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Oxford is the most atmospheric of cities. On wintry weekends its dreaming spires and towers are sprinkled with frost, and its cosy pubs glow in the light of log fires and filled pints.

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Oxford is the most atmospheric of cities. On wintry weekends its dreaming spires and towers are sprinkled with frost, and its cosy pubs (check out the...

 
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recommended by Anthea Gerrie

Who would have thought you could spend a morning in Greece, an afternoon in Rome and a lazy Sunday in medieval Japan or ancient Egypt - all...

  Image: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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Visitors to Oxford soon find themselves in the very heart of the University, for the graceful, golden-stone buildings of its medieval...

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What is the best way to see the interesting stuff that Oxford has to offer? Well, you can’t drive round Oxford that’s for sure. Oxford...

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The famous dreaming spires of Oxford make it one of our most popular cities to visit for a day trip. History, culture, food, shopping,...

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recommended by Simon Heptinstall

Planning to visit Oxford? The city is world famous for being very old. And Oxford visitors taking a day-trip or short break holiday will be...

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recommended by Anthea Gerrie

Those dreaming, golden-stone spires have become familiar, thanks to years of Morse repeats, but never fail to thrill. Christ College, on the main...

 
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It only opens this week, yet half of Britain is already geared up for Alice in Wonderland fever.   Everyone...

  Image: Alice in Wonderland © Disney
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Sumptuous interiors, glorious gardens and a rich history, Winston Churchill’s birthplace, Blenheim Palace near Oxford, ticks all the...

  Image: Water Terraces © Blenheim Palace and Jarrolds Publishing
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recommended by Alison Tyler

A new cookery course at Michelin-starred Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons promises to transform you from gormless to gourmet in just one...

 
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No British hotel is quite so bound up with its hometown as The Randolph (which we are now supposed to call The Macdonald Randolph since it...

  Image: The Randolph, Oxford
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recommended by Alison Tyler

Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc's 16th-century Oxfordshire idyll, is a gastronome's dream. But...

  Image: Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
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recommended by Anthea Gerrie

It will come as no surprise to anyone who’s stayed at a Malmaison that the British boutique hotel chain has more than once been voted the...

  Image: Malmaison Oxford
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The Crazy Bear’s funky colour, design and style prove that modern doesn’t have to mean boring. This Oxfordshire hotel's...

  Image: The Crazy Bear hotel, Stadhampton, Oxfordshire
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Eating out in Oxford is more problematic for foodies than might be imagined.   The city of dreaming spires...

  Image: The Trout Inn, near Oxford