Oxford One Day Tour Experience with Lunch and Guide

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5 hours 15 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: German and 4 more

The key point of this tour is to ensure you can see all the famous sights of Oxford without having to cross check between more than one tour company and to maximise your time in Oxford by ensuring that only the most experienced 5 star rated popular guides are delegated to lead this tour.

The guide will pay for a modest lunch for you and will join you for lunch too and many of the guides are students or alumni of Oxford university, so if you for example have children whom you want to inspire to create a vision that they too could one day study at Oxford, the guide will share their experience of what it is like to live in Oxford.

What's Included

Default itinerary is entry to Magdalen college worth £10 plus one other college worth up to £5
Lunch ordered inside cafe or takeway average value £10 per person. Various options provided.
Christ church entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it
Bodleian library entry is not included but we can assist you to reserve it

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Oxford Tourist Information

Look for our guide wearing a red lanyard, by our red or black sign OUTSIDE Oxford tourist info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 5 hours 15 minutes (approximately)
  • 1
    Balliol College

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 2
    Trinity College

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 3
    Sheldonian Theatre

    Introduced from outside.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 4
    Weston Library

    We may stop here on hot or cold days for WC and to get inside for a short break and or coffee stop.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Bodleian Library

    This venue may only ever be entered, if you are at least age 11 and if you instead book guided tour entry via Bodleain website, one month ahead for the library's own staff guided tours. We always introduce this site from outside and if you are a Harry Potter fan, option exists to visit inside the Divinity school Hogwarts film site at the Bodleian.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 6
    Bridge of Sighs

    We pass by this sight- it is not open to visit inside of.

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included
  • 7
    Hertford College

    Introduced in passing from outside

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included
  • 8
    Brasenose College

    Introduced in passing from outside

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included
  • 9
    University Church of St. Mary the Virgin

    It is free entry. Option to visit inside and we usually do unless a service on.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 10
    All Souls College

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 11
    Exeter College

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide. Note this college is only open outside of term time.

    2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 12
    Jesus College

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    2 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 13
    Lincoln College

    Introduced from inside the entrance area only.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 14
    Oxford Covered Market

    This is the oldest covered market in England, dating to 1774. The venue offers a wide range of local, independent shops and cafes and takeway eateries and this is usually where we take you for lunch. Lunch value average per person is included and paid by the guide. There are some options for vegans and dietary concerns.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 15
    University College

    Introduced in passing- this is the oldest college dating to 1249 and it is also where Bill Clinton studied. Rarely open to the public.

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included
  • 16
    Queen's College

    Never open to the public. This is where 'Mr Bean', Rowan Atkinson studied.

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included
  • 17
    Magdalen College

    This college entry cost £10 in 2026, is paid for by the guide. We always visit this college- unless rare dates that it may be closed. Note it is always closed from about Dec 21 to Dec 31. This college is arguably the most beautiful in Oxford. It's where CS Lewis taught and where the Inklings writers met lots. It also has a flood meadow and deer.

    45 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 18
    St Edmund Hall

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included
  • 19
    New College

    This is also a famous Harry Potter film site, so if you are more motivated to see the Harry Potter film sites than to visit Magdalen college, then we could swap default to visit New college instead of Magdalen. If so, it takes 45 minutes usually to walk around the medieval college. Entry costs £12 per person in 2026.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 20
    Wadham College

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide. This is the college which JK Rowling applied to but was not offered a place at.

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included
  • 21
    St John's College

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

    5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 22
    Christ Church

    This college is NOT included on this tour as there are many complications to get entry tickets and it costs as much as £25 per person. However, if you request us to reserve entry tickets for you, then the option does exist to have us reserve the tickets and then you pay extra on the day for the actual cost of the entry tickets. It can only be visited on a self guided audio guide basis, so it means visiting it either at 09.30am before you meet us or visiting it at end of entry at 3.45pm, after the tour ends there. We will introduce this tour from outside, either way though.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 23
    Radcliffe Camera

    We always pass by and introduce this sight. It is not open to the public.

    1 minute • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Visit Oxford Tours

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Half-day Tours
Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
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