Take an official guided walking tour of the city and colleges - explore tucked away lanes and hidden colleges with a member of the official Oxford Guild of Guides. Tours leave from the Oxford Tourist Information Centre in Broad Street and 11am and 2pm every day. Book online or in the Centre. Oxford sightseeing tours: Official walking tours: buy tickets onlineVisit Oxford's oldest new quarter - Oxford Castle home to a range of restaurants and cafes and the Oxford Castle Unlocked visitor attraction telling the fascinating history of the site from 1071.
Pack a picnic and explore the charmed backwaters of the River Isis (the Thames), the Cherwell and the Oxford Canal by punt, narrow boat, elegant Edwardian cruiser, canoes or pedallo! Or travel in style on a Salter’s Steamer.
Find out more about the city at the Museum of Oxford, St Aldate's - the only museum in Oxford to tell the unique history of the city and its people from prehistoric times to the present day.
Stroll through the University of Oxford Botanic Garden - the oldest botanical garden in Britain with over 7,000 species beside the River Cherwell, adjacent to Magdalen Bridge.
Shop till you drop at the Covered Market, High Street - a lively collection of small shops selling everything from hand-made hats and saddles to Oxford sauce and sausages.
Review the dynamic exhibitions and events at Modern Art Oxford, Pembroke Street. The Gallery has established an international reputation for pioneering art exhibitions from some of the best contemporary artists world-wide.
Explore one of Oxford's grandest colleges - Christ Church - founded in 1525. Outstanding features of the college include the Great Hall which provided the model for the hall at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films.
Oxford University grew up alongside its University press – so if books appeal to you then visit the vast Norrington Room of Blackwell’s bookshop in Broad Street (beneath Trinity College) where you will find over 3 miles of book-crammed shelving in a room measuring 10,000 ft2.
If you’re feeling romantic then kiss your sweetheart under the mistletoe – any time of the year – as you stroll round Christ Church Meadow or Addison’s Walk in Magdalen College.
