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Christmas & New Year Activities 2008-9
Clare College at dusk. Copyright Paul Troughton 2004.
When you roam from shop to shop,
Seeking, till you nearly drop,
Christmas cards and small donations
For the maw of your relations,
Questing vainly 'mid the heap
For a thing that's nice, and cheap:
Think, and check the rising tear,
Christmas comes but once a year.
Pensées De Noël ~ A D Godley
Our Mill Lane and Magdalene Bridge stations are open daily in December, except for Christmas Day. Please click here for opening hours.
We are running a special Christmas & New Year edition of our Punting & Walking Ghost Tour each afternoon at 16.00 from Monday 15th December 2008 to Saturday 3rd January 2009 (exact dates TBC). The tour combines a 45 minute candle-lit chauffeured punt along the College Backs with a 45 minute guided walk, starting from our Mill Lane station and finishing near the Market Square.
Public tour tickets are available on the day, or in advance by phone (Bookings Office: 01223 359750). Advance purchase is strongly recommended due to the popularity of this tour. For further information on advance sales please click here.
Cambridge's De Vere Deluxe University Arms Hotel are offering an exclusive Christmas deal, which packages our Christmas & New Year Ghost Tour into a one or two night stay with dinner and full English breakfast, all at very reasonable prices. There is also a non-residential dinner and ghost tour package. For further details and rates please call the University Arms on 01223 273000.
Prices: per person.
Babies under 12 months old travel for free.
On station Adult £17.50, senior citizen / student £16.00, under-12 £8.75.
Tour tickets are also available from Visit Cambridge.
E-Reservation Adult £17.50, senior citizen / student £16.00, under-12 £8.75.
Please note that you are booking places onto a public tour.
Christmas Party Bookings
We are available for Christmas party bookings throughout December. Our Ghost Tour is popular with groups looking for an atmospheric prelude to their evening meal. Those looking for an entertaining daytime or early evening activity often choose one of our walking-only treasure hunts; the Pub Trail or Town Trail. For further information please contact us.
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