The Best York Walking Tours,
4 Incredible Routes
Interactive walking tours of York, bring the city to life.
- CityDays brings an immersive new way to have a walking tour in York
- Discover York'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 York Walking Tour
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- Messages sent to your phones - we'll send your walking tour to any international phone number.
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- Clues, challenges, & puzzles - interact with the city to unravel obscured directions and find your way.
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- The perfect difficulty - just the right amount, inclusive for all, with help available should you need it.
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- Landmarks & hidden gems - see York in a new light, a tour showing off quirks too!
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Find Your Perfect York Walking Tour
Each walking tour explores a different area of York, find the route that suits you best or work your way through! All bookings are fully flexible, alter your booking freely.

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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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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

Quirks and Snickets
The secrets York hides in plain sight… more
How the York 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.

York has a long and storied history just waiting to be explored. Discover its Roman and Viking roots, tales from the medieval town and beyond.
CityDays's tours will take you on an interactive journey around its must-sees and little-known secrets, revealing every side of the historic city. All you need is a phone and you'll be good to go!
York Walking Tour Reviews
The great things you say about CityDays York Walking Tours

Brexit with Benefits
We had a great day, exploring parts of London we’d never seen before and trying to figure out clues. Good that all clue…

Slytherin
This was a great trail with clues that were hard but not impossible! It takes you around some of the lesser known beaut…

Squad11
Great fun was had by all. Perfect way to celebrate our son's birthday being out and about. Would love to do again!

Westies
Excellent day out seeing so many of London’s hidden gems. Brilliantly organised, exhausting fun!

Double-Decker Dashers
Great day out to see Londonderry hidden gems

Lost in transit
Had an awesome time! We found it a great level of challenge and stumbled across many hidden gems that we would never h…

Ronos Ramblers
Fantastic day- lovely birthday treat.

Purple Moustache
We thought this was really fantastic. We all know London but it took us places we had never been and it showed us Lond…

The Kempos
Great experience which we all enjoyed (adults & kids). Can take as much time as you need with the scheduled breaks. Hel…

Team Premier Lodge
Such a great day!! Highly recommend the experience

In it for Fun
Brilliant day out. Loved every minute of it. Saw places we haven't seen before. Clues great. The breaks ans stopping pl…

Sisters go the distance
Great experience! Great clues! Great day!As Londoners we thought we would find it easier but saw so many new places.

Dusty Moquettes
Great fun; enjoyable exploration even for seasoned Londoners

4WAGS-Bicester
Brilliant…. Fantastic experience with friends, hope to do one somewhere else!!!

Double A
Really good fun, saw bits of London you usually wouldn't with a competitive edge to it!

Team Vaughan
Really good fun. Some of it you really had to think about! Especially at the end, but what a great concept. Loved it!

You'll like us by Episode 4
Lots of fun! Set in a great location to explore parts of historic East London. Well thought out and fun games mixed wel…

Not Fast Just Furious
Such a fun day out, worked so well and a lovely way to see parts of London I hadn’t seen despite living here all my lif…

Mums & Sons
Loved doing the race across London.had so much and saw bits of London we’d never seen. A few clues were a bit tricky es…

The Flint's
Great afternoon spent with my son racing across London. We had a fab time exploring parts of London we had never seen b…
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Explore the ancient city in an exciting new way
Play an active role in discovering York's past, immersing yourself in its Roman and Viking roots, unravelling enigmatic directions and solving riddles to reveal the city's secrets.
Take control of your own sightseeing, stopping and starting at your leisure and progressing at your own pace. The perfect way for groups of all ages to see the city.
CityDays’ York Self Guided Walking Tours

Discover more of York with CityDays!
Our York walking tours have been crafted to give you an experience beyond a typical sightseeing route. We guide you through over a thousand years’ worth of history while supplying you with challenges, puzzles, riddles and clues to keep you entertained (and educated!).
We make our walking tours differently. With CityDays, you actually need to interact with and learn about the city in order to get from one point to another.
Since we don’t physically attend your tour with you, you don’t have to worry about queues, strict time slots, annoying strangers, or feeling rushed from pillar to post.
We’ve created a model that allows you to take charge of your self-guided York walking tour.
This gives you more freedom to walk at your own pace, take breaks whenever it’s convenient for you, and spend as long as you like at each landmark, quirk, or any of the pubs or cafes we recommend to you along the way.
Any questions? Here’s how it works.
The Best Walking Tours in York

