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COTSWOLDS AND OXFORD: GOLDEN STONE VILLAGES AND UNIVERSITY

Honey-colored stone, venerable colleges drowsing, villages crossed by streams. The Cotswolds, timeless English grace.

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📖 6 min read 🔄 Last updated: 2026-01-17

Explore Cotswolds villages to the rhythm of golden stone. Wander through Oxford, visit Chipping Campden and Stow-on-the-Wold, explore Bourton-on-the-Water, Cirencester and Tetbury, then discover Bath and its architectural refinement.

Your day-by-day itinerary

1
Day

Oxford

wool town stands proud on hillside

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Day 1
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Discover

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Journey from London to Oxford, legendary university city.
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Christ Church College and its Harry Potter hall.
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Bodleian Library, majestic historic library.
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Activities

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Guided tour of libraries and secret rooms.
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Afternoon tea in a historic college.
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Day

Oxford

wool town stands proud on hillside

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Day 2
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Discover

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Radcliffe Camera, architectural masterpiece.
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Trinity College and its Wren Library.
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Covered Market, Victorian covered market.
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Activities

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Walk in the University Parks along the Cherwell.
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Guided tour of Blenheim, Churchill's birthplace.
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Next stop
Distance: 37.7 km
Travel time: 1h15
3
Day

Chipping Norton

stream threads village charm endlessly

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Day 3
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Discover

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Blenheim Palace and its baroque gardens. (UNESCO).
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Woodstock village, elegant and historic.
3
Rollright Stones, lesser-known megalithic circle.
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Activities

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Walk through Capability Brown's landscape gardens.
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Visit to local craftsmen's workshops (potters, weavers).
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Next stop
Distance: 25.3 km
Travel time: 51min
4
Day

Chipping Campden

roman city guards cotswold heart

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Day 4
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Broadway Tower, panoramic neo-Gothic folly.
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Broadway village, most beautiful village in the Cotswolds.
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Hidcote Manor Garden, Arts and Crafts garden.
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Activities

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Shopping in Stow's antique shops.
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Walk along the River Windrush.
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Next stop
Distance: 16.7 km
Travel time: 33min
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Day

Stow On The Wold

spa town preserves georgian elegance

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Day 5
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Snowshill Manor and its eclectic collection.
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Stow-on-the-Wold, historic market square.
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Bourton-on-the-Water, Venice of the Cotswolds.
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Activities

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Visit to the Cotswold Motoring Museum.
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Visit to the Corinium Museum, Roman mosaics.
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Next stop
Distance: 7.1 km
Travel time: 14min
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Day

Bourton On The Water

stream threads village charm endlessly

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Day 6
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Discover

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Model Village, miniature replica of the village.
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Birdland Park, aviaries and penguins.
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Bibury Trout Farm, trout in crystal-clear water.
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Activities

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Cirencester weekly market (if right day).
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Shopping in the chic boutiques of Tetbury.
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Next stop
Distance: 30.6 km
Travel time: 1h01
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Day

Cirencester

roman city guards cotswold heart

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Day 7
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Discover

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Cirencester, Roman capital of the Cotswolds.
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Tetbury, elegant royal town (residence of Charles III).
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Highgrove Gardens (if booked in advance).
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Activities

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Visit to a Double Gloucester production farm.
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Photo stop at Castle Combe, living postcard.
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Next stop
Distance: 20.5 km
Travel time: 41min
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Day

Tetbury

spa town preserves georgian elegance

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Day 8
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Discover

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Chavenage House, Elizabethan manor.
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Castle Combe, perfect village often filmed.
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Route to Bath via rolling countryside.
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Activities

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Free exploration of Bath city center in the evening.
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Morning spa session at Thermae Bath Spa.
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Next stop
Distance: 41.4 km
Travel time: 1h23
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Day

Bath

roman spas glow beneath crescents

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Day 9
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Discover

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Arrival in Bath, transition to the Georgian city.
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Royal Crescent, perfect Georgian architecture.
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Return to London via M4 motorway.
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Activities

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Last shopping in Bath's artisanal boutiques.
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Free exploration of Bath city center in the evening.
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Next stop
Distance: 201.8 km
Travel time: 2h31
10
Day

London

capitals thunder and tradition collide

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Day 10
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Discover

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Roman Baths of Bath. (UNESCO).
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Royal Crescent, perfect Georgian architecture.
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Return to London via M4 motorway.
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Activities

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Morning spa session at Thermae Bath Spa.
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Last shopping in Bath's artisanal boutiques.

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Summer (June-August): Warmest weather, longest daylight, peak tourist season, highest prices, festival season, ideal for all regions.

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