Cambridge | Ghost Tour Led by University Alumni Guide
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Cambridge | Ghost Tour Led by University Alumni Guide
By Cambridge Alumni Tours
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C$41.89
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Ages 3-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 1h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Cambridge University Alumni guide wearing a blue hat or coat with the coat of arms of Alumni Tours
- See ghost sighting locations
- Learn about ghosts, witches and gruesome happenings in Cambridge
What's not included- Gratuities
- Start:
- King's College, Cambridge, King's Parade, Cambridge CB2 1ST, UKGather outside the entrance of King’s College on King's Parade. Your guide is in royal blue attire, such as a jacket, cap, beanie, or polo shirt with a shielded crest. If you're having trouble finding them, please, approach anyone in this attire and kindly ask.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Wheelchair accessible
- Pushchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 14229P10- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Most travellers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 14229P10
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Itinerary
- King's Parade, Cambridge CB2 1ST, UKGather outside the entrance of King’s College on King's Parade. Your guide is in royal blue attire, such as a jacket, cap, beanie, or polo shirt with a shielded crest. If you're having trouble finding them, please, approach anyone in this attire and kindly ask.
- 1Meet our manager at the meeting point (blue flag) at the entrance of King's college on King's Parade to start your tour.
About the operator
Don’t take it from us – here’s what people have to say about this operator:
- areese120 contributionsGreat tour with LucyGreat tour- very informative! Lucy did a great job and lead us around (rain and shine). It was great to see the different colleges, and Lucy was very informative about each of the ones we walked by.Written September 8, 2024
- darsim20160 contributionsLise was a superb tour guideWe signed up for the walking/punting tour and had Lise as a guide. I hope I spelled her name correct. She was knowledgeable 100% and overall the tour was chill and fun. I recommend her, namely bc we will to go back and hit the Chelsey buns, ipa dna and jacks gelato. Learned fun facts and happy to support studentsWritten September 6, 2024
- KimR25210 contributionsWalks with guide AnnieAnnie, the guide was excellent and I very much loved the walking tour. She was amazing in her knowledge and delivery. Cambridge is truly beautifulWritten September 6, 2024
- 482jinaw0 contributionsWonderful tour experienceThis alumni-led tour exceeded our expectations. Our guide, Stephen, an alumni of Trinity College, was most knowledgeable and helpful (he even recommended a restaurant we enjoyed very much). My husband, a university professor, thought Stephen was very smart. We highly recommend this tour.Written September 6, 2024
- tristanervinl0 contributionsCambridge Tour 09022024Our Cambridge tour was made even more meaningful because of Evelyn. We felt like she was the perfect fit for the role as she is knowledgeable of most of this institution's amazing history. We did ask her a lot of questions about Cambridge and she gleefully answered them. While you can tour Cambridge by yourself, it'd be best to avail of an alumni-led tour as the latter's more intentional and packed with information that you would not otherwise learn elsewhere.Written September 5, 2024
- Daniel C0 contributionsNot what I had expected.Not much area was covered around campus nor the old town. Walking around back side of campus was a waste of time. Couldn't get a glimpse of any courtyard of any colleges.Written September 5, 2024
- NewmarketTractorGirl0 contributionsGreat Tour - very interesting informationGiri our guide was amazing! Made the tour entertaining, interesting and engaging. We did the tour as a Team Social and we really enjoyed it. A nice walk around Cambrige Colleges and a Cemetery which I think would be really spooky at night. Giri made the tour - really lovely and pleasant to speak to, turned up on time (absolute bonus) ... I would highly recommend!Written September 5, 2024
- peitl20210 contributionsLearned a lot about CambridgeMicheal was an awesome guide, he was knowledgable and answered all our questions. Aside from the history and interesting things about the colleges and buildings, he also shared a lot about what life at Cambridge is like. Made me almost want to go back to school and apply. The tour was very informative and we learned a lot about what colleges were like, and famous people and history of Cambridge.Written September 4, 2024
- luciaaC4605VX0 contributionsWonderful experience!!Wonderful experience!! The guide was so friendly, and showed too much knowledge about Cambridge history!! We strongly recommend this tour!!Written September 2, 2024
- O2366HEamyw0 contributionsJoe for Prime MinisterJoe was spectacular, so much enthusiasm and intrigue with the way he told stories. He truly has a gift and should be on the stage. A complete legend. Thank you for making our tour so fun ☺️🙏🙏Written September 1, 2024
- H7878IYterryh0 contributionsGreat introduction to Cambridge.Excellent tour. Informative, personal and relaxing. Small group too. Thank you Annie. Your ‘shadow’ (Alana?) was a delight also and will make a great Guide.Written September 1, 2024
- David970070 contributionsOn the expensive side, but informative and funGreat tour yesterday. First, know that these three tour sections, while booked as one transaction, are delivered completely disconnected. That's totally ok and we had a great time but we were a bit surprised. The first part, the Cambridge walking tour was guided by Michael, a third -year Physics doctorial student. Michael did an excellent job, mixing in the remarkable history of the University with his lived experience as a current student. The tour was 90 minutes The second part, King's College, was entirely self guided / unguided. Mostly we saw the famous KC Chapel, which was of course very impressive. There are several side rooms of exhibits off the main sanctuary. Lots to read, very informative. We took 45 ish minutes. We then walked a few minutes down to the river The third and final section of the tour was guided punting along a section of the River Cam. This was done by a company called Scudamore's. The 50-minute ride was a lot of fun. The guide was informative. Many many boats on the river often bumping into each other. All in all a fun, four ish hours.Written September 1, 2024
- ntchappell0 contributionsVery worthwhile, loved it!Giri was friendly, personable and so full of knowledge and fun information about the Colleges. The pace was perfect and felt un rushed.Written August 31, 2024
- michaelgO3736XE0 contributionsINformative Cambridge walking tour with puntingWe took a walking tour of Cambridge without Kings College. Our guide was Stephen, who is very bright and witty. He taught us a great deal about the town and the university in 90 minutes. We included a punting trip, from which we learned even more.Written August 31, 2024
- ceciliavM9869CY0 contributionsA must experienceWonderfull and enthousiastic tourguide and could’nt be better to explore this city and its history! Realy loved the infomation and personal touch.Written August 29, 2024
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Lydia C
Essex, UK4 contributions
Francesco was absolutely brilliant! Extremely informative. Me and my partner love anything ghosty so this was perfect for us and the sights are absolutely beautiful.
