Any recommendations for a quick daytrip to Cambridge? Bars, restaurants, sites, you name it.

Thanks.

just walk the town.

If the weather is decent, take a walking tour of the colleges. Walks are run by the tourist office and your ticket includes admission to King's College Chapel. The chapel is impressive in its own right, the stained glass windows are stunning, and the carved wooden doors are also marvelous. You can attend an evensong service at 17:30 (15:30 on Sundays). If the weather is problematic, take a Guide Friday hop-on hop off bus tour. Trinity College Library, desinged by Christopher Wren, has wonderful carvings and many original manuscripts. The Fitzwilliam Museum is said to be Britain's best museum of antiquities and art outside of London.

Just moved back from Cambridge...the previous suggestions are good. For pubs/lunch I would suggest:
The Eagle (great old pub...touristy but lots of locals go there...a Cambridge must)
The Bun Shop (not old but great wine by the glass)
The Kingston Arms (the best pub in Cambridge but not in the city ctr..handy the station tho)

Plus a walk along the river and the commons and greens is about as cambridge as it gets.

There's great shopping in the downtown and a lot of decen bookstores.

Post again if u have specific questions.

Hi
I'd inquire with the Cambridge tourist office before going.
I had been in touch with them about a possible one day visit in very early January, and among other things, the Chapel will be closed.

Hop-on, hop off bus tour is great. Gets you out to American cemetery at Madingley where WWII aviators are buried. Incredibly moving. Also gives a good overview of the city. Lunch at Henri's on the Cam at Magdelene Bridge provides great enough views of the river to make up for the so-so food. Shop for cheap souvenirs in the market; visit the colleges and book stores. Enjoy.

Would also recommend a walking tour through the TI Office, thought it was a good value (2-3 hrs) and gave a good overview of the town and colleges. Have lunch at the "Eagle" Pub, food is great, staff very pleasant, and the walls/ceiling are decorated with tons of graffiti from US WWII pilots who frequented the place while stationed in the area during the war. Area is still popular with US military stationed up the road in East Anglia. Very nice town. Well worth a daytrip.

After its American period during Hitler s war, in the fifties the Eagle was the local for Crick and Watson, young discoverers of the double helix of DNA. I think they drank a pint there to celebrate on the day they saw the helix coming out of the 3-D jigsaw.

Opposite the Fitzwilliam Museum is the bakers and tea house Fitzbillie s, with good cream cakes and éclairs. So long as you arrive at four you can take afternoon tea upstairs there.

The city is two degrees colder than London, often with a wind straight from the Urals. The Renaissance scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam complained five centuries ago of the cold: please wrap up well, with a heavy scarf and leather gloves.

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