaming spires both from the beautiful views of the river at a leisurely pace with a relaxing river trip in the comfort of your private group. See Oxford skyline plus Christchurch & Christchurch meadows.
Join our 12.30 shared walking tour, followed by a private group river trip. You can select either to have a chauffeured excursion on a punt or row boat (30-60 minutes duration on boat) or you can instead take the boat out yourself to row or punt for 1 hour boat hire.
Your guide on walk tour will walk you to Magdalen boathouse & tell you about Oxbridge’s rowing traditions & the origins of the story of Alice in Wonderland, which resulted from just such an outing on the river on July 4th 1862. Option also exists to request boat trip to take place before the walking tour- upon request, when you book. Max 3-4 persons + guide per boat.
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Duration: 120 to 150 minutes
Starts: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
See the city of dreaming spires both from the beautiful views of the river at a leisurely pace with a relaxing river trip in the comfort of your private group. See Oxford skyline plus Christchurch & Christchurch meadows.
Join our 12.30 shared walking tour, followed by a private group river trip. You can select either to have a chauffeured excursion on a punt or row boat (30-60 minutes duration on boat) or you can instead take the boat out yourself to row or punt for 1 hour boat hire.
Your guide on walk tour will walk you to Magdalen boathouse & tell you about Oxbridge’s rowing traditions & the origins of the story of Alice in Wonderland, which resulted from just such an outing on the river on July 4th 1862. Option also exists to request boat trip to take place before the walking tour- upon request, when you book. Max 3-4 persons + guide per boat.
Stop At: University of Oxford, University Offices 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD England
We see most of the famous sights as we walk past them and we visit inside one or more colleges too. Which colleges we visit, varies depending on what’s open that date & time. We usually spend about half hour visiting inside colleges.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: River Cherwell, Oxford England
We hire boats to take you out on the river from the boathouse. Depending on whether you select option to have chauffeured punting or to hire boat to handle yourselves, you will spend from 30-60 minutes in the boat on the river.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Bridge of Sighs, New College Ln., Oxford OX1 3BL England
We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this
Pass By: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ England
We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this
Pass By: Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England
We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this
Pass By: Radcliffe Camera, Radcliffe Square, Oxford OX1 4AJ England
We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this
Stop At: University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, St. Marys Church High Street, Oxford OX1 4BJ England
We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this and we might also visit inside the church too
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford OX1 4AU England
We pass by and introduce such famous sights as this but we don’t visit inside this college on this tour
