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Tours of Oxford private walking tours for the Discerning Traveler

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Destination: United Kingdom, England, Oxford
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  • 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Oxford
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Home to the first University in the English-speaking world, Oxford offers a unique, magical place to explore on our popular, five-star TA rated, Let’s Explore Oxford, private walking tours.

Hi! I’m Chris and welcome to Tours of Oxford. I have known the City and University for over thirty years. I'm an Oxford alumni with a MSc in English Local History and I set up Tours of Oxford to offer the Discerning Traveller fun, informal, yet highly informative, private, bespoke walking tours.

All the guides who work with me are graduates/published authors and equally internationally acclaimed. We love interaction, opinion and conversation.

In short, Let's explore Oxford, offers you, the Discerning Traveller, simply the best private walking tours of Oxford around.

As for local information, we offer a comprehensive service when you book your tour.

Come and make memories with us.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG, UK

Meet your guide at the Weston Library, part of the Bodleian Library, in the heart of the University. The Weston offers excellent facilities, high end cafe and free exhibitions.

Next door lies Blackwell's word famous book shop, and an Oxford icon. Its vast collection of books, set over three floors and the Norrington Room where 5 kilometres of books are shelved underground. Not to be missed if love books and often included in our tours..

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England

The Old University Quarter offers to the visitor one of the world's great architectural complexes. A magical place packed full of University history.

You will visit the original Ashmolean Museum, Sheldonian Theatre, Old Bodleian Library, Old Schools Quadrangle, Clarendon Building, Radcliffe Camera, the University Church of St Mary the Virgin and the Narnia Doorway - which inspired key characters in the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis.

Duration: 35 minutes

Stop At: University of Oxford, University Offices 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD England

Options to visit one or more of the University of Oxford's magical ancient colleges. Get a real taste of college life, as we explore their history, chapels, dining halls and beautiful gardens.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England

Visit the Divinity School, the University's oldest classroom, and wonder at its architecture, history and as a setting for many hit movies including The Favourite and Harry Potter

Duration: 20 minutes

Inclusions
  • Private Tour, exclusively for you, your family, colleagues and friends
  • Designated central Meeting Point
  • We also offer hotel pick ups (central Oxford only)

Exclusions
  • Entrance fees are not included. £5 - £8 per person. Discounts/Concessions often apply.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult. Minimum age 8. Please indicate the number of children in your party
  • Comfortable walking shoes or trainers since this tour involves a moderate amount of walking
  • Tours run at 2pm start time.
  • No pickup service outside of the central Oxford city area
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG, UK


Departure Time

02:00 PM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

2 hours 15 minutes


User's Reviews

696hughb

06 Mar, 2024

Excellent and interesting tour with pleasant and knowledgeable guide who showed us many things we would have otherwise missed. The history and anecdotes were fantastic and my group of 8 really enjoyed! the afternoon. Thanks!

CatherineBond

19 Oct, 2023

We are two couples in our 60s who wanted a proper historical tour of Oxford (without Harry Potter stuff!) Chris was a mine of information. He explained the origins of Oxford and why it became the leading centre of teaching. We adored our trip around the Bodleian, Trinity and New College - without a guide we would never have found all the treasures. We would all recommend Chris highly!

N8823BLchristinab

28 Aug, 2023

A wonderful tour! Chris was so knowledgeable and interesting. He bespoked the whole experience for us and made it great fun. Thank you, Chris- highly recommended!

Gordon_B

15 Aug, 2023

Chris was a wonderful guide for 8 of us. He took us to parts of Oxford uni that we would never have found (or been allowed entry to) and was a very knowledgeable on the history of all aspects of Oxford. Certainly not your run-of-the-mill guide with a completely defined route and narrative. Tailored our tour to our interestes. Definetely Recommend!

Jeffrey R

23 Jul, 2023

Just returned from UK and Tour of Oxford was one of the highlights of our trip. Tour guide was so very knowledgeable and having lived in Oxford as part of the University could give some great insight into the school. He wanted to know what we were interested in and tailored the tour accordingly. He was on no time schedule and really gave us a wonderful tour of so much of the university. Highly recommend this tour to get a feeling of what Oxford is all about.

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