Thanks for a wonderful tour of York. Our tour guide Alan was full of great historical facts and stories about the city. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting York!

Fraser was our guide. Very knowledgeable and included all in the group the opportunity to ask questions along the way. Perfect way to spend a couple of hours in the beautiful city of York. Would definitely recommend.

We have done tours like this all over England never before have we done a free tour that was actually free ! rnOur guide (Fraser) explained how the guides do this because they love York. rnIt showed how much he loved the city by the knowledge and variety of stories he had on hand. rnOur group had Americans, Australians and Brits so history was explained at a level we could all follow. rnLots of funny stories my favourite was about the penguin on the Minster ! rnIts advertised as 2 hours and our tour was just five minutes short of that but we could happily have went on much longer. rnWe seen the walls the Minster the Shambles a multi angled tower and learned the origin of lots of words which was great. rnThank you to all your guides for doing this.

Brilliant tour yesterday with John. Kindly picked me up on the Roman Walls and I joined the group on a brilliant tour of this beautiful city. John was so knowledgeable and guided us at a lovely pace around York. I especially appreciated all of the little ‘behind the scenes’ info on York’s incredible history. And a look inside Bedern (?) Hall – bonus! Would definitely do this tour again, and will recommend to friends.

Our Tour Guide, John, was excellent. Full of really interesting history and facts about York. Took us to places we would never have found on our own. Thoroughly enjoyable walk for more than two and a half hours, so longer than we thought and so even better. I would highly recommend this walking experience and would certainly join again next time we are in York. Thank you John, we are so grateful to you for giving up your own time to volunteer and show us around your beautiful City. Kind regards, Chris and Barry

Thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Our guide Neil was very knowledgeable, had good presentation skills, and made the tour informative, interesting, and fun.

A friend and I visited York for the very first time in October 2022 and were looking for a tour to get an intro to the city. We were lucky enough to meet Nick, a local extremely knowledgeable and friendly guide who took our little group around his hometown for about 2 hrs, telling us about his city history and sharing interesting anecdotes that we’ll never forget. The time flew and we could have continued for 2 hours more! What’s more, he spoke very clearly which made it easier for us two (non native speakers) to follow the tour. rnThank you so much Nick for such a wonderful experience and for sharing the love for your hometown with us. Keep it up!rnCiao from Venice-Italy

My husband and I are history buffs who’ve walked with many dozens of local guides over five decades of world travel. Our visit today with Mick Popka was absolutely one of the best. His knowledge is broad and deep, his delivery is clear. He answers all questions and links them to relevant aspects of the tour. But what really stands out is his engaging and personal style’he speaks authentically as a ‘local’ who clearly loves his city and its heritage. We didn’t just learn about the Roman Wall, Viking invasions and the dissolution of the monasteries’we got a deep understanding of how all these players and events shaped the development of the City and the people who live here. Fabulous guide! Fabulous tour.

In all my years of travelling and touring both in the UK and overseas this was almost certainly the best tour I have ever had.rnMick Popka our guide was both knowlegable and informative about the history of York and history in general.rnMe and my wife are now both educated in the journey that the city of York has taken from the early Roman inhabitants to present day.rnWe both feel very privilged that we were able to take this free tour with Mick and wish to put it on record that he is a credit not only to the Association of Voluntary Guides but a credit to the great city of York as well.rnThankyou for sharing your abundant knowledge with us and we wish you all the best for the future.

We had a fantastic tour with Mel this morning. He was incredibly friendly, knowledgeable, and fun. Great tour route, interesting facts, just the perfect way to get to know the city! rn

We did the tour of York with Kevin today and it was by far the best tour of any city that we’ve ever done. Kevin was extremely knowledgeable, personable and fun to walk the city with. This organization is very cool and there should be more like it, as it is a great way to preserve and pass on the history of such a beautiful town. I would without a doubt recommend you book this tour, don’t hesitate!

