Oxford, Stratford and the Cotswolds Guided Small Group Tour from London
Overview
Inclusions
- Tour guide and driver OR driver-guide
- Live commentary on board
- Pick-up and drop-off at designated meeting points in central London
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Entrance to Shakespeare's Schoolroom
- Entry/Admission - Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, Stratford-upon-Avon England
We will have a short walking tour of the charming medieval town of Stratford-Upon-Avon and then free time to explore it at your own pace.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: History of Science Museum, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ England
This is just one of the many sights in the city of Oxford that your guide will point out to you.
Pass By: Balliol College, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BJ England
This is just one of the many sights that your tour guide will point out to you.
Stop At: Christ Church, St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1DP England
One of the grandest colleges of Oxford University and used as a filming location for the Harry Potter movies. Please ask you Tour Manager about visiting after your walking tour of Oxford.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG England
You will pass this on your walking tour of Oxford and can visit afterwards if you desire. It is a beautiful old library, steeped in history and one of the film locations for the Harry Potter movies.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HB England
On arrival in Stratford we will walk past the house where Shakespeare was born on our way to visit his school room. Experience an authentic lesson that Shakespeare and his friends would have had in the Tudor times and try your hand at writing with a Swan feather quill.
Duration: 45 minutes
Additional information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please note: details and location order are subject to changes
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Please note that there are no major COVID regulations that are mandated by law in the UK currently, so you are welcome to bring along a face mask if you would like to, but please be aware that this is not a legal requirement and is not enforced on all travellers in the coach or public places.
- 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
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 19 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Great excursion! Pick up prompt. Great guide. Would recommend this trip
Great excursion! Pick up prompt. Great guide. Would recommend this trip
Our tour guide, Daniel, was very knowledgeable and fun during the day. The only reason this tour is not getting 5 stars is the organization of the day. Honestly, this tour had a little too much crammed into one day. All the places we visited were great, but there was a general rushing of time ...
Our tour guide, Daniel, was very knowledgeable and fun during the day. The only reason this tour is not getting 5 stars is the organization of the day. Honestly, this tour had a little too much crammed into one day. All the places we visited were great, but there was a general rushing of time and there was not nearly enough time to stay and enjoy everything. Also, if you are rushing around to see everything on your free time, you will do a LOT of walking. My pedometer said 27,000 steps at the end of this day, and I was beat.
When we got to Stratford, we waited in line for group admission into Shakespeare's birthplace. Finally, my friend and I decided to just go do our own exploring, because there was less than 2 hours to see everything. It was sad we had to make that choice, but I will have to just make a plan to go back to Stratford one day to give myself more time.
The Cotswolds were beautiful, but because we were behind on time, we only had a 10 minute stop in one town, so there wasn't really time to see much of that. It would be better to cut that out of the tour and see that on a separate full day.
Finally, Oxford included a walking tour. It is a beautiful city, and I am curious if they still do tours on the Oxford campus, though, when there are students there for the school year. Either way, pop into the Eagle and Child. They have signatures of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, among others on one of their walls. I thought it was neat, if you are into literature at all.
This was a fun way to spend the day outside of London. You don't really get much time at any location but it was nice to see Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford. Our tour guide was very informative, especially about Shakespeare.
This was a fun way to spend the day outside of London. You don't really get much time at any location but it was nice to see Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford. Our tour guide was very informative, especially about Shakespeare.
... after a little hiccup with the tour company operating this trip, they were able to rectify the situation and we were treated to a smaller private tour. There is plenty of free time to explore on your own, and the guide that was assigned to us was quite knowledgable.
... after a little hiccup with the tour company operating this trip, they were able to rectify the situation and we were treated to a smaller private tour. There is plenty of free time to explore on your own, and the guide that was assigned to us was quite knowledgable.
Anderson tour was not a good choise for Oxford tour. We had a totaly unexperienced guide, Sandra, who didn't provide any information about Oxford. She was talking about places to eat and our tip at the end of the trip. Avoid Anderson, avoid Sandra!
Anderson tour was not a good choise for Oxford tour. We had a totaly unexperienced guide, Sandra, who didn't provide any information about Oxford. She was talking about places to eat and our tip at the end of the trip. Avoid Anderson, avoid Sandra!
I will cut out the Cotswold from this tour. Although the Cotswolds is beautiful, it makes the tour too long and one does not really experience anything there.
I will cut out the Cotswold from this tour. Although the Cotswolds is beautiful, it makes the tour too long and one does not really experience anything there.