Oxford is home to the oldest and most prestigious university in the English-speaking world. The architecture of its 38 colleges in the city`s medieval center led poet Matthew Arnold to nickname it the `City of Dreaming Spires`. University College and Magdalen College are off the High Street, which runs from Carfax Tower (with city views) to the Botanic Garden on the River Cherwell. The elegant honey-toned buildings of the university`s colleges, scattered throughout the city, wrap around tranquil courtyards along narrow cobbled lanes, and, inside their grounds, a studious calm reigns. Oxford offers besides historical sites and several good museums, a vibrant shopping and commercial area with plenty of shops, restaurants and cafes.
Southern England!. With a Rental Car, drive along the country, starting in London (a world center of theatre, art, music, literature and culture), after that, continue to Stratford Upon Avon (Shakespeare`s birthplace) then, Oxford (best known for its University) and Salisbury (with its famous Cathedral). Continue to Bath (founded by the Romans as a thermal spa and with neoclassical Palladian buildings), after that, Plymouth and then, Cheltenham (large spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire). Finally, drive back to London to finish enjoying the city.
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Driving Time
London - Bath: 2 hrs. 30 mins. approx.
Bath - Cardiff: 1 hr. 15 mins.
Cardiff - Swansea: 55 mins. approx.
Swansea - Oxford: 2 hrs. 40 mins. approx.
Oxford - London: 1 hr. 30 mins. approx.
Driving Time
London - Bath: 2 hrs. 30 mins. approx.
Bath - Gloucester: 1 hr. 10 mins. approx.
Gloucester - Oxford: 1 hrs. 15 mins. approx.
Oxford - Stratford-upon-Avon: 1 hr. 5 mins. approx.
Stratford-upon-Avon - London: 2 hrs. 5 mins. approx.