Oxford Stag Night - Tips And Ideas For Arranging A Action Packed Oxford Stag Party

Discover the Real Oxford during a stag do Getaway

Countless world leaders, authors, artists, poets, scientists and Nobel prise winners have walked through these streets as elite students of this privileged destination. The rarefied air of academic excellence and intellectual pursuit in a city with majestic spires and towers and magnificent colleges is immediately felt on entering Oxford.

As much as it is a university city famed for its fierce independence of thought, it is also a bustling and busy city with throngs of visitors and heavy traffic. On its High street, it almost seems incongruous to have signs of chain stores emblazoned on a building and strengthening almost a century old.

The Real Oxford
However, step away from the tourist trail during your stag do and the real, romantic Oxford with its unique blend of tradition and pioneering intellectual thought illustrates itself. A guided walking tour of the colleges is a great commence, but keep a lookout for its oldest pub.

The Bear, which dates back to 1242, illustrates its age amazingly in low ceilings and dark wood beams. Its walls and parts of its ceilings are lined with thousands of neckties, some given in exchange for a free pint, from its patrons. In summer, the crowds spill out to the picnic tables in the back courtyard.

The Eagle and Child was the meeting destination for the literary employees, the Inklings, which had J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis as colleagues. Equipped with a big fireplace surrounded by shaky stools, dark woods and stunning stained glass, many believe this warm and inviting pub to be Tolkien's inspiration for the Prancing Pony in the Lord of the Rings.

The infamous Turf Tavern
Oxford's most infamous pub is also its worst kept secret. It takes a little bit of exploring. The Turf Tavern is where the cuties with the high IQs hang out either indoors or in its outdoor ale gardens. Recognised for an infectious friendly charm, the pub is a warren of odd shaped rooms engaged to each other by small staircases and narrow passages and was a favourite hangout of Bill Clinton during his Rhodes Scholar days. The students are smart, loud and raucous and this is a great destination to inspire a brainy beauty in an intellectual debate.

Punts and Ghosts
Consider punting on the River Cherwell, or for an Oxford stag do with a difference, a ghost tour of the dark alleyways of the ancient colleges where Oxford's dark and gory past waits to be unveiled. It is not all dark and dank in Oxford Castle, a former prison renovated to house restaurants, a boutique hotel and art exhibition spaces. Complete your stag do with a pleasant night of jazz and great food at Carluccios, one of eight restaurants at Oxford Castle..

Activities in Oxford
If leisurely punting is not quite your thing during your stag do, we pump up the adrenalin with our selection of off road go karting, rally driving and quad biking in addition to various forms of death by paintballing.