Historical Tours
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Cambridge Tour Guides
Cambridge Tour Guides
Cambridge Tour Guides
5
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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Cambridge Tour Guides is run by Chris Skilton and Tony Rodgers. We have been providing guided walking tours of Cambridge since 2011. We are now ranked 1st out of 96 Cambridge tours on TripAdvisor. We aim to make our tours fun, informative and entertaining. Our guides are professional Cambridge Green Badge guides, accredited by the Institute of Tourist Guiding. We offer a range of tours to suit all needs. We run a daily public tour at 2:30 pm which covers all of the key sights in the historic heart of Cambridge. We also have a daily Ghost Tour at 6pm. We have private tours which can be tailored to the specific needs of the client. We can provide specialist tours such as Literary Cambridge, Cambridge Spies and Alan Turing's Cambridge. All of our tours are listed on our website.
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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2023
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Historical Tours
2 hours
Free cancellation
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Recommended by 100% of travellers
100% of reviewers gave this product a bubble rating of 4 or higher.
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£195
per group
Historical Tours
2 hours
Free cancellation
Not sure? You can cancel this booking up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
Recommended by 100% of travellers
100% of reviewers gave this product a bubble rating of 4 or higher.
from
£150
per group
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Vacationer499006
1 contribution
Dec 2023 • Solo
Thank you to Tony for showing me around the beautiful city of Cambridge. I could tell straight away he was going to be a good tour guide. Particularly liked the story behind the clock.
Written 5 December 2023
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Anna S
Witney, UK39 contributions
This is a great introduction to Cambridge. The guide was engaging , funny and informative.
We learnt lots of things we didn’t know . Definitely recommend
We learnt lots of things we didn’t know . Definitely recommend
Written 27 November 2023
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James S
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Oct 2023 • Family
Our tour with Tony was amazing. I had my 80 year old mother with me and it was raining. Tony made sure we had umbrellas and he tailored the tour so that we had certain stops where we were out of the rain. We originally booked the tour for 1.5 hours but we asked Tony if we could extend the time and he said sure. The tour itself was very informative and entertaining. Everyone we talked to in Cambridge said Tony was the best tour guide around and we would agree. He had many interesting facts and seemed to know everything there was to know about Cambridge. I would highly recommend this tour company and you can't go wrong with Tony or his partner. We went on numerous tours in Europe and this was the best one. The personalized touch and private tour was well worth the extra money.
Written 25 November 2023
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MaryFMoore
London, UK1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Couples
We did the tour with Tony Rodgers this afternoon. He was prompt, good humoured, knowledgeable and very entertaining. We thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to any visitors to Cambridge.
Written 22 November 2023
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Brian C
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Nov 2023 • Couples
Really enjoyed our Tour! We had Tony, and he was fantastic. He jokingly introduced himself as one of UK's worst tour guides, but in reality he was probably one of the best. He was able to intertwine his breadth of knowledge of the city with lots of anecdotes and humour. I came away from the tour knowing a lot more about this beautiful city. Definitely recommend!
Written 22 November 2023
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D E
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Nov 2023 • Family
An informative and enlightening tour of the town that takes you through the center of the city. Good focus on the history of the university. Tony was a fantastic guide full of information, wit, humor, and was very personable. It was 90 minutes well spent and appreciate the care he took to engage with all of us to make sure everyone got something out of the experience.
Written 18 November 2023
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Karen H
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Nov 2023 • Family
Very interesting and informative . Facts told in a very fun and lively way by the tour guide. Taken to lots of interesting places. Had a great time .
Written 6 November 2023
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David C
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Nov 2023 • Couples
The tour was excellent and Tony Rodgers was not only amusing but exceptionally interesting and well informed, giving us all sorts of facts which ranged from the historical dates to information about the people involved in the founding of the colleges to the tales of student pranks. It was a 90 minutes which went very quickly (and even served to take my mind off the bitterly cold winds!) and was money very well spent. Highly recommended.
Written 6 November 2023
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Jean R
London, UK55 contributions
Oct 2023 • Solo
Very interesting, but I hoped to see more of old Cambridge. Our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. I enjoyed listening to his anecdotes, but felt that we stood around listening rather than walking and seeing more of the ancient Cambridge
Written 4 November 2023
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CamTourGuides
Thank you. I suspect that your own expectation of what a walking tour should contain differs from our interpretation. A tour which merely walked past every old building in Cambridge would not be in any way entertaining or informative. The tour included all of the the key sights in the historic heart of Cambridge. The guides job is to tell you what you are seeing and to enhance the experience with historic tales, anecdotes, facts etc, which you seem to have enjoyed. We aim to make our tours fun, as well as informative. This seems to be what most of our clients want and I am sorry that it was not what you were expecting. Best wishes, Chris Skilton.
Written 5 November 2023
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Sangue O
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Oct 2023 • Family
Tony Rodgers was our tour guide. It was a most informative experience and Tony had many an interesting and amusing anecdote to keep adults and youngsters engaged. Thoroughly recommended
Written 31 October 2023
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Alina A
10 contributions
Hello, I would like to book an in-depth tour for my husband and I. We are in Cambridge for two days. I cannot seem to find your website. Please provide a link to it.
Hi! Very sorry, only just spotted this. Trip Advisor don’t allow web site links to be included in these answers. If you search for Cambridge Tour Guides you should find us.
Best wishes
Chris
Paulette66
Northamptonshire6 contributions
We only have a day. What should our priority be ?
Cambridge Tour Guides
Cambridge, UK38 contributions
Hi Paulette,
The most famous building in Cambridge is King's College Chapel. It is world-renowned and rightly so. It is £9 per person to go in, which makes it the most expensive college to visit. If you are planning to visit in May please note that a lot of the colleges are closed to the public because of exams. Queens' College is very picturesque and is a good example of how the colleges were founded and developed through the centuries. The entry fee is £3 which makes it very good value.
Our web site gives you an idea of what to see and what to do in Cambridge.
Cambridge University runs 8 museums, all of which are free to enter. The Fitzwilliam is one of the best regional museums in the country. Well worth a visit.
If you need any further information you can contact us via the web site.
Best wishes, Chris.
Lucía D
6 contributions
hola.queria saber si este jueves habiaa lugar para dos adultos en espanol. A q hora.podria ser? De estar.disponible cuaal es.el precio caada uno?
Hola, Vere si nuestra guia espanola esta disponible. Pero no tenemous gira publica. El precio por in grupo es 100 libras por hacia 20 personas.
Julia D
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Do you have tours on Sundays? If so, at what time do they start and how much does it cost?
Cambridge Tour Guides
Cambridge, UK38 contributions
Hello,
Many thanks for your enquiry. We run private tours every day, but do not run public tours that people can join. For a two hour private tour we charge £100 per group. Our web site gives full details of prices and the tours we offer.
Best wishes
Chris Skilton
teresa1616
Madrid, Spain
hola, me gustaría saber si la visita es en español?
muchas gracias.
saludos.
Cambridge Tour Guides
Cambridge, UK38 contributions
Hola! Si, tenemos un guía que habla castellano.
Saludos!
Chris.