Historical Gems Walking Tour: Discover York's Secrets

Uncover the secrets of York’s ancient city on a thrilling walking tour. Join our character guide as you unravel mysteries, scandals, and hidden gems in the labyrinthine streets and architectural marvels.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • York - While we can’t reveal all the stops along the way, our tour will take you to fascinating locations such as Davygate, St. Helen’s Square, and Lendal Street. You’ll wander through the picturesque Museum Gardens and Exhibition Square.
    Traverse the enchanting St. Leonards Place, soak in the atmosphere of Duncombe Place, and meander along the…
What's Included
  • Enjoy a guided walking tour
  • Experience the journey with a character guide
Additional Information

Join your character guide and get an up-close walking tour experience of the city and its delightful hidden gems. Get ready; culture, history, heritage, and best kept secrets await.
You will pass by famous landmarks and have some of their surprising secrets revealed; Bettys, Bootham Bar and York Minster to name but three. You’ll learn the unknown truths…

Location
20 Davygate
Davygate
Meet in the raised courtyard off Davygate - opposite Cooplands. Arrive 5-10 minutes early to check in for your tour. We are unable to provide refunds for no-shows. The start of the tour cannot be delayed due to operational reasons. If you anticipate running late, please contact us.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Holidayheens
Oct 9, 2024
A Little Gem of its Own - Would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting York. Sherlumbo was the most fantastic host and you see so much that you would normally just walk past. Lots of humour and definitely worth doing. The chocolate is a nice little treat also!
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Daytrip09054816962
Sep 24, 2024
Historical Gems Tour & Taste of York Chocolate - My Wife and I booked to go on the Historical Gems Tour & Taste of York Chocolate on Thursday 12th Sept 2024. We can’t thank Sherlombo enough for an amazing and entertaining tour, he was not only incredibly knowledgable and professional, but also warm, entertaining and engaging. Even though there were only 4 people on the tour he kept in character the whole time, and played an excellent part. Sherlombo was an fantastic tour guide and can’t thank him enough for his time, and will definitely be booking more tours with yourselves next time we come to York or any of the major cities in the UK as this was great value for money.
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Susan_r
Sep 22, 2024
Nicks walking tour of York - Nicks was very good, even dressing up for the part, very informative, and answering queries to the best she could, will certainly hope to see her again
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Missliz1970
Sep 20, 2024
Excellent way to see some York’s sights - What a brilliant tour. The guide we had made it such a great experience, he made us laugh and was really engaging. It was such good fun to do something that was different to a standard walking tour.
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Diannefrypan
Sep 13, 2024
Fantastic tour. Highly recommend - We loved our little tour. Super informative and really entertaining. Our guide stayed in character the whole time and he was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend this tour to everyone and all ages.
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Journey11024682915
Sep 10, 2024
Historical Gems Tour was a real Gem! - Myself and 2 friends took this tour on a soggy Sunday morning in York, it was straightforward and easy to find our guide, he was dressed as a Sherlock Holmes style detective, and holding a large Historical Gems tour umbrella! He was friendly & chatty from the start, whilst we awaited another 2 people to join our group, and then the tour started, and he went into character, which was great, as we wasn’t expecting that! We loved the tour, we had already done some exploring of York ourselves the previous 2 days, but he took us to little places we wouldn’t have known about, stopping, telling stories and giving us the history of the place, it was very informative and interesting! Would throughly recommend this tour if you’re able to walk at a steady pace , and there is the added bonus of a small chocolate treat thrown in! Great value for money!
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Tuhinka
Sep 3, 2024
Amazing quirky extremely well done - I urge everyone to do this tour. It's masterfully crafted, shows you such interesting items that you would never see on any other tour, all whole providing you an overview of York. The tour guide plays a character that is simultaneously quirky, knowledgeable, and downright hilarious. Sherlombo was my tour guide and I cannot recommend him more. English is my mother's second language and I requested if he could speak a tad slower, which he kept in mind for the remainder of the tour. Thank you Sherlombo!!!
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Clairemv10lm
Jul 26, 2024
Excellent tour - An excellent tour Our guide really played the part well. It was informative and entertaining, probably the best part of our stay in York
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Jet592164
Jul 18, 2024
Entertaining tour! 👍😃 - Amazing tour!! We love Inspector Trinket! We were shown some interesting York secrets. Lots of walking and some free chocolate. Thank you 👍😃
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Joan_b
Sep 27, 2024
Fun York tour - Great introduction to York and its history. Character guide was informative and entertaining. Tour time was just right.
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From $19
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).