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Good morning. I just wanted to thank you for a tour which we went on on Saturday 20th July at 1.15pm. The guide was a lovely lady called Debbie who was excellent and very informative. We did not expect the depth history knowledge that we recieved
Rebecca
Absolutely amazing. A great two hour walk into the history of York and England. Our guide Kevin had good stories and could answer the questions.rnAbsolutely recommend this trip for all age groups
Beate Van der meijs
The guided tour with Fraser this afternoon was very educational, interesting, nice and even fun. I learned a lot, he gave us some good stories, included all of us and was a fun person to be around.rnThis was well spent time. It is volunteer work, but indeed very professional on all levels.rnThank you Fraser!
Kjersti Randal
The tour was absolutely great , Richard of York is the nicest guide ever rnWe had a glimpse of history and the tour could capture everything in beautiful york
Asmaa Abdelfattah
Excellent tour covering all of the York highlights!
Casey
Absolutely fabulous! Loved the tour and the whole \dqvibe\dq. Relaxed and knowledgeable, can’t recommend highly enough. Superb.
Scott Naylor
Fraser was a simply fantastic tour guide who was full of knowledge about the history of York. His tour was entertaining as well. One of the best walking tours we have ever done and we. have traveled to all 7 continents!
Charles Young
Excellent walking tour with Helen today. I have visited York many times but Helen took us to places I have never seen before. She was extremely knowledgeable and articulate, clearly enthusiastic about the history of York and happy to share her knowledge. An extremely pleasant 2 hours – more than happy to recommend.
Debbie A.
Exceptional tour lead by Fraser. It was entertaining and educational. The tour took us throughout the wonderful town of York. Best tour! rn
Lynn and Mark
We went on the tour with Kevin this morning, he gave us a real insight into history, battles and York itself. We also learnt an alternative true meaning to ‘eavesdropping’ due to taxation on ground floor areas and ‘gone to the wall’ at Holy Trinity Church. Thank you Kevin for a very interesting history lesson whilst walking and continuing on for us despite a downpour. rn
Susan
Wendy was a knowledgeable and friendly guide. She coped very well with my 7 and 9 year old as well as engaging my 11 and 13 year olds. We really enjoyed the tour and saw parts of York we didn’t know existed.
Kay Cove
Thank you so much for Jim’s excellent tour- very informative and very entertaining- particularly on correcting the stereotypical bias against the Vikings. Highly recommended.
Jo Haydon - Russ Mulholland
Fraser was a fantastic guide.rnInteresting, welcoming and fun. He engaged all ages (18 – 71) and nationalities.rnTotally recommend these FREE tours.
Sharon Irving
Very interesting and enjoyable tour of the city. Fraser was a funny and knowledgeable guide and we really liked him. And it was completely free!
Luca and Cic
Our tour guide, Nick, was full of knowledge and passionate about the city of York, he told many great stories of local history right through the ages. I would highly recommend the tour and hope you meet Nick, although I’m sure other guides are just as great.
Ben Warwick
Fraser was absolutely the best guide. From the start, he was funny, knowledgeable and energetic. His enthusiasm for York is clear, He made a point of describing each place we walked, with historical tidbits to get us thinking. rnThe city itself is amazing and he brought it to life for us.He’s personable, charming, witty, and his knowledge and love of his subject shines through. The two + hours passed much too quickly; we would have walked around with Fraser all day.
John & Tamara
Mike was very knowledgeable and we enjoyed his tour. Especially because it was in a chronological format which made it very comprehensible. He went out of his way at the end to show us where the merchants adventurer’s hall was. Much appreciated.
Deborah Taylor-Young
Pauline was our guide today. She was amazing. I loved the way she guided us through the city, showing us the higlights with a valuable mix of historic and curious facts. I strongly recommend it if you want to travel back in time and get to know york.
Victoria
Thank you Chris for a really interesting tour. We’ve learnt loads and picked up insights on history generally
Jenny and Nigel
We really enjoyed our tour with Helen in York. She was most informative and engaging and very good company as well.
Mary Lyons
Richard was our friendly and knowledgable tour guide for the afternoon. We enjoyed hearing the history of York and walking to amazing sights. I highly recommend attending a tour with the Assocation of Voluntary Guides to the City of York. rn
Gigi and Robbie
John took us on a two hour tour through York’s history highlights. We had a wonderful time. Learning about the romans, Vikings, medieval and modern times was great with such great vivid explanations and inside stories. John tells so much, and could have gone on all day we bet!! Knows about everything, even talked to us dutch in south-african :)rnThank you all, we absolutely recommend AVG!
Harrie and Petra from the Netherlands
We took the morning tour with Wendy and it was fantastic. She was kind, knowledgeable, and entertaining. We really learned a lot from her descriptions of the sites and thoroughly enjoyed spending the morning with her.
Heidi Forman
I recently enjoyed an AVG tour of York (May 24, 1:15) and want to tell the organizers how much I appreciate the tour guide (Sandra I think. An 80 year old dynamo with an encyclopedia-mind and lots of interesting opinions). Your program, if this is any indication, will receive rave reviews from me, and from my sister, who traveled with me. Thank you so very much. rn
Brenda Niskala Canada
We had a wonderful experience. The tour is very interesting and bring you around the best spots in the city of York.rnMartin was an amazing guide, keeping us entertained while telling us about York’s history and monuments. rnThis an amazing (free) and interesting opportunity to get to know such beautiful city. A must-do!
