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Explore Cambridge, United Kingdom, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past King's College Chapel, Bridge of Sighs and Mathematical Bridge on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

16 live tours From 15,00 €

Explore Cambridge live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Mill Road is worth asking about: a multicultural residential street of independent shops, mosques and cafes away from the college tourist trail.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • King's College Chapel A late Gothic chapel famous for its fan-vaulted ceiling and its Christmas Eve carol service, broadcast worldwide since 1928.
  • Bridge of Sighs A covered bridge over the River Cam linking two courts of St John's College, named for its resemblance to the bridge in Venice.
  • Mathematical Bridge A wooden footbridge at Queens' College whose design gave rise to a persistent myth that it was built without any nails.
  • The Backs The riverside meadows and gardens running behind six of the historic colleges.
  • Cambridge University Botanic Garden A 40-acre garden founded by the university in 1831, home to one of the UK's largest rock gardens.
  • Trinity College Great Court The largest enclosed courtyard of any Oxford or Cambridge college, built mostly under Thomas Nevile in the early 1600s.
  • Fitzwilliam Museum The University of Cambridge's free fine art and antiquities museum, founded from a bequest in 1816.
  • The Eagle A coaching-inn pub where Francis Crick and James Watson announced their discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953.

Neighbourhoods

  • Mill Road a multicultural residential street of independent shops, mosques and cafes away from the college tourist trail
  • The Kite the city centre shopping quarter between the market square and the Grafton Centre
  • Newnham a leafy residential area south of the colleges, home to two of the university's women's colleges

Food to know

  • Cambridge burnt cream
  • Fish and chips
  • Sunday roast
  • Afternoon tea
  • Steak and ale pie

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Good to know about Cambridge

Do I need to be in Cambridge to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Cambridge, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer English, Chinese and Polish; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.