IT’S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENGLISH CITIES IN THE WORLD, AND IT’S GOT SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS, PLUS LOTS, LOTS MORE.
First stop on your tour of Oxford has to be the Ashmolean Museum. The museum is the oldest public museum in Britain. Part of it was built in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities Elias Ashmole gave Oxford University in 1677. The collection now includes thousands of interesting things, including works by French artists such as Monet, Cezanne and Renoir, and ancient Egyptian mummies. It also has the Alfred Jewel dating from the time of King Alfred (849- 899), with a reference to Alfred carved on it.