We would 100% recommend if you love ghost stories and history then you will love this.
Thank you for the perfect tour Francesco!
We would 100% recommend if you love ghost stories and history then you will love this.
Thank you for the perfect tour Francesco!
Written January 22, 2023
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Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. I am delighted you enjoyed your tour.
It was a pleasure hosting you in Cambridge and we hope you’ll tour with us again in future, possibly in one of our other locations such as Oxford. When booking, use code ‘CAT10’ for 10% off any of our services.
Kind regards,
Alumni Tours Management
Written January 27, 2023
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Mel A
1 contribution
Feb 2024 • Couples
I would have loved to have given this a great review but unfortunately we were phoned 3 hours before our tour was due to start to say that our tour guide had phoned in sick. We were offered a slot on a tour on a later slot that night but we were already booked to do something else in the evening. (Hence booking the original tour at the earlier time.) We were really disappointed as we had been looking forward to our ghost walk all week as part of our special weekend in Cambridge. Hopefully our refund will be forwarded as promised.
Written February 15, 2024
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Rowen B
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Nov 2023 • Couples
We had a great tour with Francisco- it was meant to be shared but ended up being private after others were probably put off by the weather! However, the gloom and wet only added to the atmosphere. It was a great insight in to some less well known history of Cambridge and showed us places we hadn’t seen before, as well as places we did know but weren’t aware of the history. We would definitely recommend.
Written November 6, 2023
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Daiki N
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Jun 2024 • Solo
Thanks to an amazing tou r guide, Arushi, I had a wonderful experience in Cambridge! We walked around the city, including a small bookstore near King's Collage, the Guildhall, and a pub The Eagle. They were not so popular that even if you walk pass by you wouldn't notice that there would be a interesting story hidden. The tour was a little bit shorter than I expected for the cost, but I still found it worth paying for. Next time I visit to Cambridge, I will remember the day.
Written June 13, 2024
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maggiel1002017
Oxfordshire, UK7 contributions
Mar 2024 • Friends
We thoroughly enjoyed our ghost tour with our guide Annie. She was lovely and the stories were suitably spooky! A great way to build up an appetite for dinner and see some lesser known bits of the city at the same time.
Written March 24, 2024
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John P
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Oct 2023 • Family
Francesco was a fantastic guide and gave us lots of stories about the ghosts in Cambridge as well the general history of landmarks as we went around. He was funny and I loved his cheery Italian manner which lightened the mood even when it rained. Thanks very much Francesco for a great job, good luck with your studies and thanks waiting for us as we were late. Everyone was excellent in the company and I would recommend them to anyone.
Written October 19, 2023
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Izzy A
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Aug 2023 • Couples
This was so much fun and a great way to find out about the history of Cambridge. Our guide, Francesco, was informative and engaging and very knowledgeable on the stories he told us. I would definitely recommend this, especially if you are visiting Cambridge for the first time like us. Francesco was a lovely guy and also was happy to give us recommendations for dinner and sightseeing after the tour.
Written August 31, 2023
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Katrina B
131 contributions
This was a fun way to spend an hour around Cambridge. Lindsay, our guide, was keen to make sure we all saw the places and heard the stories. I've spent many occasions in Cambridge, but it was great to see some different locations and some old ones from a different perspective.
Written April 7, 2024
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Joanne R
4 contributions
Jul 2023 • Friends
Really enjoyable tour. Tommy, our guide, was very knowledgeable about the subject matter. The tour covered lots of different locations and had a wide range of ghostly tales. Tommy also told us lots about the history and traditions of the university which was very interesting. He gave us lots of recommendations to help us get the most out of our time in Cambridge.
Written August 22, 2023
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Greg C
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May 2024 • Couples
Francesco was brilliant, some really interesting stories and answered all of our questions and had great knowledge of Cambridge!
Only thing to note of the tour was that trip advisor says entry/admissions to the colleges is included, however we didn’t actually go into the grounds of any.
Thanks Francesco for a great tour!
Only thing to note of the tour was that trip advisor says entry/admissions to the colleges is included, however we didn’t actually go into the grounds of any.
Thanks Francesco for a great tour!
Written May 24, 2024
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