United Kingdom · Dining Experience

PRIVATE Oxford Food Tasting and Sightseeing Tour

3 Hours Round trip from Oxford Easy pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Private Oxford food tasting and sightseeing walking tour
02 Sample 4 to 5 food and drink tasting portions
03 Visit Oxford’s historic Covered Market
04 Taste from local and international market stalls
05 See Oxford colleges and key sights along the route
06 Possible entry to one university college
07 Dietary needs can be catered for

Discover Oxford through its flavours on this private guided walking tour that combines food tasting with classic city sightseeing. As you explore the historic centre, you’ll sample 4 to 5 tasting portions from some of Oxford’s distinctive local and international food and drink spots, while your guide introduces the colleges and landmarks along the route.

Expect a mix that may include market food stalls, cheese, gelato, and drinks such as wine, gin, or a micro-brewery tasting inside the Covered Market. The tour sometimes also includes entry to one university college, making it a relaxed and enjoyable way to experience Oxford’s atmosphere, history, and food scene in just a few hours.

Discover Oxford through its flavours on this private guided walking tour that combines food tasting with classic city sightseeing.

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At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 3 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access No

City Oxford

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Covered Market dating back to 1774 has many unique local shopsWe briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We stop here to do food tasting at the international food market. This market presents food stalls by traders from all over the world and this event runs every week from Wednesdays to Saturdays.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.The most famous historic pub in Oxford, hidden away down a tiny alleyway and looking onto the medieval city walls! This is where Bill Clinton never inhaled and where Bob Hawke downed a yard and a half of ale in 11 seconds!We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.We briefly introduce a range of colleges or sightseeing spots such as this one, on our route. We do not visit inside colleges though on this tour.

This college is often, where we finish the tour, including entering here.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map — Round trip from Oxford 1 city · 3 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

4-5 x Food and drinks tasting portions
Entry inside either St Johns, Wadham, Exeter or Balliol college

What's Not Included

On any university graduation dates, we cannot always guarantee entry to a college- see dates below.
May 18, July 13+23+26+27, Aug 3, Sep 27+28, Nov 8+9+16 of 2024

Know before you go

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
Special notice on allergies and dietary needs: If you have any food allergies, you need to make this known when you book and verbally tell your guide on the day of the tour and to any food sellers. It is your responsibility to ensure that others are aware of any such issues
Please note that as the university colleges are private institutions, we can't always guarantee entry to colleges but it is very rare that we cannot get entry into at least 1 or 2 colleges on the tour. Please take note of any advertised university graduation dates mentioned below, as those dates can have less options of colleges to visit.
Infants must not sit on laps
Infant seats unavailable
Wheelchair accessible
Not wheelchair accessible
• Special notice on allergies and dietary needs: If you may have any allergies to certain types of food, you need to make this known when you book and verbally tell your guide on the day of the tour and to any food sellers. It is your responsibility to ensure that others are aware of any such issues.
PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME:
Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point. If you arrive more than 5 minutes later than the scheduled tour, then you will likely forfeit and lose your booking as it interrupts the guide and other customers, if we are trying to find you after a guide has started and left the meeting point.
INFO FOR DRIVERS AND PARKING:
If you are driving, then please allow extra 30-60 minutes over whatever time you think it will take you to get here. Oxford is NOT car friendly and it is congested roads and hard to find parking spaces....unless you park at the sign posted 'park and rides' on edge of town on any major road into the city and hop on their buses into city centre. The park and ride buses leave every 15 or every 30 minutes and take anything from 10 min to 30 min (depending on traffic) to reach city centre. So if you are going to drive, then please assume you should be aiming to park your car about one hour before your tour starts.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
We actually recommend instead using the much faster and reliable train services but again please aim to arrive about an hour or earlier before your tour starts as trains can be delayed and the train and coach station are about 15 minutes walk from our meeting point. There is also the coach service from London called the Oxford Tube which leaves every half hour or more but it can take much longer than its advertised 105 minute journey time. It drops you off either at High street Oxford or Gloucester Green coach station. It's quicker to ask to get off on High street near Carfax tower, then it's a 10 minutes walk to Broad street.