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Oxford and Cambridge Tour from London

London, England

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11 hours
Offered in: English

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Overview

Visit two of England’s most famous university cities—Oxford and Cambridge—and leave all the logistics to someone else on this seamless day trip from London. First, admire the celebrated "Dreaming Spires" of Oxford and visit the Bodleian Library and Christ Church College. Next, journey to prestigious Cambridge, where you'll visit the King’s College Chapel, Corpus Clock, Mathematical Bridge, and more.

Travel in comfort aboard an air-conditioned coach
Go behind the scenes and spot highlights many other visitors miss
Learn about both universities' history and famous alumni from your guide
See two of England's most popular destinations, all in one day

What's Included

Walking tour of Oxford and Cambridge
Visit to Christ Church College
Visit to King's College
Professional Guide
Luxury air-conditioned coach

Gratuities
Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Bulleid Way, London SW1, UK
Departure point: Bus Stop 1, Bulleid Way, Victoria, London, SW1W 9SH Check-in time: 08:00am. Departure time: 08:30am

Start time

08:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Oxford

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Christ Church

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Senate House

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Corpus Clock

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Mathematical Bridge

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

King's College Chapel

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

Boarding procedures begin 15 minutes prior to departure
Please note: the tour itinerary and order may change.
Our vehicles are modern, comfortable, and kept to the highest standards of cleanliness, including a deep clean every day
King’s College is closed on 30th May, 27th June and 20th July. A walking tour of Cambridge will operate instead.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 53 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

JoAnn_C

Regina and Kiki were excellent as both guide and driver. Regina was very informative and everything was on time and well organized.

Reviews

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124 reviews

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Good tour

Kjshoppie, May 2024

Although it was a long day, our guide was wonderful! Our only complaint is that we signed up for an English tour and it turned out to be bi-lingual. Did NOT enjoy that aspect. Feel cheated!

Get a taste of Oxbridge

Sriram_L, Apr 2024

The coach/bus driver Sanjeevan was fantastic. About the tour and the guide 1. It is a bilingual tour. English and Mandarin. My Hypothesis is that this tour doesn’t get much patronage as other popular tours where Chinese only or English only tours are possible. We had 20 people in a coach that holds 50 people and I am not complaining about it. 2. Regina our guide was fantastic, knowledgeable and friendly. It felt like she did justice to both the languages. 3. It is 10.5 hour tour. You get 2.5 hours each at Oxford and Cambridge and it is not enough to completely see all the spots in each city. Having said that you see the best bits and it is the whole point of these packaged day tours. Also you don't get time to sit and eat relaxed in one of cafes overlooking these beautiful buildings. Know what you are getting into. I am not complaining here. 4.You get to go into Kings college at Cambridge and Christ Church at Oxford. 5.Regina did roughly 1 hour of walking tour in each city and gave remaining time for us to explore. She gave a lot of history and fun bits. If you want to see the best highlights of these 2 cities in one day with great commentary, this is it.

Regina and Kiki were...

JoAnn_C, Apr 2024

Regina and Kiki were excellent as both guide and driver. Regina was very informative and everything was on time and well organized.

Excellent tour guide

sarahcass0108, Apr 2024

Eileen was an excellent guide - extremely knowledgeable, friendly and struck a perfect balance between entertaining, educating and rest and reflection!

Good experience.

Anup_B, Apr 2024

Good tour. The guide Ellie and the driver Kiran from Golden Tours was great. Ellie was very knowledgeable about Oxford and Cambridge uni.

Beautiful tour beautiful...

Zhirayr_T, Aug 2023

Beautiful tour beautiful tour Gide nice places a lot of explanations I definitely gonna recommend my friends

A great visit of historic sites!

Jacques_S, Aug 2023

Eileen the tour guide is an excellent source of knowledge for the sites.These two towns are extremely well known for their contribution to human knowledge and are extremely nice to visit.Art and architecture elevate the mind!The day is well prepaired by the organizers and not tiring. A great interesting day!

Good way to visit university cities

Stephanie_T, Aug 2023

Great tour but the visit to Kings College in Cambridge was a bit underwhelming. It would have been nice to get more time in each city.

