Paddling in Oxford
Experiences in Oxford
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Dining in Oxford
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£££Fine French dining and boat rentals on the Cherwell River just north of downtown Oxford
Paddling Tours
2h 9m | from £170.00
The ultimate quintessential Oxford experience!
This tour has been designed to get the most out of your stay in Oxford.
You will enjoy a 1 hour, 45 min walk with your guide before a 30 mins chauffeured punt along the beautiful River Cherwell.View (from the outside); The Weston Library, The Bridge of Sigh's, The Bodleian Library, The Radcliffe Camera, University Church of St Mary The Virgin and many of the colleges.
During your walk, your guide will delight you with the stories and people that have shaped Oxford over the centuries and explain about student life.
We aim to take you inside a college or University building which is included in the cost and subject to availability. Since Oxford is first and foremost a working University, this may not always be possible.
End your tour at Magdalen Bridge where your private punt will be waiting to take you along the River Cherwell with a stunning view of Christ Church. 1.45 hour walking tour and 30 mins punting (with a chauffeur!).
Tour is for upto 5 people.
(no rating)
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★★★
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£££
Fine French dining and boat rentals on the Cherwell River just north of downtown Oxford
2h 9m | from £170.00
The ultimate quintessential Oxford experience!
This tour has been designed to get the most out of your stay in Oxford.
You will enjoy a 1 hour, 45 min walk with your guide before a 30 mins chauffeured punt along the beautiful River Cherwell.
This tour has been designed to get the most out of your stay in Oxford.
You will enjoy a 1 hour, 45 min walk with your guide before a 30 mins chauffeured punt along the beautiful River Cherwell.
View (from the outside); The Weston Library, The Bridge of Sigh's, The Bodleian Library, The Radcliffe Camera, University Church of St Mary The Virgin and many of the colleges.
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End your tour at Magdalen Bridge where your private punt will be waiting to take you along the River Cherwell with a stunning view of Christ Church. 1.45 hour walking tour and 30 mins punting (with a chauffeur!).
Tour is for upto 5 people.
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- Infohub.com - Not a tour company, rather a kind of aggregator of trips offered by tour companies—hiking and biking tours all across the U.K., plus barge-and-bike tours of the Thames in England, birding or fly-fishing in Wales, and kayak tours of Scotlands lochs, islands, or coast. Infohub casts one of the largest nets over the industry, listing some 14,000 tours offered by 4,000 operators in more than 100 categories, with more than 200 tours in England, nearly 100 in Scotland, and 65 in Wales.Partner
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