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The Most Entertaining Tour of Cambridge - By an Ex-Student!

By David Carmona - DC
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Free cancellation available
Price is €29 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Discover the history of Cambridge and its prestigious University
  • Hear the funniest and darkest tales behind the most respectable colleges
  • Find out about the great people who studied or taught at the University
  • See the famous Backs with their stunning views of the colleges
  • Tours are given by a local resident who is an ex-student of the University

Activity location

    • Cambridge
    • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Senate House, Cambridge CB2 1TA, UK | We'll meet by the black railings outside the beautiful old white building (Senate House), opposite the corner bookshop at no. 1 Trinity Street, across the street from the big yellow stone church with the tall clock tower (Great St. Mary’s)... See the blue marker on the photograph!
    • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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PUBLIC TOUR OF CAMBRIDGE

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English

Entertaining, fun and informative tour of the city of Cambridge and the University, with optional entry into colleges for £15-40 per person, subject to availability.

Language options: English
Price details
€23.40 x 2 Adults€46.80
Total
Price is €46.80

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided tour of Cambridge - see all the sights, from outside, hear all the wonderful and incredible stories.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Whenever we can go inside, we go inside, but bear in mind most places charge entry fees / don't allow visitors.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All your questions, answered.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Recommendations provided for other activities, where to eat, how to punt, what you can see and do for free, etc.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Visits inside the colleges: available on demand, cost can be negotiated (£15-40 per person, depending on numbers; includes cost of entrance ticket where applicable).
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Punting tour of the Backs: I will get you the best possible price, with the best companies on the river. Tours last around 45 minutes and cost £20-£35 per person, depending on the number of people booking.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Pub lunch / dinner: I can recommend you a very good pub or restaurant.

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

DAY TOUR (for Ghost Tour, see below)

We'll walk through the historic City Centre and the Backs, seeing gorgeous landmarks in quaint old streets, picturesque alleys and dreamy, park-like settings.

You'll hear

  • how Cambridge University began as a bunch of religious schools more than 800 years ago, because of a bloody riot in Oxford

  • how it has taught and hosted countless famous people who changed the world

  • how a religious scholar scribbling atop a tower here ended up shaking the whole of Europe by accident

  • The dismal reason why our two greatest colleges are bitter rivals

YOU'LL SEE:

  • the FRONT QUAD of a historic college (if open on the day)

  • the RAF bar and the most famous bridge in China (really!)

  • a small 19th century lab that once was the greatest centre of science in the world

  • stunning LANDMARKS

  • charming BRIDGES with romantic and entertaining histories

I'll make sure you ENJOY your tour. It's the most important part of the experience. You'll remember this tour, because the stories are so much fun.

Have any special requests? Feel free to contact me. I can arrange anything from a visit to one or more of the colleges, to a wonderful dinner experience at High Table in one of the most prestigious colleges - depending on time, budget and availability.

GHOST TOUR

Ah the grim feeling of shivers coursing through the back of your neck, the cold sweat of terror, the revulsion at hearing all the gory details…You'll want to cry, and yet, you won't be able to stop laughing!

How can this be? Come along and find out!

Location

Activity location

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    • Cambridge
    • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Senate House, Cambridge CB2 1TA, UK | We'll meet by the black railings outside the beautiful old white building (Senate House), opposite the corner bookshop at no. 1 Trinity Street, across the street from the big yellow stone church with the tall clock tower (Great St. Mary’s)... See the blue marker on the photograph!
    • Cambridge, England, United Kingdom