Sightseeing in Oxford

One of the loveliest cities in this part of England, Oxford has a number of excellent museums, including the oldest public museum in the country, the Ashmolean , which has a very fine and vast collection of Egyptian finds. Other well-known museums in the city include the Oxford Museum , which is perhaps best known for its collection of photographs, and the Pitt Rivers Museum , acclaimed as one of the finest ethnographic museums in the world. In addition, the city has some of the loveliest gardens in the country – the Botanical Gardens , for instance, are widely known for their beauty and variety.

But, of course, what Oxford is really known for are its colleges. Many of them, like Christchurch , which, incidentally, is the largest and has a beautiful chapel, are almost legendary. Most of the colleges in Oxford are renowned for their architecture, their ivy clad walls and for the beautifully manicured "quads" within them, and the illustrious souls who have studied in them.