Top 5 Amazing 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!
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York Experiences
Each trail takes place in a different area of the city - click each tile to learn more!
Race Across The World: The Experience
The official live experience of the award-winning BBC TV show! Ready, Set, Race! … more
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A Fatal Feud
Murder in York. Can you get to the bottom of our classic whodunnit?… 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
change the date, time, number of people or game.
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The Drowned City
Magic, monsters and a Roman Emperor, a tale of deception in Ancient York… more
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
Lost Not Found
It was genuinely fabulous! I didn’t know how it would be possible to attempt to recreate some of the aspects of the sho…
Poynton The Wrong Way
Had an amazing adventure and missed out on first place by 14 seconds, if only my fat fingers didn’t mistype an answer
Champagne Champions
It was such a terrific day! We had done the London one a few months before and found the Manchester race to be really u…
Kina
Great day out!!!
Team Private LRJH
Great team day out. Lots of fun!
Diana & Nath
Absolutely loved it, it was better than I imagined. So much fun and a great way to see the city. The icing on the cake …
The Toomey Two
Fantastic experience, thoroughly enjoyed it and allowed us to see Manchester through new eyes whilst having fun at the …
The Perimenopause Pioneers
We had such a fun day , racing across Manchester , girls vs boys . We were engaged from the moment it started till the …
JVenture
Absolutely fabulous experience! We really enjoyed the whole day. Would highly recommend!
Team Nova
Such A great adventure. Saw places I never knew existed and loved the challenges. Brought us all together!
Ride or Die
Had the best day , got a lot of steps in but was so fun!!
Groves
I had an incredible day out completing Race Across the World with my mum. The challenges and puzzles were amazing—some …
Team 2
Great fun
Pix and Mix Gang
Loved the experience. Some of the clues were a little tricky and cryptic on leg 2 but we still had lots of fun
Issy
Fantastic day,great experience,would do again in another city.
Just for fun
Had a great day. Took us to parts of London we had never been to.
Rachel & Tozzi
Me and my husband had a great day out!! We absolutely loved our race and really enjoyed going into new venues we had ne…
Cunning stunts
We really loved this walking tour! Such a great way to see Manchester, and the clues were great.
Four The Win
Great day! Really fun and quite a challenge! Covered a wide area too, so much to see but with well timed breaks at fab …
Lands of Adventure
Brilliant way to spend a few hours seeing the city and solving puzzles along the way
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