Self-Guided Audio Tour in York: Exploring Roman, Viking and Medieval History

Discover the rich history of York on a self-guided audio tour. Explore medieval streets, admire York Minster, and learn from a local expert. Walk at your own pace and enjoy unlimited use before and after your booking date.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • York Minster - Learn more about the history of York Minster, and the great city around it on this downloadable audio tour of the City of York
What's Included
  • VoiceMap App included
  • Access audio, maps, geodata offline
  • Lifetime Romans, Vikings & Medieval Marvels tour access
What's Not Included
  • Smartphone
  • Transportation
  • Food/Drink
  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Additional Information

Interested in exploring York without being part of a tour group? Take advantage of this cost-effective self-guided walking tour.
• Stroll through the Shambles, renowned as one of the world’s best maintained medieval streets, and discover the depiction of Adam and Eve on York Minster’s Great West Door
• Enjoy the insights provided by producer James…

Location
2A Bootham
Bootham
Starts in front of the Art Gallery in Exhibition Square. Before arrival, install the VoiceMap app and use the code provided on your ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart any time and complete at your own pace. Directions to the starting point are in the app.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Amanda
May 9, 2025
The pawfect walking tour - My husband and I decided to visit York whilst spending a week in Yorkshire with our 2 spaniels, having the dogs meant we were restricted, this audio walking tour was perfect for us, we could stop/start at any point. The narration was excellent and all in all very informative. We would highly recommend this.
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Stuart_m
Mar 10, 2025
Great tour - A really informative tour that took us to places we would not have thought about. Very clear guide that can be done at your own pace.
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Emlyn36
Feb 22, 2025
Cells - Very interesting at laugh becuse there's things there from the 80s so does that make us antique s lol .the cells are good with projectors tell tales in each cell .definitely recommend
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Coralien926
Feb 11, 2025
Amazing, full of info - Great tour all around York with a lot of informations. Lot of folklore and great places to see and visits. The old York look fabulous
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Jameswn3663mc
Feb 6, 2025
Easy listening tour of York - We knew York had a diverse history so a walking tour appealed, although we didn’t want to tag along with a group. The pre-recorded format, where we could stop and start at our own pace and to suit lunch/coffee breaks, suited us perfectly. However, best of all was the narrator, who was very knowledgeable and engaging, giving us an easy listening, educational tour which we both loved.
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Gregor_w
Jan 4, 2025
A walking history app that really works - The app works well. Easy to install and follow. Informative and convenient. Also easy to adapt to accommodate route closures owing to river flooding!
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Bintymehta
Jul 19, 2024
Wonderful - It was very informative and interesting. Would recommend to everyone. It was also time saving. Great time. Thank you 😊
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Anastasiya_m
Nov 11, 2024
Thank you... - Thank you It was very nice experience. It would be better to hear more details about the buildings, and more stories.
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Constance
Oct 7, 2024
Blue Bell pub - At one point we stopped at a pub and needed to cut out some stops to make our train time however I wasn’t able to restart the audio at the place where we moved. If the audio/stops had numbers then maybe I could have restarted the walk knowing I was at audio number x. We did enjoy the walk up to the Blue Bell pub
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Caroline_l
Oct 4, 2024
Not worth the effort - For two people who are fairly computer literate it took us well over an hour to load the app and the tour. We set off and immediately found that we couldn’t get the narrative to play. We also weren’t using headphones and found we couldn’t tell whether to look at the map or listen to the narrative. We stopped for lunch and I was pleased that it prompted me to stop the tour to save my battery. When we tried to start the tour it wanted us to resume from where we left off and remained confused the rest of the tour. We both ran out of phone battery having started at 100%. It’s a good concept but so inflexible and clunky. Also the narratives were very brief. I would not recommend.
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From $12
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).