sábado, 27 de octubre de 2012

Things To See If You Are Visiting Cambridge

By Alan Arevalo


Cambridge is a city that offers a wide spectrum of different attractions to visitors. The place itself is the location of one of the top and best universities in the world with mesmerising views and surroundings. Cambridge not only attracts people for its educational prowess but is also famous for its museums, art galleries, theatres, events, historical buildings and many other aspects. A number of places which deserver special consideration have been brought up here.

Cambridge has a lot to offer with its many fascinating museums and galleries, restaurants, bars and old buildings. The city's most typical attribute is its cobbled streets and lanes, where one has the chance to admire the medieval architecture of centuries old buildings. These buildings have often been wonderfully preserved, so that one gets to feel the medieval ambience of that time. It goes without saying that as far as architecture is concerned, the visitor will get enraptured by Cambridge's famous, fine and majestic university, or more correctly, its university colleges.

Cambridge University is constituted of many colleges, about 30 of them in total, that one can stumble upon all throughout the city. The most popular and known of them are notoriously St John's College, King's College and Trinity College. Cambridge University is the second oldest university in the UK after Oxford in England, with its reputation spreading out to global proportions.

Apart from the magnificent architecture the visitor can also admire and enjoy the various types of nature that Cambridge offers, with its parks, rivers and gardens. The whole city is dispersed with all kinds of parks of different sizes, the River Cam crosses the city and the visitor should not omit spending a day at the Cambridge University's Botanic Garden. It is a unique place with 10,000 different species of plants and various types of landscapes.

Shepreth Wild Life Park is a great place to take your kids and family to if you enjoy that kind of activity. This wild life park is a home of tigers, monkeys, chimpanzees, reptiles and various other species that we don't get to see in any other zoo. Your kids can also learn a lot. In fact pony rides, elephant rides and horse riding can also be done here.

Last but not least is the University Museum of zoology, one of several different museums in Cambridge. This amazing place has lot of things to look at. The place has lot of bones from different animals like hippos, cats, dinosaurs and many other animals. The best thing about all this is that it is free so you really do not have to worry about stretching your budget. If you have every gone there, at the birds sections, you will be able to notice the two large kiwi bone samples which is amazing because kiwis are generally small in nature.

If you are staying in one of the Cambridge hotels do not forget to ask your reception about the guided tours. They will save you a lot of time of wandering around and give you the chance to see Cambridge at a glance. You should not thus miss the guided tours offered by the various tour operators in the city, that can also be tailor made according to your special interests and needs. Make the most of your stay by learning about the guided tours and see Cambridge the best way.




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