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Dinky Door Hunt in Cambridge: A Unique Exploration of Miniature Art and Mystery
4.7
66 Ratings
Cambridgeshire
Embark on a unique exploration of miniature art and mystery in Cambridge with the Dinky Door Hunt. Discover delightful miniature sculptures, spark your imagination, and explore the beautiful city in a fun and completely different way.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- All Saints Garden Art and Craft Market - So… you’re interested in embarking on an adventure to uncover the enigmatic Dinky Doors scattered throughout Cambridge? An adventure filled with suspense, enigmas, enjoyment, and… adorable miniature artistic creations? That seems like a splendid idea.\n\nThere are (currently) 11 Dinky Doors awaiting your discovery, and this tour will lead you to their TOP SECRET whereabouts!\n\nThe locations provided on Trip Advisor are merely rough estimates and do not pinpoint their precise locations. Because… well, they’re TOP SECRET\nThere’s no specific sequence for visiting them.\n\nIn this vicinity, you’ll encounter Mr D. Mon at our Love from Above door.
What's Included
- Comprehensive mobile tour guide
- Engaging video stories for each door
- Interesting facts about each door
- Interactive questions and answers provided
- Convenient Google Maps navigation
Additional Information
Scattered throughout the city of Cambridge, you’ll encounter the renowned Dinky Doors - these charming petite sculptures offer an entertaining and alternative method to tour the picturesque cityscape of Cambridge.
These mini artworks garner a lot of attention among children, yet their wit and originality are appreciated by adults as well. They stoke the fires of creativity and bring a smile to people’s faces. A complex tale accompanies these doors which unfolds as you continue your city exploration.
Presently, there are 14 unique doors waiting to be discovered, each designed to stir thoughts and induce smiles. Purchasing this tour ensures uninterrupted access to all existing and future doors.
The tour operates on a self-guided system allowing you to set the pace. You are free to discover the doors at different times and in no specific order.
In addition to dinky facts and challenging Q&A, every door is accompanied by an interesting video backstory.
Location
24 Trinity St
Trinity Street
This is a self-guided tour, so you can start wherever and whenever you like, but we recommend starting at this particularly beautiful central location...
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(66 Ratings)
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V1802qvmichaels
Jun 29, 2024
It was great - My daughter and I had great fun. It was a great opportunity to see different parts of Cambridge that we haven't seen before, or see parts of the city we know in a new light.
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Shellbrooks
Jun 17, 2024
Best way to explore Cambridge! - We really enjoyed hunting for the doors and it was a great way to see Cambridge. It took us about 3 1/2 hours, walking at a leisurely pace, with a few breaks for treats in between. Despite a bit of trouble with the app and not being able to get a good reception on my phone, We would definitely recommend having a go.
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Pipf784
Jun 16, 2024
Great fun on a rainy summer day! - Great fun for all ages! We had a brilliant time finding the doors and loved the stories attached to each one. Great work, Dinky Doors!
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Ivanjg2123hl
Jun 15, 2024
Great experience - I thoroughly enjoy searching and finding the dinky doors. Having never visited Cambridge before I found it a great way to find your way around. I arrived by train so found my first two on the way to the city centre.
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Nightwol
Mar 25, 2024
A Magical Mystery Tour through Cambridge - We enjoyed a lovely afternoon cycling through Cambridge taking in most of the Dinky Doors. They are delightful, whimsical and (for the most part) surprisingly well hidden. The purchased tour helps you find them quickly and has fun and quirky explanations for what's behind them. If you are "loose" enough to engage with the Dinky alternate universe, the Doors Tour is delightful fun.
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U4073lqjoannah
Feb 25, 2024
Dinky Doors ... Dinky-brilliant!!! - We did the Dinky doors self guided tour for my son's 8th birthday... what fun! As it was definitely not Dinky-licious weather that day, we just did the 6 City centre doors but plan to pick up the others in the next few weeks/ months. All of us enjoyed it... the perfect family fun for two big children, 12 year old and 8 year old! Met a few other Dinky door hunters on our route too! A lovely way to see Cambridge, practise map skills and see some splendid dinky doors in the process! Highly recommend!!!
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Johnby1484ad
Apr 11, 2024
Who doesn’t love a treasure hunt?! - Really fun way to explore Cambridge. Doors aren’t too tricky to find for younger children (aside from one but the satisfaction of finding it makes up for the hunt!).
Only one word of caution, most of the doors are in the city centre, however, if you’re looking to find them all, there are a few that are a good walk away from the middle of town (over a mile) and one that’s a 15/20 min drive away (lovely location though - worth the trip).
4-stars only because of the fact you probably can’t (or it’s tricky to) do in a day without a car. Overall, loved it!
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Alexmu8106vk
Feb 24, 2024
Fun and imaginative morsels - The artwork is fun and imaginative. The installations are mainly in the centre of Cambridge and easy to find with the map. Allow maybe 45 minutes to see them all. A good excuse to traipse around Cambridge.
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Nvg45
Jan 6, 2024
A tiny tour for people of all ages! - We took our 11 year old grandson to Cambridge to do the Dinky Doors tour, or at least part of it. We managed to visit six of the doors, and have a hot chocolate and have a nice Turkish lunch, it was then time to use the guided bus to get back home. The doors all looked in very good condition and once found were very obvious (having been in Cambridge on many many occasions and not seen any of them!) The design of each door and its construction is excellent and we look forward to revisiting to look for the remaining 8 doors, although it looks as though a car journey(s) will be needed! Well done to all involved in this tour in miniture!
Slightly disappointed that the map only comes with the printed version and the smaller map that comes electronically cannot be printed. We managed!
We look forward to receiving the emails from the Dinky enterprise!
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Hazel_a
Jan 29, 2024
Not walkable to all doors - Really long distance between them, not walkable to all doors. Not recommended sadly. Did spot one door after downloading a different tour and it looked good
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