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

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97 Ratings

York

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: 1 day learn more

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 Easton, a local enthusiast for York’s heritage who developed this popular VoiceMap tour
• Complete the tour in a brisk 90 minutes or take your time, pausing at various points of interest, with total flexibility regarding your start and end times
• Benefit from unlimited access before and after your booked date
• Take advantage of the virtual tour option from the comfort of your home

Once your booking is confirmed, you’ll receive a ticket featuring instructions and a unique code, found under the ‘Before You Go’ section. You simply need to download the VoiceMap app and input your code.

The app provides directions to your starting location. Once you’ve arrived, just plug in your earphones and hit start. VoiceMap uses automatic GPS playback to provide accurate, turn-by-turn directions and functions offline.

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

4.4

(97 Ratings)

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Patrycja_e

Mar 30, 2024

Pleasant experience - It was well guided and covered all key points worth noting of York. This was our first time using self-guided audio tour and it really worked for us. We will definitely try it in other cities and countries.

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Lorna_f

Mar 13, 2024

Great tour, sharing all the sights - James shared some memorable stories, very evocative. We felt he was walking with us, at our pace, and always had time for a stop at a cafe!

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Michael_p

Mar 3, 2024

A ‘Must Do’ while in York - The tour helped us to understand the connection of York with certain historical events and people and being able to see their mark on York. Plus it highlighted places we have never noticed before or known about…yet walked past many times previously!

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Nothando

Feb 21, 2024

Enjoyed it. - We enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks to the volunteer, Mr John Wallets. Thank you for explaining about the history all the way. Thanks again.

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Stacey_b

Jan 4, 2024

Highly recommend! - Loved it! Easy to follow, informative and concise with little snippets and alleyways we'd have never seen otherwise. Did it with two kids as well (aged 10 & 7) and it was good for them too. Highly recommend as you can go at your own pace, stop when you fancy it and resume when ready.

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Q5440yzsuem

Nov 9, 2023

Informative, easy to follow, great value - Interesting, Informative and easy to follow the route, we stopped and started a few times. We would never have seen and learnt lots of the history of York without this guide. We managed to navigate this with our dog too and one earbud each to keep alert!! We really enjoyed the tour. Good price

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David_c

Oct 9, 2023

Very good - Great little tour after download all good saw parts of York I definitely would have missed with out it

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Christine_a

Sep 23, 2023

Brilliant way to see the city! - This audio tour was an absolute delight! We discovered so many places tucked away that we never would have seen otherwise! Love the flexibility of the tour, we could pause at any time and rejoin. The narrator was clear, knowledgable and wonderful to listen to. So happy we chose to do this!

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Z9434crjennyg

Aug 23, 2023

Great guide - Nick was the best guide. So very knowledgeable. There was only 4 of us in our group so it was very personalised! I’m

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Stephanie_r

Sep 4, 2023

Very interesting - This was really informative and took you all over York, really interesting. The bit after the pub doesn’t tell you where to go next and we got a little lost at that part but overall it was very interesting and I would certainly use the app again.

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