Friday
- Evening
Oli's Thai
Thai · $$ · Magdalen RoadLand soft: Tiny 20-seater with the best green curry south of Soho — book ahead.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Dinner-grade kitchen worth lingering at
- ·Keeps you in Magdalen Road — short walk from your other stops
Saturday
- MorningMagdalen Bridge PuntsOutdoors · High Street
Hire a punt and float past Christ Church Meadow toward the Botanic Garden.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in High Street — short walk from your other stops
- Lunch
The Trout Inn
Gastropub · $$ · WolvercoteRiverside pub on the Thames — Sunday roast and Morse atmosphere.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Strong lunch option, quick enough to keep the day moving
- ·Keeps you in Wolvercote — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonAshmolean MuseumCulture · Beaumont Street
World's oldest public museum — Powhatan's mantle, Stradivarius violins, free.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in Beaumont Street — short walk from your other stops
- Evening
Free night plan
Grab a bottle, walk to a viewpoint or waterfront, and watch the city light up. Costs nothing.
Sunday
- MorningPort MeadowOutdoors · Jericho
300 acres of unploughed pasture — semi-wild ponies and Trout Inn pints.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in Jericho — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonBodleian LibraryCulture · Broad Street
1602 reading room and the Radcliffe Camera — Harry Potter on tour.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in Broad Street — short walk from your other stops
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