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 Best Cricketers
Excellent fun. Never done anything like this before but definitely will again!
Robyns Raccoons
Me and my 7 year old daughter did this and we had the best time!!! She worked more out than me 😂 We would recommend thi…
Soak in this City
We had great fun exploring Bath whilst completing the mystery tour. The clues were challenging but not impossible and w…
Minstrels
A fun afternoon out taking in the seafront & royal pavilion as well as a few roads we’d never seen!
Team Matthews
What an incredible day! We took part as Team Matthews myself, my wife, and our daughter and had the best time. The whol…
Lemon tarragon chicken
Race across the world around London was brilliant. It is so well designed with the right mix of difficulty and challeng…
The Marauders
What a brilliant experience, my friend and I did this for a birthday treat and what a treat it was. It tested our brain…
Wantage warriors
We went as a family some clues are easier then others we completed it ( even if it did take us a while ) 🤪
SAR Z
Excellent way to spend a Sunday morning in London Lots of good preparation into it and well thought out Lots of steps i…
MANIC-HESTER
Such a unique and great way to get to know a city I thought I knew but clearly not. Puzzles are just hard enough to be …
Bens Birthday Bash
Brilliant day out, really well thought out and cleverly done. Took us to some parts of the city we’d never have seen ot…
Dawn Chorus
A great day out in Cambridge, noticing and learning all about the city! Been many a time and saw many things that had b…
Team Tiger
Amazing day. Completed all the race and came top of the leaderboard. Hope other cities get this game too as excellent w…
Jones family
Great way to spend a morning in Oxford, we learnt things we never knew even though we have lived nearby for a long time.
Wrigleys
Great fun day out, saw some areas of Manchester we never knew existed.
The 7 Deadly Snails
Such a fun day out and very well organised will definitely do this again
Mutton Chop Mystics
We had an amazing time and was so much fun! Got to see parts of London that we had never been too and got to know the h…
Tromingers on Tour
We had a fantastic day completing the Race Across the World in London. We worked as fast as we could during the timed s…
Fishers
We had a great day racing around Manchester for my birthday!! Some lovely venues visted along the way and fun puzzles.
And Then There Were 3
Brilliant day exploring London and solving cryptic clues! Would recommend!
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