As any Yorkie will tell you, York’s true charm is embedded in its snickelways and atmospheric streets. We firmly believe that the best way to uncover fascinating facts, odd stories and the sheer volume of interesting places is by getting stuck in ourselves.
And that’s how we ended up here. We’re always rummaging around finding the best hidden gems and things to do in York to share with you - and as soon as we’ve finalised a route, it ends up here.
But now it’s your turn! Discover how Eboracum became Jórvik, why Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Tudor Kings warred over this incredible city - or pay the resident York ghosts a visit by undertaking our York ghost walking tour.
Here’s how you can get the most out of exploring York by going on one of our York walking tours today!
Available Trails and York Walking Tours
Interested in finding out more about the kinds of self-guided walking tours in York we provide? Get a tiny sneak peek into where your next adventure takes place…
Quirks and Snickets
Get to grips with York’s history on this meandering trail around the city’s most famous landmarks, hidden gems and much, much more!
Embark on a puzzle-packed walking tour through York, uncovering its unique quirks and rich history. Starting from St. Helen’s Square, you’ll have to navigate through the city’s secret-filled snickelways as a team, discovering surprising facts and historic monuments along the way.
You’ll find out which Viking warrior influenced a popular nursery rhyme, more about the lives of Roman emperors in York and the story behind one of England’s shortest streets.
Quirks and Snickets promises a journey filled with intriguing discoveries and answers to puzzling historical questions…
The Drowned City

Dive into a thrilling blend of history and mythology with an interactive adventure right in the heart of York!
Plunder York’s ancient streets where you’ll encounter a Roman Emperor, a Norse monster, and a Greek sea goddess while solving riddles that intertwine fact and fiction to prevent the city’s “doom”! This route showcases York’s famous landmarks and hidden gems while delving deeper into York’s many-layered history and its most fascinating figures.
Be prepared for surprises and historical curiosities, all revealed through engaging puzzles, riddles and clues that lurk in the enigmatic streets of York!
A Fatal Feud

Strap on your walking shoes and pull on your detective’s cap - this murder mystery walking tour is set in York during the year of 1491 - a murder has shaken the city and it’s up to your team to unravel the mystery.
Utilise your investigative skills to follow a trail of clues starting from Clifford’s Tower, weaving through the city to uncover the truth of this centuries-old crime. You’ll get a glimpse of what buildings would have been known to 15th-century York residents and see their struggles and motivations up close as you meander past Tower Gardens, the City Walls, Mansion House, York Minster, The Shambles and more!
This York walking tour is enriched with puzzles, cafes, pubs and unexpected surprises. Ideal for crime aficionados and history buffs, this trail offers a perfect day of exploration in the legendary city of York.
Ghosts of York

Meet York’s legendary ghosts on this classically ghoulish but refreshingly historic ghost walking tour in York!
Take on the role of paranormal investigators as you communicate with the spirits of the dead, otherwise known as former residents of York. You’ll receive cryptic messages to your phone from these individuals whose earthly fates have yet to be resolved.
Along the way, you’ll meet Roman legionnaires, a woman accused of witchcraft, a gold-hungry nobleman, a drunk monk and a Viking who was skinned alive. Lend them a listening ear and a watchful eye as you meander through York’s many past lives, paying close attention to their stories as you embark on a ghost walking tour in York unlike any other.
Gourmet Xmas Food Hunt

The festive period never looked so tasty on this food walking tour of York.
Uncover York’s secrets at its most glorious, allowing yourself to be swept away in the city’s fairytale charm and into the doorways of some truly delicious shopfronts.
One of the most flavoursome York walking tours, the Gourmet Xmas Food Hunt is a delightful winter wonderland trail that combines indulgent culinary delights and puzzle-solving fun.
Wind your way around the city’s finest cafes, delis and bakeries where you’ll pick up a selection of festive gourmet treats. Savour mouthwatering Yuletide pastries, mince pies, spiced drinks and an array of speciality meats and cheeses - all sourced from local, independent businesses.
This idyllic winter adventure offers the perfect blend of sightseeing, puzzles and delicious surprises, all of which showcase the city’s legendary seasonal offerings.
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