Mad Alice’s The Bloody Tour of York -Best Tour Award Europe 2024

Join Mad Alice on The Bloody Tour of York, an award-winning, gruesome history walk through the medieval streets. Discover the city’s ghosts, witches, murderers, and more!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • York Minster - See the splendour of one of Britain’s largest Gothic Cathedrals.
  • Stonegate - A vibrant street with Snickleways to visit
  • The Roman Column - Discover the origins of the city beginning with the Romans
  • Shambles - One of the city’s prettiest street. Travel back in time down this meandering Medieval street, originally the home of the butchers and once home to one of York’s Saints, Margaret Clitherow
  • Jorvik Viking Centre - Arriving in AD 866, the Vikings left their mark on the city.
  • Clifford’s Tower - Once a grand Castle built by William the Conqueror, now little remains apart from the motte and bailey, it was once the site of a terrible tragedy
What's Included
  • Guided Walking Tour
Additional Information

The Bloody Tour of York is the multi award winning* tour of the City and has recently won the Arival Best Sightseeing Tour in Europe Award 2024. Join Mad Alice as you wander down the medieval streets hearing the gruesome history the city has to offer. Ghosts, Witches, murderers, Kings and Queens have all left their bloody footprints. An entertaining, educational and a fascinating look at Britain’s best loved city, Mad Alice promises a night to “Remember, remember…” Suitable for all ages.

Location
College Street
Outside St. William's College, College Street, York, YO1 7JF The black and white building at the back of York Minster
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Teresa_b
Jul 26, 2024
Brilliant! - Mad Alice was fantastic! Professional and interesting! Loved her jokes and she held our attention throughout. Well worth it! Thank you Mad Alice!
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Fran_s
Jul 26, 2024
Fantastic! - Mad Alice is a star! She is engaging, knowledgable and funny. Although it was a large group she managed to make sure everyone could hear and spoke to all the group members individually whilst walking between historic sites. But most notable was the care she took to make sure my wheelchair bound mum was always in a position where she could see what was going on. A very enjoyable tour!
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Ellie_m
Jul 26, 2024
A memorable experience - A wonderfully dark tour with Mad Alice. The locations were quite unique and it was refreshing to hear some new stories about Yorks dark history. Mad Alice took the time to learn everyone's names and got to know everyone in between locations which was very impressive as there must have been nearly 50 of us! Would definitely recommend for families!
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Kari_c
Jul 26, 2024
Entertaining Ghost Tour! - Wonderful storyteller. Brought history to life in a fun and entertaining way. The entire group was very engaged.
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Jacqueline_p
Jul 24, 2024
A truly entertains and educational tour - A tour not to be missed. Alice is an incredible tour guide. She has an incredible gift of recalling group member names and details is amazing. Her attentiveness to all the group members throughout the tour was much appreciated by the group. Alice’s narration of the history of York was very informative. Her storytelling was extremely entertaining. Alice you are a natural comedienne. excellent tour from start to finish
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Jo_s
Jul 24, 2024
An amazing must do activity in York - The tour was absolutely fabulous. Alice was so knowledgeable and thoroughly entertaining. I would recommend this to anyone travelling to York.
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Ann_p
Jul 24, 2024
Great Tour - An excellent interactive tour. Guidw was fun, knowledgeable and interesting. Nice way to get your bearings in the city.
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395amyleighm
Jul 24, 2024
An absolute must do! - Don’t think I could speak highly enough about this tour! From the start we were entertained, very personal as the tour guide had memorised our names and spoke to individuals in the group as we walked from location to location. The information we received was amazing and detailed. Mad Alice had just got story telling down to a fine art, a must do in York!
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Emmahw5416kb
Jul 23, 2024
Amazing- must go!!! - What an amazing experience!!!! Mad Alice was hilarious and told the stories very well- kept everyone entertained and involved. She was interested in everyone that was on the tour (remembering our names, which was amazing), as well as talking to us in our groups when walking to the next point. Also, made sure everyone was safe when walking through streets and making sure kids were in a good place to see her, as well as wheelchair users. Would definitely recommend her soooooo much- thank you! ❤️
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Vensure1
Jul 22, 2024
Totally captivating! - OK, you've GOTTA partake of this one when you're in York!!! We were completely enthralled and spellbound by the tales that "Mad Alice" spun about the ghostly (and a few living) residents of this grand old city. I can't give specifics so as not to spoil things! But I will say that she was massively enthused about every detail, and kept us hanging on for more. She's got a great formula whereby she randomly engages each guest in convo in between walks from place A to B, remembering their names too!!
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