Let’s visit… CAMBRIDGE
This historic university city is just the ticket for a weekend away
Best tea & coffee
For the best beans in town, try Bould Brothers Coffee (bouldbrotherscoffee. co.uk). For lovely pastries, Hot Numbers Coffee Roasters (hotnumberscoffee.co. uk) has venues across the city, and for incredible Chelsea buns, Fitzbillies (fitzbillies.com) is a local institution.
Star of stage and screen
The city’s many beautiful sites have been captured in films such as The Theory Of Everything with Eddie Redmayne and
The History Boys with James Corden. TV dramas have included ITV’S Grantchester and the recent Unforgotten.
Best shopping
Visit The Cambridge Satchel Co. (cambridgesatchel.com) just off Market Square. All Saints Garden Art and Craft Market is great for local artisans’ work. For gifts, check out Ark Cambridge (arkcambridge.co.uk). And you can’t come to the city and not buy a book. Try Heffers Bookshop (heffersbookshop.business. site) and the Cambridge University
Press Bookshop (cupbookshop.co.uk).
And so to bed
The newly revamped University Arms (universityarms.com) dates back to 1834 and is a swanky place to lay your head. Doubles from £159 per night. Or try the new Graduate Cambridge (graduatehotels. com/cambridge), a boutique hotel on the River Cam. Doubles from £189 per night.
Local eats
The Eagle pub (greeneking-pubs.co.uk) was where Francis Crick and James Watson announced the discovery of the structure of DNA. For cocktails or brunch,
NOVI Cambridge (novicambridge.co.uk) hits the spot. Restaurant Twenty-two (restaurant22.co.uk) serves contemporary dishes beside the Cam. Victorian villa
Midsummer House (midsummerhouse.co. uk) houses a two-michelin-star restaurant.
Wow factor
King’s College Chapel (kings.cam.ac.uk/ chapel) is the oldest surviving building within the college site. Built just after the college was founded by Henry VI, it’s famous for its fan-vaulted ceiling.
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