York Walking Tour: Explore Medieval Marvels

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
  • Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
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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Gary_a
Oct 30, 2025
Very easy to use. Great... - Very easy to use. Great information and stories. Added a great deal to our enjoyment in visiting the city
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Caron_s
Sep 20, 2025
Highly recommend York self guided walking tour - Great way to see the history of York. Definitely recommend this walking tour. You can stop along the way and then pick up where you left off.
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Allison_s
Sep 2, 2025
Your own personal guide in your ear - We really enjoyed the historical walking tour because we could take it at our own pace and it was lovely to have our own personal guy. Just write in our ear.
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Jimmitch139
Aug 6, 2025
Easy way in to the history of York - App very easy to download and use. Worked very well directions were clear. Content very informative and accessible. Audio was good quality. You could use it with a headpone in your phone in your pocket and not look like a tourist.
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Css1717
Jun 26, 2025
Easy and informative! - This was my first time doing a self-guided tour so I was a little unsure about how it would go, but it was a great experience! The instructions and app were very clear on where I should go at each step, and the tour itself was informative and entertaining. The only hiccups were a couple of the stops were closed off when I visited, but I suppose that can't be helped with something like this. It was very easy to skip ahead to where I was to go next. I especially appreciated the ability to pause the tour whenever I wanted, either to rest or take a closer look at something. Highly recommend it if you'll be traveling on your own.
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Claire53660
May 29, 2025
Great way to discover York’s past - This was an excellent way to walk around York whilst being guided snd informed. So much history and places explained in detail but in an easy style. I took my time to complete the walk as was in no hurry. Thoroughly recommend this tour.
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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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Diane
May 31, 2025
The audio guides didn't work! I feel robbed! - The audio guides glitched, and some refused to work at all. I purchased 4 and only one!!! worked. I feel completely robbed and will never purchase a similar product from your site. If my Edinburgh hop-on/off bus is as useless, I will write a bad public review.
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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).