Are you looking for a way to see Oxford without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.
• Discover why Oxford’s time is 5 minutes behind the rest of the country and find out why students are forbidden from jumping into the River Cherwell • Hear from producer Ian Grover, a licensed tour guide who’s produced a number of popular VoiceMap tours • Do it all in 90 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish • Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it • Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You...
Highlights
From 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lifetime access to this tour in English
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink
Meeting Points
Departure
Carfax Tower
Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Return
Martyrs' Memorial
The tour ends in front of the Martyrs' Memorial.
A Guide to the City of Dreaming Spires: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Oxford
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About
Are you looking for a way to see Oxford without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable walking tour.
• Discover why Oxford’s time is 5 minutes behind the rest of the country and find out why students are forbidden from jumping into the River Cherwell • Hear from producer Ian Grover, a licensed tour guide who’s produced a number of popular VoiceMap tours • Do it all in 90 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish • Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it • Use the virtual tour option at home
Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You...
Highlights
From 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Lifetime access to this tour in English
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink
Meeting Points
Departure
Carfax Tower
Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Return
Martyrs' Memorial
The tour ends in front of the Martyrs' Memorial.
Itinerary
1
Oxford
This leisurely walking tour takes you around the beautiful city where you'll hear the stories behind the spires.
2
Carfax Tower
This easy stroll takes you from Carfax Tower, around the historical city centre where the majority of the colleges are situated, to finish on Magdalen Street next to the Martyrs’ Memorial.
3
Alice’s Shop
The tour passes by Alice's Shop. You'll hear how this Alice in Wonderland themed store came to be and why the beloved story is so connected to the city.
4
Christ Church
While you walk, you'll hear why Great Tom, the bell above the entrance to Christ Church College, chimes 101 times at 9.05pm.
5
Magdalen College
This self-guided audio tour takes you past Magdelen College. You'll hear about the college while you walk.
6
Examination Schools
The tour takes you past the Examination Schools where you'll hear about a unique Oxford tradition.
7
The Grand Café
The tour takes you past the Grand Cafe, the site of the very first coffee house in England. You'll hear the history of this charming cafe while you walk.
8
Bridge of Sighs
You'll pass by the splendid looking Bridge of Sighs, one of the most photographed and instagrammable sights in Oxford.
9
Radcliffe Square
The tour takes you through Radcliffe Square. You'll hear about it's star, the Radcliffe Camera as you walk.
10
Bodleian Library
The tour passes by the Bodleian Library, the main research library for the whole of the university, and it's the second largest library in the country after the British Library. All together the Bodleian libraries hold over 13 million printed items.
11
Sheldonian Theatre
The tour passes by the Sheldonian Theatre, a focal point of the University of Oxford. It's the university's Ceremonial Hall, and it's used for Matriculation Ceremonies for new students to enrol them on the university's register.
12
Balliol College
The tour takes you pass the Balliol College which first started as a community of scholars in 1263.
13
Martyrs' Memorial
This easy stroll takes you from Carfax Tower, around the historical city centre where the majority of the colleges are situated, to finish on Magdalen Street next to the Martyrs’ Memorial.
