York Hidden Gems
Urban adventures bringing the secrets of York to life.
- Work together to solve fun challenges & puzzling clues Perfectly balanced & location-based.
- Guided by clues sent to your phones Messages sent to you and your team's phones.
- Explore York's historic landmarks and hidden gems Our speciality, discovering and showing off amazing places!
- Discover top-rated pubs, bars and cafes - all optional Optional breaks to catch a rest along the way.
- Compete Set the fastest time and see you ranking on your end certificate. for top spot on the York leaderboard
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Next Steps
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- 1. Select your game, pick a trail of your choice and receive your welcome email.
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- 2. Rally your team and enter a team name and phone number(s) into the system.
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- 3. Receive your welcome text, then head to the start location on a day and time of your choice.
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- 4. Text START to receive the first in a series of cryptic directions. Solve the puzzles to unravel your mystery.
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- 5. Discover unique places, the secret and hidden of your city - and great independant pubs/cafes!
Gift an Experience
Choose from over 125 top-rated experiences across 40 cities, or choose a gift balance for ultimate flexibility. We're happy to switch should your recipient wish to change!
York Experiences
Each trail takes place in a different area of the city - click each tile to learn more!
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A Fatal Feud
Murder in York. Can you get to the bottom of our classic whodunnit?… more
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The Drowned City
Magic, monsters and a Roman Emperor, a tale of deception in Ancient York… more
Quirks and Snickets
The secrets York hides in plain sight… more
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Ghosts of York
Restless spirits. Conniving clues. Haunting histories.… more
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Action-packed Hidden Gems in York
How the York days out work
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Discover York's secret places
- Experience York's unique places and share stories in independent pubs & cafes, curated for each York Hidden Gem.
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Fun challenges
- Engaging puzzles and captivating stories reveal York in a new light.
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Play together or competitively
- Work as a team or compete head-to-head to set the fastest time on our York leaderboard.
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Fully flexible bookings
- Alter your booking freely; change the date, time, number of people or chosen York Hidden Gem. Even stop and start once you've begun.
Fun activity for all groups
York Hidden Gem Sights
York Hidden Gem Reviews
The great things you say about CityDays Hidden Gems
The Ealing Explorer’s
Absolutely LOVED the experience! It fulfilled my dream of doing RATW (which I hope might be a reality one day)! It enco…
West Country Wanderers
Great adventure but pretty exhausted now!
Sisters!
Amazing experience! 10/10 and well worth the money. A must for an exploration around hidden gems around London.
Mace Across The World
This was so fun! Saw lots of londons hidden gems and had a great time!!
Willpower and Wobble
Great fun, would really recommend this. I have lived in London my whole life but some spots I would have never visited …
Lost & Loving it!
This was awesome. Highly recommend it. You’ll need your thinking caps on for it but it was great fun from start to fini…
Birketts on Tour
Brilliant fun The children loved it and it was such fun as a whole family getting out and doing something different! Lo…
Lynchcraft
Great experience! Fun clues & a wonderful opportunity to berth friends & learn about London
Cute & Relocated
Great experience. Discovered new areas of London and hidden treasures. Thank you for a memorable race! Team Cute & Relo…
Meophamites
Brilliant day out, lots of fun and very well olpuy together!
Who cares, we showed up!
Had a great time exploring sights I’d not come across before
Collared Doves
What a fabulous experience! We visited places and areas in loved that we didn’t know existed! I would 100% recommend th…
The Lighting Bolts
Wow what a fantastic day, definitely would recommend to all. A fun activity to see places you would never usually see a…
Purple Piranha
Good fun!
The Baps
Brilliant day out , really enjoyed it all. The challenges were well thought out, the way it was run with the updates an…
Dad'n'girls
Exciting day out. Very good trail and riddles
Georgia's Birthday Besties!
We had so much fun racing across London on this scavenger hunt! We saw things and went to places we hadn't been to befo…
Red hot
Very good and well organised
The Young Ones
This was such a fun experience! We got to see parts of London we haven't seen before and complete some fun activities. …
City Crusaders
What a great afternoon! Saw places in the City of London that I’ve never seen before and will definitely go back to ex…
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