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!
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
A Fatal Feud
Murder in York. Can you get to the bottom of our classic whodunnit?… more
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
Detectives PeekAtChu
Fun day out exploring g the city!
ZweiMausensundOtto
Nice, it was so much fun. We would absolutely do it again.
AussieDane
We loved the day, but we flagged a bit as it got hotter and the day wore on (we did do a bit of shopping in there, so …
Birthday Puzzlers
Well considered clues that weren't too difficult but still challenging - with smatterings of humour.Introduced to new i…
Misfits
OMG! What a brilliant day. We saw parts of London we hadn't seen and learnt information about Jack the Ripper we didn't…
Team PR
We live close to London so are regular visitors. With our children we wanted something different as we had done most th…
Nat&Shell
We’ve completed the 2 Melbourne trails this week! New addiction and cannot wait for the next releases around Melbourne
hot toddies
The scavenger hunt was quite fun, encouraging us to take note of buildings and monuments with new eyes and learn fun fa…
Massive Hunt
Great way to explore Oxford without following a conventional walking tour. Made it more engaging for us and a great way…
MATTHEWS
We had a fantastic few hours being guided around Harrogate. There were a couple of tricky clues and remarkably satisfyi…
The new year 8
We had the best time. Got to see some beautiful places around Kensington we’d never have seen if we hadn’t booked this …
The Howards
Great trail . Explored loads of the city we have never seen before. Took us 3 or 4 hours with the breaks and we all enj…
Keam Team
Brilliant fun!! As a Londoner, I thought I knew most things but I certainly learnt a lot more!!
M&M
Great, adventure of the City.
TWOPANDAS
Really nice and fun experience roaming around the city and finding new places that are easily missed during normal rout…
Roy Bass
Brilliant! Really enjoyed it and learnt such a lot about Kensington
The Ways
Very accurate and easy to follow.
Obamacair
It was such a fun adventure!!! Would definitely do again, great way to get steps in too haha!
Octonaughts
Great adventure. Very kid friendly.
Morgan & co
Great day out with the family and friend, took us places you’d never go normally, great fun and so interesting.
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