A great walking with Keith! Very knowledgeable and learnt lots about the multi-layered history and buildings in York

Had a wonderful time on our tour. Kevin was a wealth of knowledge and humour. Our family enjoyed learning so many details about the beautiful city of York.

Richard was a really fine guide with lots of information, history and insight. Covered a LOT of history in a little over 2 hours but was clear and didn’t try to be funny when not appropriate. I can’t imagine why anyone coming to York for the first (or fifth!) time wouldn’t start with this excellent tour. rn

Richard was our tour guide at 10:30 this morning. He was very knowledgeable and easy to understand. He had the right amount of information. We really enjoyed it. rn

Really interesting and delivered in a very entertaining and engaging way. rnI can definitely recommend this if you’re visiting York.

Richard from York – fantastic and knowledgeable tour full of facts and storiesrn

Kevin gave us an amazing tour very informative and entertaining! Would definitely recommend and do again myself!

I was recommended these tours by a very helpful member of staff at the York visitor information centre, and I’m so glad I took their advice. Alan was friendly, informative and very passionate about providing us with a brilliant tour experience. I had a great time and will definitely spread the word about these tours!

Our guide was Neil and he was very informative and interesting and we really enjoyed it. Would highly recommend this tour if you are visiting York. So nice these days that something is actually free! Thank you Neil.

Helen was our guide. She was very knowledgeable and had a lovely voice that I could have listened to all day. We saw and learned things that we would never have discovered on our own. As advertised it’s totally free. Can highly recommend!!

What an excellent tour of parts of York and it’s history.Helens presentation was very knowledgeable and entertaining with history and information about the development over time of this city lasting about two hours.rnThe voluntary guides are passionate to share the history of this wonderful city to enlighten visitors. Helen and her colleague’s share their time and knowledge with you completely free as advertised, Thank you Helen.

A wonderful afternoon on the tour. Hosted by Richard A, we weren’t sure what to expect but this was just what was needed. I’ve been to York on a few occasions but never really known the exact history behind the different areas. Richard was excellent at telling the story of York and bringing it to life. Clearly passionate about the city and well worth doing. You’ll get to find out so much and have an enjoyable couple of hours.

Four of us took the 1.15 tour with Mike. It was a very hot day and the wall walk was wisely omitted, but we didn’t feel the lack as we learned so much about the history of this wonderful city. Mike is a very knowledgeable guide with a delightful sense of humour and we felt we had seen many aspects of the city we would otherwise have missed. I can’t recommend the tour highly enough- thank you Mike!

Best city tour ever! The lady who guided us transmitted us her enthusiasm about how the city was formed and it evolved over the centuries. She also gave us interesting info about how different cultures influenced the development of the language. Thank you so much !!!

We had a great time discovering the many stories York has to offer and thoroughly enjoyed being guided by Richard (A),rnDefinitely a must when visiting York!

Your feedback: Richard A. was a terrific city tour guide! Very knowledgeable and passionate about York. The two hours flew by- we were left wanting more! Thanks again- we highly recommend it.

The tour that Richard A. gave us was amazing! I’ve done many walking tours in my life and this was the best. He was passionate and knowledgeable about every little detail in the city. He was also very nice personally and made the tour very enjoyable.

I came from Argentina and the guide was fantastic. Mike gave me and the people that participated in the tour a lot of information about the history of the city.rnMike was very clear and kind.rnThank you

Excellent, excellent, excellent!! I liked it so much! I took the tour with Mike, who explained everything so well, plenty of details on the history of the city, the conquerors, the kings, battles and so much more. I defenitely recommend the tour and specially Mike.rnThanks!!

Fantastic tour, very informative.rnCristina, a lady from Argentina, was an amazing guide! She is passionate about the Medieval period and she explained the history of York in a very engaging and interesting way. I learned a lot!rnAlso, the tour is absolutely FREE just as advertised.

We did the tour on 04 August 22. Excellent and well paced. Due to the tour: we were able to walk around the city and appreciate the history and associated richness.