Fab
Richard was knowledgeable and enhanced our tour with some humor and great stories. We learned learned things we would not have discovered on our own!
Sally and Bob
Mike was an excellent tour guide, covered so much information but made it really interesting and easy to follow. We have visited York dozens of times but learned so much and discovered new sights we knew nothing about! rnThank you for a brilliant tour, would highly recommend this to others.
Claire
Richard of York treated us to a master class in guiding! His delightful sense of humour and the informal way in which he imparted his wealth of knowledge were really special. I can’t sing his praises highly enough!
Sue Snow
The tour was brilliant. Our guide, Richard of York, was very knowledgeable, friendly and informative. He was very good at communicating his knowledge through telling the stories of the history of York. rnAlso the AVG team were very flexible and accommodating in getting us on a tour despite some communication problems on our end. Would recommend highly
Matt and Rosalie
We experienced ab excellent tour hosted by Martin. Very informative and loaded with York history.
Susan and Alan H
We had a vivid tour with Fraser, who loves York and loves the people he has the opportunity to guide! Thanks
Burkhard Niesert
A really excellent tour this morning by Fraser, who was a fount of knowledge and interesting anecdotes! He really made the tour come alive and had a great sense of humour to boot.
Tom
In our visit to york we were in a tour with the guide Richard, in this incredible beatiful city. His knowledge, his passion and his humor led us through two hours of an unforgettable experience, with many questions answered by him. Thank you very much Richard rn
Maria Alice Gravina
We had a superb tour with Alison at 1315hrs. Her knowledge was outstanding and her passion in delivering the information drew us all in. she answered all question with enthusiasm and knowledge. Alison was entertaining in her delivery and her love of York infectious. Thank you so much for the start of a great weeks visit to York.
Alan Berriman
We had a great tour with Fraser, he was very open to all of our questions, very interested in where we all came from and made it an entertaining and informative tour! rn
Rens
Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed the 10.30 guided walk of the city of York today led by one of your guides Joan. The tour was very informative and Joan was able to keep the entire group entertained for the full two hours.Not easy when many of the group had English as their second language. Please pass on our thanks to Joan. rn
Deidre Laskey
We really enjoyed our tour with Fraser. His knowledge of York’s history and his humorous stories were delightful. We would recommend this tour, especially one lead by Fraser, to anyone visiting York
Bob and Nancy M
We enjoyed a great tour with Fraser, visiting numerous interesting spots in the city. His demeanour was such that he gathered more visitors as the tour progressed! Cannot recommend more highly.
Ann S.
Fraser led our tour on Sunday 5th May, his love of York was infectious, his knowledge exceptional and all delivered with a lovely sense of humour. He was happy to answer any questions and the tour pace was perfect. Highly recommend AVG York Tours and if your guide is Fraser you’ll be in good hands.
Lee
Wendy led us on the morning tour of York. Wendy has a warm personality and clearly has a great knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, York. It was an interesting and fascinating tour and we were encouraged to visit several of the places mentioned on the tour. Thanks Wendy for a thoroughly enjoyable and informative 2 hours.
Derek and Helena Melbourne
Thank you Fraser for an exceptional tour stimulating our minds with historical stories, quirky, sad, funny and factual that shaped York’s fascinating past and present. You took good care of us and entertained us. You are a brilliant guide Fraser, and we are grateful for your passion for this city and its history. We will be telling all our friends. rn
Gillian Pooley
It was a very fulfilling tour today with Judy who is one of a kind. A lot of interesting information about the city and you can feel her love for York. The tour was captivating and engaging, a lot of questions asked and answered. Every tourist was paid attention to. It was a real joy to spend those 2 hours with Judy! Unfortunately I didn’t have a chance to say Thank you in person cause I got lost after the Shambles – the city is tricky) But I am truly grateful for this opportunity to meet Judy and have a share of her knowledge and love for York. Cheers
Elena
Really enjoyed our tour with Richard – he was really knowledgeable, threw in a couple of ghost stories and recommended a coffee shop for afterwards. A great couple of hours spent.
Michelle Payne
Our guide Jim was humorous and seemed to love what he does. One thing that could be improved was that it was very hard to hear him, both because he turned his head side to side (I think in order to look at the group) and when his head was turned away, we could not hear; and also he spoke too quickly for these non-Scottish ears to understand! Still, we learned a lot and enjoyed it. Thanks.
Allison
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Kevin who gave us an EXCELLENT tour of this amazing city today.rnHis enthusiasm and knowledge were delightful and have whet our appetite for further reading and discovering of all this rich history.rnTHANKYOU so much for your generous time. We had a wonderful afternoon!
Sue Bartho and Andre Kreicers Sydney
I joined this mornings 10.30 2 hour city tour with our guide Wendy . Despite some inclement weather at times the tour was excellent and wow Wendy was a fund of knowledge on all things York .. a city she clearly loves . The tour is easy on the feet with plenty of scenic stops to take pics. I can heartily recommend this tour ,and many thanks to the knowledgeable and personable Wendy
Julia Campbell
An enjoyable and fascinating tour. Best way to see and learn about York and her incredible history. Fraser was polite, extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about his subject. He clearly loves this beautiful city. We would highly recommend this tour.
Brian and Julie
Great tour of York by Richard this afternoon 20/04/24. Very pleasant and knowledgable on York and its history, showed us some great sights and added some light humour throughout the tour. Many different nationalities on the tour. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend.