Packed with independent boutiques, high street favourites and designer stores, Cambridge is a shopper's dream-come-true. In the compact city centre you will also find outdoor markets selling arts and crafts and organic local produce. Cambridge is best known for its ornate University and College buildings. Living history is everywhere you look in this fascinating city, which has several museums and galleries to explore, all within walking distance of each other.

Cambridge is also home to a lively music and theatre scene, most notably the Footlights Review, which started the comedic careers of Peter Cook, Stephen Fry and Monty Python, and still runs today for you to spot the stars of the future. And what visit to this famous city would not be complete without an afternoon punting beneath the willows, a quintessentially English experience.