The Best Bristol Walking Tours,
Incredible Routes
Interactive walking tours of Bristol, bring the city to life.
- CityDays brings an immersive new way to have a walking tour in Bristol
- Discover Bristol's historic landmarks, secret sights & hidden gems
- Solve fun challenges & puzzling clues to unlock your way
- Optional breaks at top-rated pubs, bars and cafes
- Interactive private tour, you and your team, at your own pace
- Full money back guarantee. We know you'll love it
What to expect on a CityDays Bristol Walking Tour
-
- Messages sent to your phones - we'll send your walking tour to any international phone number.
-
- Clues, challenges, & puzzles - interact with the city to unravel obscured directions and find your way.
-
- The perfect difficulty - just the right amount, inclusive for all, with help available should you need it.
-
- Landmarks & hidden gems - see Bristol in a new light, a tour showing off quirks too!
Don't have a great time?
Simply let us know why and we'll refund you in full.
Find Your Perfect Bristol Walking Tour
Each walking tour explores a different area of Bristol, find the route that suits you best or work your way through! All bookings are fully flexible, alter your booking freely.
How the Bristol walking tours work
Clues & Puzzles
Clues don't require any prior knowledge and are made up of two parts:
1) Obscured directions that make reference to the city around you. Unravel their meaning and be guided by your surroundings.
2) A puzzle to be solved once you've followed the directions, search nearby to find your answers.
CityDays aim for an enjoyable, just-the-right-amount, level of difficulty that is inclusive for all! Help messages are available should you need a bit of support.
Guided by clues sent to your phone
- Receive snippets of history, quirky facts and intriguing stories about the areas you visit.
- Pub/cafe breaks along your hunt, all totally optional and some with discounts on food & drinks.
- Make memories at locations along the way, get inspiration from previous teams and share a clever snap!
- Go at your own speed, or go for top spot on the game leaderboard.
Bristol is a colourful tapestry of a city packed with the historic and modern culture.
Contemporary street art mingles with medieval architecture; landscaped and wild parks sit alongside maritime industry, while haunted inns hide among modern developments.
There's no better way to experience these fabulous collisions than with a CityDays walking tour
Our aim: for you to fall in love with Bristol too
Bristol Walking Tour Reviews
The great things our customers have to say about CityDays Bristol Walking Tours
Charli and Dharini
Had a really fun time doing the London trail, looking forward to doing it again :)
Double D
Very fun way to explore the city
Irina & Louis
We absolutely loved the experience! After 18 years living in London, I thought we can’t be surprised but it is not the …
PAV-SMITH
Amazing day out! This was my teams 3rd adventure in London and it was are favourite so far. The scenery was amazing. We…
Cambridge newbies
We absolutely loved the tour! We’re new to Cambridge and loved exploring the city and finding new things! We’d love to …
JBR
Great fun
Potten End Old Boys
Excellent way to spend a couple of hours in the City. I used to work there and saw things I never knew were there. Well…
United
Really enjoyable experience. We learnt new things about the city of Brum.There is scaffolding outside the hotel opposit…
Kungaloosh
Our second City Days treasure hunt and another fabulous day! My husband was born and bred in central London and once ag…
Windsor oldies
Great day out exploring parts of London you would never normally do
Seekers of Aravos
I was in a team with my partner and our 9 year son. We had a blast. There was something for us all!
Are you okay?
We really enjoyed the scavenger hunt! It was a great way to get outside and enjoy the city in a different way. We both …
Three Women and No Baby
Second one I have done. Such a brilliant format. The clues are well written and make you really look at what’s around y…
3 Gen
Great way to entertain teenagers, they loved it.
Bopchkin
A great way to learn about a city and have fun doing it. The clues were good and the walk was about right
Team Hammond
My wife and I had a fantastic day of exploring and refreshments. We will definitely be back!
Daryls birthday
Really fun morning. Would definitely recommend
Bickle's Bongles
The clues were excellent - easy to follow without being too easy to solve! Took us on a very pleasant journey around Lo…
Donkeys@2pm
It was excellent. Only error we made was at the Plague for the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This was because the bronz…
Jannie's jaunts
Great fun and a fabulous way to look around a city, our first time, but not the last
Ready to see lots of smiling faces? Read all our customer reviews
Ready? Book your Bristol Walking Tour today
See More, Do More, Learn More with CityDays
Welcome to Bristol, a once-upon-a-time pirate’s paradise turned artist’s retreat!
The thriving city of Bristol is a labyrinth of secrets, untold stories and fascinating figures.
