Private Tour

York Walls Private Walking Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

Mobile ticket

Your own personalized tour guide, taking you on a spectacular trip round the world famous city walls! You are provided a unique guided tour experience - you will be picked up at your hotel, or in town at a place of your choosing, at a time to suit you. You will be taken around the walls, no big groups to tag along with or time schedules to keep, and even arrange coffee/food along the way at some of York's very best food and drink establishments.

Additional Info

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Please inform the local provider of the preferred pick up point at the time of booking.

Children must be accompanied by an adult/senior

A minimum of 2 adults/seniors per booking is required (single adult is available but at a surcharge at our discretion)

Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Tour escort/host

Hotel pickup and drop-off (by foot, city centre hotels only)

Entrance fees (2 small museums located around the walls are available for entry separately)

Food and drinks

What To Expect

York City Walls

The walls of York have a rich and bloodthirsty history stretching back nearly 2000 years. Whilst free to walk on, visitors can often leave the city having missed out on discovering the secrets of the walls, and the city they have protected for so long. These personalised tours provide a totally unique, bespoke and entertaining history of the walls and the city they have protected for so long. Each tour is designed just for you, so please get in touch with the local provider if you have any special interests or needs. Refreshments can also be arranged along the way with some excellent coffee shops, pubs and restaurants to check out (own expense), and in addition will also tour other parts of the city too (Castle, Minster, Shambles etc) should you require. As local tour guides passionate about the city, they can also handle any restaurant bookings or just general advice about other things to do in York during your stay. As these are bespoke tours, please contact the local provider as soon as you can in advance so your booking can be guaranteed and the guides have enough time to prepare the tour for your adequately. Please note that the walls close at dusk, and some parts are occasionally closed if there are icy conditions. Whilst the walls are well designed for tourists, wheelchair access is limited however please contact the local provider if you require disabled access as alternative routes which walk beside the walls, not on them, can be arranged. Should you require an evening tour, please contact the local provider to discuss your requirements, often the guides focus more on the other areas of York as well as the walls to provide a more atmospheric experience. Please note that on this tour it will be only yourselves and your tour guide, for a truly personalized experience of the city.

20 minutes•Admission Not Applicable

Multangular Tower

One of the finest roman structures in England - we bring it back to life including 3D reconstructions!

15 minutes•Admission Not Applicable

Options

2.5hr - 3hr tour

This includes a more extensive tour round the walls taking in some of the hidden areas often missed by tourists

90min - 2hr tour

90min -2hr tour: a tour of the walls, including a variety of stopping off points and a chance to focus on the areas / history that interest you, including Roman, Dark Age, Viking, Medieval, Tudor etc.

Reviews

4.78

138 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

119

An Amazing tour!!
Richards P,
Oct 29, 2024
- Viator
5.00
Our guide John was amazing, very very knowledgable of York and British history and he made the whole experience very enjoyable and interesting, highly recommended!!
Walk with John!
Michael S,
Oct 8, 2024
- Viator
5.00
John is a wonderful guide. Lots of great info and very friendly. Highly recommend John and this tour.
Not private and not as described
Linda R,
Sep 19, 2024
- Viator
1.00
I had booked this tour, but wasn't given a meeting time. Emailed and called the operator and heard nothing, so at 8:00pm the night before our tour, I booked an alternative tour. At 9:45am morning of our tour, I got a reply to my email that we were meeting at 10:00am. Met our tour guide not long after and told him about the lack of communication, and he blamed Viator. Regardless, we started off on our tour, but he then told us that he had another tour booked in at 11:00am so we would have people joining us. So much for a "private tour". Turns out they had booked a viking tour, which we are not remotely interested in, so once they joined us, the tour turned into a viking tour! Definitely not what we booked! The tour description on Viator says it can be personalised for what you are interested in, and that we could be met at our hotel. No offer to meet at hotel, nor any question of what we were interested in at the start. It also shows approximately 12 places that we would attend on the tour. We went to about three of those. The tour guide spent most of the time talking about the history of the walls, which yes was interesting but went on for far too long, however as the tour description says, the tour was included to a walk on the walls. Didn't happen. I ended up telling the guide that we were going to join the other tour I had booked (which was too late, as it had left an hour before). Total waste of money. We spent $235 on this tour, which I consider a total waste. After leaving the tour, we went on the hop on hop off bus, and learnt far more and saw way more than we did on the tour. I suggest you avoid!
Lovely tour of the wall
Margaret K,
Sep 15, 2024
- Viator
5.00
An excellent tour with lots of history. John was very knowledgeable and we enjoyed his many stories. Great learning experience for us yanks!
Such a wonderful way to...
Stephanie C,
Jun 14, 2024
- Viator
5.00
Such a wonderful way to learn about the city, and without the crowds of tourists. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly, and modified the tour to our interests. Highly recommend!