Cotswolds, Oxford & Blenheim Palace Private Tour - Hotel pickup
Description
This tour of London allows you to experience its most famous and important attractions.Visits may include most beautiful countryside in England. After the University City of Oxford, you will visit the village of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace (Churchill's birthplace) with its beautiful lake. The heart of the Cotswolds is nearby with a variety of picturesque villages including Stow-on-the-Wold, Upper and Lower Slaughter and Bourton-on-the-Water to see.
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Itinerary
This tour takes you through some of the most beautiful countryside in England. After the University City of Oxford, you will visit the village of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace (Churchill's birthplace) with its beautiful lake. The heart of the Cotswolds is nearby with a variety of picturesque villages including Stow-on-the-Wold, Upper and Lower Slaughter and Bourton-on-the-Water to see.
Home to England’s oldest and most famous University, the City of Dreaming Spires attracts visitors from all parts of the world. Visit a historic pub, the magnificent Ashmolean Museum or one of the many fascinating colleges.
Blenheim’s grounds, with a jewel of a lake, are a delight for all the family with their miniature railway, children’s play space, butterfly house and acres of flowering shrubs and trees providing lush picnic areas. The palace is the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and the historic home of his aunt, American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt, who married the 8th Duke in 1875. See family photographs and articles belonging to Sir Winston in a special display devoted to Britain’s greatest statesman and then, if you wish, pay your respects at his grave in the tiny neighbouring village of Bladon.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
• These private tours are ideal for one or more couples who wish to explore London and its environs in the comfort of a chauffeur-driven vehicle; or even for a family of up to 6 people who would like a private tour. • Tours pick up and drop off at clients’ hotel. Tour pick up times are flexible but MUST be advised at time of booking. Tours do not include entrance fees. Suggested entrance tickets have been provided as a separate charge with each tour. • If passenger wants to custmise their tour then they can contact us at a time of booking. • If passenger wants to choose their pick up location which is outside of central London area then they can inquire us on provided voucher details
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and children, regardless of age, count as full fare paying passengers. Please note that child seats are not compulsory and need to be requested on an ad hoc basis.
Reviews(13)
There is no guide on this trip. Our driver, while a very nice man, did not know where to take us. He wanted us to tell him where to drive!
When I booked Blenheim place tour it was with a guide(we got a driver who was not a guide) then we were told it did not include tickets to the palace. Sent us to another website to buy them for $250 but the palace didn’t recognize them. Had to purchase more tickets ATthe palace for aniother $230. You need to refund me the first $250. Please contact me
We had a great day exploring Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds at our own pace. Highly recommend if you want a day away from the city!!!
To start, our guide, Ahmed, was amazing! Super knowledgeable about English and world history, he helped bring this tour to life. Took us to all the hot spots, and tailored the tour around what WE wanted. Only low point of this tour is how busy, crowded and over commercialized these quaint villages have become (thanks to the Internet and social media)—sad in some respects. Still, I heartily recommend this tour (and especially Ahmed) to anyone. You’ll be glad you took this.
There was no guide, just a driver, and after visiting the first attraction in the " tour" and spending there one hour less than we were supposed to spend, we were told that we didn't have enough time to finish our tour, that it was either returning to London, or paying £50/hour in cash, for as long as it took us to visit the other two attractions in the program and return to London. This was not a cheap "tour". It had already cost us around twice the price of the pre-made tours, but we wanted to see everything in one day, and we thought this tour would allow us to do ir. Tripadvisor should do something about this. As you can see in the photos below it says stop at Blenheim palace 3 hours. We spent only two, and the rest is history.
Best was Blenheim palace and Burton on the Water in Cotswolds. Unfortunately driver was unfamiliar with the area so it was not guided and did not take us the most efficient way so we had no time for Oxford
Overall it was a great day, but it was apparent early on that the only way to see and experience everything mentioned was by extending the trip which cost more. It was worth it but wish we would have known. Our driver, Ahmed, was very professional and very very knowledgeable!
Excellent experience at our own pace! Driver was patient and helpful. Sites were gorgeous … very worthwhile.
This was a top-notch experience overall, and a wonderful way to see these sites with your family or other small group. Our driver and guide, Shaban, could not have been better. He was knowledgeable, helpful, hospitable, and a safe driver. This was a real highlight of our visit.
Our guide Ahmed was so kind, knowledgeable, and thoughtful. Our day was absolutely incredible! Oxford was just amazing, and it helped that we got our tickets online by his suggestion in advance for Christ Church to see Harry Potter sights. Blenheim Palace was beautiful. But the really icing on the cake was the rest of our day with Ahmed through the Cotswolds Countryside, absolutely the crown jewel of our trip!
