York City Centre Exploring: Engage in a Self-Guided Interactive Treasure Hunt
York
Embark on a self-guided treasure hunt in York City Centre. Solve puzzles, find hidden gems, and uncover the city's highlights. Start your adventure today!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Yorkshire Museum - Turning the streets of York City Centre into an Adventure Playground!

Explore the streets of York as your team unlocks a hidden trail by finding clues, solving puzzles & completing challenges, earning points along the way all self-guided through our app. See the area’s highlights, explore it’s hidden gems and learn some insider history and fun facts along the way.

Your Quest will begin in the beautiful Museum Gardens with the incredible remains of St. Mary’s abbey, then winds you through the city’s historic walls, in and out of its unique snickelways, down the famous Shambles and back to the iconic Minster.
During your Quest you might discover York’s secret cats, learn about a quirky collector and where Roald Dahl received some inspiration and, as one of the most haunted places in Europe, hear a ghost story or two!

So grab your Viking helmet put on some comfy shoes, and get ready to explore the sights, discover hidden gems and ultimately, conquer your York Quest!

This is an ideal outdoor activity for couples, families, friends, school groups and can be the perfect team building or corporate activity.

Get Questing today!

What's Included
  • Access to a unique guiding app for your adventure
Additional Information

Transform Urban Roads into an Unusual Playground! Gain an extraordinary viewpoint of the city centre during this do-it-yourself, engaging treasure hunt. It’s the most excellent method to explore York!

Throughout this journey, disclose a concealed route by identifying signs, tackling enigmas, and undertaking challenges, accumulating scores as you progress.

During your exploration, you won’t merely encounter the city’s renowned spots, but also unearth hidden treasures, acquire amusing knowledge about the sites you visit, and notice aspects that most bypass.

This venture is entirely guided by an app, enabling you to commence your exploration whenever you prefer (refer to the opening hours for this Quest), there are no fixed starting/ending hours. No groups to tail.

You can travel leisurely, pausing longer in a certain spot, resting, or enjoying a bite in one of the many eating places along the route OR you can transform it into a competition and aim to ascend the city’s leaderboard!

Gain immediate access with nothing necessitated to print from home. Are you ready to conquer the Quest?

Location
Yorkshire Museum
The Quest will start at the Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gardens. The app will guide you through the rest of your adventure. Museum Gardens close at 6:00pm so we start your Quest before 5:30pm in the summer. During the winter, start your Quest so that it can be played within daylight hours.
Cancellation Policy

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

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