Whether you’re a Bristolian looking to scrub up on your West Country knowledge or a visitor hoping to spot some hidden gems, our walking tours of Bristol are here to take you further, teach you more and, most importantly, help you enjoy yourselves!
Get The Most Out of Your Bristol Walking Tours
Our Bristol walking tours are designed to take you above and beyond your typical sightseeing experience. We’re dedicated to showing you everything you’d expect to see in Bristol while also slipping in loads of cool hidden stuff along the way.
The best part? It’s up to you to find them!
CityDays’ walking tours of Bristol get you interacting with and learning about the city’s streets, landmarks, history and famous figures. The only way to navigate the route is by looking up, down, left and right, answering puzzles, riddles and spotting clues based on your surroundings!
Our self-guided Bristol walking tours transform you into detectives, explorers and tour guides, giving you the freedom to discover the city your own way, in your own time, with people you know and love.
From the moment you start until you finish the tour, you’re guaranteed to learn, have fun, make memories and get some fresh air and exercise.
The Best Walking Tours in Bristol
No queues, no waiting around, no hassle.
That’s part of what makes CityDays’ Bristol walking tours the best in the city.
We’ve created a model that allows you to take charge of your Bristol walking tour. This ensures that you can walk at your own pace, take breaks whenever it’s convenient for you, and tour with whoever you want! Here’s how it works.
Instead of inviting ourselves along, we take the backseat. All you need is a good pair of walking shoes, a fully charged phone, and a sense of adventure.
We recognise that this is your day out - not ours. So it’s up to you how it plays out: compete for first place on our leaderboard or take your time and really soak up the sights. Either way, we’re only a text message away if you get stuck.
Bristol History Walking Tours: Uncover Bristol’s Hidden History
From being the meeting point between the two Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex to the Bristol Bus Boycott and beyond, Bristol has seen its fair share of history - and we want to share it with you!
Our Bristol history walking tours take you on an exciting journey through Bristol’s historical timeline in a way that celebrates the city’s cultural quirks and mysterious facts. Along the way, you’ll discover street art, cosy pubs and much, much more.
To give you a sneak peek at what you can expect from our historical Bristol walking tours, we’ve put together a few historical facts about the city!
Bristolians Sent 1000s of Shoes to German Children in 1947
Just two years after the Second World War, Bristolians rallied together to help German children struggling with economic and social disparity.
In 1947, the Western Daily Press newspaper reported that in Bristol’s twin city in Germany, Hannover, up to 56% of children couldn’t attend school due to a lack of adequate footwear.
Many Bristolians put aside any lingering wartime resentment of Germany and its citizens by sending thousands of shoes, food, sweets and clothing to struggling children.
A Suffragette Once Smacked Winston Churchill Over The Head with A Dog Whip at Temple Meads
The suffragette’s name was Theresa Garnett, and she was originally from Leeds, Yorkshire.
On 14 November in 1909, Winston Churchill travelled by train to Bristol to speak at a dinner that was to be held at Bristol Beacon (formerly known as Colston Hall).
According to reports, Garnett approached Churchill while they were standing on a Temple Meads platform, cracked a dog whip across his face and shouted “take that, you brute!” or, in another version: “take that in the name of the insulted women of England!”
Bristol Once Held a Spelling Bee Where Less Than Half of The Words Were Spelt Correctly
According to the Western Daily Press, Bristol Rotary Club held a spelling bee in 1938 at the Grand Hotel where 24 out of 50 words were spelt correctly.
In fairness, some of the words are still considered tricky: “bureaucracy”, “omniscient”, “scion” and “ukulele” were among them. Best of all, a visiting Rotarian from Budapest was said to be in the audience and the papers described him as “a little bewildered”.
Available Trails and Bristol Walking Tours
Interested in finding out more about the kinds of self-guided historical and Bristol street art walking tours we provide? Here’s where you get a tiny sneak peek into where you can find your next adventure…
The Painted City
Discover Bristol's rich tapestry of history and creativity on an immersive, puzzle-filled walking tour. Navigate medieval arches, mural-adorned streets, and Victorian gardens, unlocking tales from its diverse past through engaging challenges…
Highlights include 17th-century bronze 'nail' tables for merchant bartering, time-worn medieval marvels, engineering feats, and iconic street art including an original Banksy. Along the way, enjoy puzzles, surprises, and stops at unique venues like a candle-lit bar in a 16th-century townhouse and a traditional pub with flock wallpaper and a cosy fire.
This escape game-style tour is ideal for friends who love to explore and play, offering a multifaceted glimpse into Bristol's vibrant culture.
Bristol Walking Tour Questions
Speak to a human
Social
