Things to see and do Cambridge

The most famous and perhaps the most beautiful of Cambridge's colleges. The main attraction is the superb Perpendicular Gothic chapel, featuring Rubens' Adoration of the Magi, a spectacular fan vault and ^16th-century stained glass windows. It's one of the most spectacular examples of late Gothic architecture. A splendid alchemy of stone, wood and stained glass. It was founded in 1441 by Henry VI.

Famous for its university choir, considered one of the best in the world. The college was founded in 1511 by Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. The chapel housing the renowned choir was built in 1863. St John's is also proud to have produced 9 Nobel Prize winners, as well as six prime ministers, three archbishops, two princes... Quite an impressive list. Among them, the poet William Wordsworth and the mathematician Paul Dirac, one of the fathers of quantum mechanics. His Bridge of Sighs across the River Cam is also noteworthy.

Built in 1130, on the model of the rotunda of the church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, this small church is in Romanesque style, one of the four medieval round churches in England. Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama and Queen Victoria have all walked through his door! It is the second oldest building in the city. Don't miss this amazing round stone architecture. Inside, a 20-minute video projection invites you to discover the history of Cambridge. This church is therefore a good starting point for a visit to the city.

The Fitzwilliam museum is the art museum of Cambridge University, founded in 1848 by the great collector Richard Fitzwilliam. It takes the form of a neoclassical temple. It is a real little Louvre on its own: Egyptian, Roman, Greek rooms; Italian and Venetian paintings with paintings of Titian or Veronese; 17th century Dutch painting; self-portrait of Rembrandt; landscapes of Van Gogh; 16th and 17th century Flemish painting (Van Dyck, Van Heemskerck, Brueghel le Jeune, Tristan).

Founded by the famous Henry VIII in 1546, Trinity College was the college of Isaac Newton, whose bedroom was next to the chapel, and, just next door, an apple tree that is no stranger to his work on gravity! The library, built by Sir Christopher Wren, contains original works by Newton and the Winnie-the-Pooh manuscript by A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh manuscript. This is the largest of the city's 31 colleges. It welcomes around a thousand students a year. It is twinned with Christ Church College, Oxford. It has trained 34 Nobel Prize winners!

Founded in 1352 by the bourgeoisie of Cambridge in the heart of the city, it is a fine example of early medieval architecture. It is one of 31 colleges at Cambridge University. Novelist Christopher Marlowe was one of his famous residents, as was navigator Sir Thomas Cavendish and more recently Downtown Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville. Another specific feature is that the college carefully maintains a unique collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. It has one of the smallest numbers of students.