Great trip to Oxford and Cambridge

Marcie_F, Jun 2023

Our guide, Danxia, was super knowledgeable and relatable. Knew both Cambridge and Oxford really well. Driver William was great, too.

I didn’t realize the tour was dual language

Mary_J, Jun 2023

First, our tour guide Regina was fantastic! However when I booked the trip I was not aware that this trip would be in English and Chinese. While this might not have been a problem, this trip is SO rushed already. You barely have any time to see or do anything. Add on top of that Regina having to translate from English to Chinese at every stop. I would definitely take another tour from Regina, just not this one.

Do NOT take this tour!

DANIEL_C, Jun 2023

Sasha is a friendly and happy person, but she had more fun herself rather than leading a tour. The tour was supposed to be guided in English. Sasha would quickly walk to points and not wait for the whole group before providing information so we hardly heard anything she said. She also provided Spanish translation causing her to rush and talk very fast. She would run ahead of the group and then as quickly as possible leave the group to explore by ourselves. She didn’t provide adequate direction to the bathrooms leading to a lot of wasted free time looking for those locations. It’s a shame to have learned very little about either school. In addition, we were dropped at Gloucester Rd, the much further location outside London city center, even though we arrived back in London well before 6:30pm and should have been taken back to Victoria Station. Overall, we were very disappointed with this experience.

Cities afar but historical features nevertheless

Alvaro_M, Jun 2023

The driver and tour were great and the schedule respected. The guide managed to explain everything in both languages. The thing is that the cities are far ffom each other. There isn't much time to experience them properly.

Enjoyed seeing the univ...

Jim_H, May 2023

Enjoyed seeing the univ towns. However a bilingual tour, English and Mandarin, was a surprise. The guide, Grace, and the driver, Marius, were good but Grace had to use so much time describing the places twice we had insufficient time to experience the colleges. Hence our rating.

Terrible tour

ThuHuong_R, May 2023

Total scam. I booked an English tour and was put in a Bilingual tour. Had to wait for everything to be translated before getting into the King’s College and Church of Christ. When all said and done, you really get less than 2 hours at each location. If I knew the English and Chinese tours were combined, I would have cancelled. Totally deceiving.

Cambridge and Oxford Tour

Marianne_F, May 2023

We especially appreciated having Sascha as our tour guide. She is so informative, friendly and energetic. I also very much enjoyed the music she played along the way.

Good tour & Good Guide

Donna_M, Nov 2022

It was a good tour to Warwick Castle, Stratford-on-Avon, through the Costwolds and Oxford. Of course, we would have liked more time at each location and less time on the coach but that is unrealistic. Warwick Castle commercial status was a huge surprise, but fun too. Enjoyed the Shakespearean experience. Our guide, Dolly, was a hoot and full of information.

Good day

Tracie_M, Oct 2022

Great trip to see Oxbridge. My group was conducted in English and mandarin. I feel that time was lost with the dual translation and there were things I couldn’t do and regret things I didn’t have time for. Guide was personable and was very helpful and friendly.

Fun day trip from London to Cambridge and Oxford!

Mary_M, Aug 2022

Our tour guide, Danxia, was delightful and very informative. She kept our group on-time and our driver, Lucian, was always ready to pick us up and take us to our next destination timely. I think there were 29 of us in our tour group and by the end of the day, we felt like a cohesive group who enjoyed the day together - thanks in large part to Danxia’s personal attention to detail. Cambridge was charming and Oxford was impressive. Danxia showed us the highlights of each town, and we had free time during both visits to explore some on our own. It was a delightful day!

Excellent tour company and tour guide

David_Z, Jul 2022

I had a great experience with the tour guide (Danxia) and the bus driver (Tony) from the Golden Tours UK. Fist of all, the tour bus started out on time. The bus driver drove the bus very stable. The bus has ac. The tour guide is truly exceptional, she is very professional, her English sounds like a Native America English speaker, yet her Mandarin is also her native language. Amazing lady.

Amazing

Aditya_M, Jun 2022

Nice tour. Tour guide had detail information,very polite, clean bus,good driver. Very punctual. Even the app was working very fine.