We went on a tour this afternoon, guided by Nick. There were about 15 of us in total, including 2 dogs and a baby in a pushchair. Nick was so interesting and informative and took us to places that we hadn’t realised were there. The 2 hours 30 minutes seemed to fly by!rnWe highly recommend a tour from these guys.rnThank you so much.

Our superb tour guide was Mr. Mick Popka. He did an outstanding job with a group of about 15 of us. My favorite part was that Mick was so informative. This was not a \dqthere’s a tower over there, it’s old,\dq but rather more in-depth with information. We went to York SPECIFICALLY because of its history, so we LOVED all the information and how he delivered it. He also answered our questions about where to eat local dishes and which pubs might be nice to visit on a certain day / time. We would most definitely recommend a tour of York by Mick!

Really enjoyed our tour thus morning thank you to our guide Frasier who obviously loves the city as he knew so much about it and was able to tell us lots of really interesting stories. rnHe spoke to everyone between the stops to find out about what brought us to York and managed to introduce us to others in the group through shared interests.rnReally great tour so much to see was very surprised at the end when our guide would not take a tip this \dqfree\dq tour Really is free unlike so many others we have been on when they do a hard sell at the end looking for something.rnCan’t recommend this tour highly enough.

Just spent a very enjoyable 2 hours being guided by Liz. She is a charming and knowledgeable guide and led us skilfully through the streets of York. She is quite rightly proud of her adopted city. Thank you Liz for an outstanding tour. We loved it. rn

I’d strongly recommend a tour from the AVG to orient you to York both for the landmarks but also the history. Wendy was able to answer our group’s questions and clearly has a great store of knowledge about York, its history, and its people. You can tell she loves bringing people around and sharing York with them. We were only in the city for two nights on a trip from the US and the tour and Wendy’s detailed information was a wonderful way to experience York. rn

This tour was so much more than we had expected. Our knowledgable and personable guide Debbie really made us feel welcome and gave us a great introduction to the history of York and a good orientation to begin our own adventures. Thank you!

Really enjoyed the tour on Saturday morning. I am a local but I learnt so much more about York due to a wonderful guide called Steve . He was very informative and made it all very interesting . I was amazed at his knowledge . rnWould highly recommend this tour with Steve. People of York go along and learn more of our wonderful city .rnThanks Steve .

Although we’re locals, I took my parents on the tour yesterday. Wendy was fantastic – warm, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable. We all thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommended to visitors and locals alike. Thanks Wendy.

A massive thank you to Wendy for doing an amazing and informative tour. We would recommend anyone to book a tour through herern

Thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour of York while on holiday from Scotland. Our guide John was very knowledgeable and informative. Took time to explain in great detail the history of York. Recommend these tours to any visitor to York.

We had an amazing tour with Mick. He is very knowledgeable and it was great to learn so much about the history of the city. A really great tour!

The three of us really enjoyed our tour with Liz today. It was interesting and informative and Liz was a knowledgeable and engaging guide. Thank you Liz your talk was a memorable part of our short stay in the wonderful city of York.

Thank you to our wonderful tour guide Liz. My work colleague recommended this tour and you did not disappoint us and the added bonus the weather was kind as well!

We joined a tour today, Wednesday 11th May 2022 and our guide was Alan and he was fantastic! He was so enthusiastic and knowledgeable throughout the tour, cascading information. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and learnt sooooo much. Many thanks to the generosity of the tour guides to give up their own time to impart their knowledge. Thank you, Alan!

Visiting York for the first time for a long weekend with my partner, we planned to take this tour to get an overview of the city and its history. This is exactly what happened, but we were actually not expecting such an interesting guided tour, given for free. Our guide Neil is really passionate about the city, extremely knowledgeable and managed to make us feel like the tour had lasted one hour less! Highly recommended, even for people who know York already!

Mick was terrific rnHe may lose a noun but that was easily remedied!rnPlease thank him for telling us about General Wolfe’s mother and the pub