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Top 6 Amazing York Walking Tours

  • Work together to solve fun challenges & puzzling clues
  • Guided by clues sent to your phones
  • Explore York's historic landmarks and hidden gems
  • Discover top-rated pubs, bars and cafes
  • Compete for top spot on the York leaderboard
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Next Steps

1. Select your game, pick a trail of your choice and receive your welcome email.
2. Rally your team and enter a team name and phone number(s) into the system.
3. Receive your welcome text, then head to the start location on a day and time of your choice.
4. Text START to receive the first in a series of cryptic directions. Solve the puzzles to unravel your mystery.
5. Discover unique places, the secret and hidden of your city - and great independant pubs/cafes!
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CityDays York Hunts

Each hunt explores a different area of city in one of two ways. Our classic treasure hunts & scavenger hunts use puzzle-filled directions to guide players to exciting new sights. Our Story trails do all this with the added bonus of an immersive story on top - play the main character and relive a tale from the city's past or experience a story all your own.

Quirks and Snickets

Quirks and Snickets

2.5 - 3.5 hours across 4.0 km / 2.5 miles
Fully flexible booking Alter your booking freely;
change the date, time, number of people or game.
£15
per person
Ghosts of York
  • Story

Ghosts of York

1.5 to 2 hours across 3.6 km / 2.3 miles
Fully flexible booking Alter your booking freely;
change the date, time, number of people or game.
£15
per person
A Fatal Feud
  • Story

A Fatal Feud

2.5 - 3.5 hours across 5.0 km / 3.1 miles
Fully flexible booking Alter your booking freely;
change the date, time, number of people or game.
£15
per person
York Gourmet Food Hunt
  • Food Included

York Gourmet Food Hunt

1.5 to 2.5 hours across 3.7 km / 2.3 miles
Fully flexible booking Alter your booking freely;
change the date, time, number of people or game.
£35
per person
The Drowned City
  • Story

The Drowned City

2.5 - 3 hours across 5.0 km / 3.1 miles
Fully flexible booking Alter your booking freely;
change the date, time, number of people or game.
£15
per person
Gourmet Xmas Food Hunt
  • New release
  • Food Included

Gourmet Xmas Food Hunt

1.5 to 2.5 hours across 3.7 km / 2.3 miles
Fully flexible booking Alter your booking freely;
change the date, time, number of people or game.
£35
per person
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Action-packed York Walking Tours in York

How the York days out work

Discover York's secret places

Experience York's unique places and share stories in independent pubs & cafes, curated for each York York Walking Tour.

Fun challenges

Engaging puzzles and captivating stories reveal York in a new light.

Play together or competitively

Work as a team or compete head-to-head to set the fastest time on our York leaderboard.

Fully flexible bookings

Alter your booking freely; change the date, time, number of people or chosen York York Walking Tour. Even stop and start once you've begun.

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.

The Secret City'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!

Fun activity for all groups

Corporate Treasure Hunts
Work together with friends & family
corporate treasure hunts
Relaxed York date treasure hunts
Corporate Treasure Hunts
York competitive team building treasure hunts
corporate treasure hunts
Fun-filled York hen-do treasure hunts

York Walking Tour Sights

York Walking Tour Reviews

The great things our customers have to say about CityDays York Walking Tours

Maliboobies York Walking Tour

Maliboobies

A great Christmas adventure, with hints, tips and pub stops! Find bits of London you've never been and see the everyday…

Cousins York Walking Tour

Cousins

We had great fun in Oxford following the clues and seeing little known parts of the city centre away from the crowds. I…

COVSGIRLZ York Walking Tour

COVSGIRLZ

Brilliant day - really enjoyed it and learnt so much history at the same time

APU Relics York Walking Tour

APU Relics

Really good fun and great way to spend an evening seeing the lights and sights of London. Clues really got us thinking …

Salad and polecat York Walking Tour

Salad and polecat

Had a great day seeing the sights of Edinburgh, clues were not too tricky and a fab way to see a new city.Will try anot…

3 accountants, 2 teachers & an underwriter York Walking Tour

3 accountants, 2 teachers & an underwriter

Great day looking around hidden parts of London. We all enjoyed the day which was challenging but achievable.

The Sibleys York Walking Tour

The Sibleys

A great trail today - Christmas themed and took us along loads of areas with great Christmas lights and decorations! Wo…

Team SC York Walking Tour

Team SC

Really enjoyed the day thank you!

Hegatels York Walking Tour

Hegatels

Fantastic couple of hours exploring a part of London we knew little about.

FAZZ York Walking Tour

FAZZ

It was perfect! I really enjoyed this trail and learned some interest fun facts - makes you notice things you pass by e…

Team Awesome York Walking Tour

Team Awesome

Great puzzle tour around the London Christmas lights. The puzzles were just the right to stay enjoyable and solvable. T…

APA York Walking Tour

APA

Really good fun! Enjoyed the clues and the wording of them that linked to the street names etc. Good day out and walk a…

Fergie York Walking Tour

Fergie

Had a great time, it was really interesting seeing things we normally wouldn't & learning some interesting facts. Our s…

Paul York Walking Tour

Paul

Great day out

Vivi York Walking Tour

Vivi

We had great time on the Claus & effect! It took us almost 3 hours, and took us around London. Highly recommended.

Nicky York Walking Tour

Nicky

We absolutely loved the Shoreditch Shuffle - so much fun and we look forward to booking another City Days day out soon

BSL York Walking Tour

BSL

Excellent day, our group learnt things about York we didn’t know before. The food was varied and delicious, and local e…

Sheikh Weatherface & Wife York Walking Tour

Sheikh Weatherface & Wife

Amazing day - saw parts of London we never would have otherwise. Booking our next one soon!!!

The Smiths York Walking Tour

The Smiths

Great day out, we had fun seeing the city from a different perspective.

2023 London Walkers York Walking Tour

2023 London Walkers

What a fabulous day we had. We learnt a lot, found hidden gems & loved solving the clues. The historical facts were rea…

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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 sight-seeing, stopping and starting at your leisure and progressing at your own pace. The perfect way for groups of all ages to see the city.

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