Tours, walks and river cruises

Learn more about the history of York on a walking tour around the city or if you prefer two-wheels you can pedal away with a guided cycling tour. If you'd rather sit back and let someone else take the driver seat a take a hop-on, hop-off City Sightseeing Bus or cruise down the River Ouse with York City Cruises.

York is well known as being the most haunted city in Europe, so choose one of the many ghost walks and tours to guide you through thousands of years of history, mystery, folklore and legends that smoulder beneath the city’s ancient streets.

Be guided along narrow passageways and dark streets to investigate bloodcurdling tales of scandal and death - of phantoms, ghosts, apparitions and supernatural stories of the strange and macabre, or jump aboard the Ghost Bus and your creepy conductor will show you the sights while onboard a classic 1960s Routemaster bus.

Dare you travel back in time, cross the centuries and experience the stories that make up the hidden and blood chilling history of York's ghostly tradition?

Want to include some fresh countryside air in your tour? Choose one of the driving tours that will take you from the city out to the Yorkshire Moors, Dales and Coast. Take your seat and let your driver take you to amazing views of the Yorkshire countryside.

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