Liz was lovely and engaging and brought our group together very informative and passionate about York we did not feel rushed, recommend highly!!

Excellent tour! Ian was our guide and he did a great job explaining so many interesting facts about the city and showing us beautiful sites in York. I strongly recommend this walking tour to anyone who would enjoy exploring the city. Thank you very much!

Excellent tour! Ian was our guide and he did a great job explaining so many interesting facts about the city and showing us beautiful sites in York. I strongly recommend this walking tour to anyone who would enjoy exploring the city. Thank you very much!

We had a wonderful entertaining and informative tour of York with Kevin. We saw sights and gathered information on this walk which we probably would not have gotten on our own. He effortlessly led us through this beautiful city enlightening us with his knowledge while ensuring that no one was left behind. It was a great way to familiarize ourselves with the history and the layout of York. Kevin’s love of the city shone through in this tour.

We enjoyed our walking tour with Martin this morning. He was very friendly and knowledgeable about the places he showed us around York. Being from the US and visiting York for the first time, Martin was very patient with our questions and understanding that we lacked the background history to fully connect to the events and information that he was giving us. We so appreciate the Mayor’s tour program in York. Thank you very much!

Richard gave us a highly informative tour which made for a good starting point for the rest of our stay. He is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about York’s history. Thank you!

Had a wonderful couple of hours with Richard who gave us an entertaining tourrna lovely man.rnI live near York but saw things I wouldn’t have seem on my own.rnGreat day

Of the walking tours my family did in the UK, this was the most enjoyable, organized and well-timed! Our guide was very knowledgeable and paced the tour perfectly. Learned a ton about York’s Roman and Medieval history, as well as some quirky trivia. Highly recommend!

Such an enjoyable tour of York with Richard on Friday. His knowledge is outstanding and delivered clearly and with great humours he obviously loves York and his job. Very well and many thanks.

My friends and I had a fantastic time on the tour led by Mick. It was great to be introduced to such a lovely city by someone so passionate about it, and born and raised in York too! We will be coming back, seems there is so much more to see.. rn

Having Richard of York as our guide was most enjoyable. He was friendly and informative. He showed us the sights and told many stories of this fascinating city.

I recently had the pleasure of taking a tour of York with guide Ian and I have to say it was one of the best experiences. Ian was extremely knowledgeable about the history of the town, and his passion for sharing that knowledge was evident throughout the tour.rnIan took us on a journey from the medieval period all the way back to Roman times, introducing us to the fascinating legend of Legion 9 Roman and leaving us wanting to learn more about this mysterious part of York’s past. I would highly recommend Ian as a guide to anyone visiting York. Thank you, Ian, for such a great experience!

My brother and I joined our guide Helen on one of the York AVG walking tours. We learned so many interesting details about the city, buildings, and history. This truly free tour was our favorite part of our stay in York. I would highly recommend to anyone visiting the city, especially in the early part of a visit to York. Outstanding!

We used your service on Monday 24th April and thoroughly enjoyed it. The leader was knowledgeable. Thank you.

Had an amazing tour today with Keith. He was so engaging and seemed to know just about everything that had happened in the city for the last 2000 years! Any questions we had he knew the answers to and it’s the best city tour I’ve ever been on. Thank you so much for an amazing day!

What a wonderful introduction to York. Our guide, Ken, was engaging, informative, and funny; we covered a ton of ground, learned so much, and the time flew by. We’re so appreciative of him, and of the AVG!

We were very fortunate to be with Mick on Easter Saturday afternoon walking tour. Absolutely brilliant. Mick was very informative, knowledgeable and funny. There was no way we would have discovered the places he took us on our own either. It was just fantastic and a brilliant introduction to the history of this amazing place. We left a little bit early as wanted to get into York Minster before closing and didn’t get chance to say thank you. Highly recommend! Maria and Gavin, Ipswich.

Kevin gave us a fascinating insight into York’s history. His delivery was detailed, knowledgeable and wasn’t rushed. The 2 hours passed so quickly and was so enjoyable.

Keith’s tour was really good. We loved to learn about the history of York, at the same history in general because he explained about the different periods and it’s characteristics. He is a very passionate guide and would definitely recommend him.

A lovely introduction to our visit to York. Liz was a great guide with lots of interesting facts and \dqhidden gems\dq that we would have missed without her! Thank you Liz! 100% recommended!

Our tour guide Nick, was most excellent. Remembering where each of us were from. We were Wakefield he was an almost bottomless font of information and knowledge peppered with good humour and banter. The free 2 hour tour lasted 3 hours and he was like the pied Piper picking up new interested people along the way. I can’t recommend this tour enough learnt lots and he took us to little nooks and crannies we would have never found for ourselves. Top notch dude.

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and found it to be very informative. We have been visiting York for many years but Laurie still introduced us to places that we had never visited before. rn

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and found it to be very informative. We have been visiting York for many years but Laurie still introduced us to places that we had never visited before. rn

The tour was excellent, informative and interesting and Tom did a great job of making it fun, too.

We had a really informative tour this afternoon with Tom/John (sorry couldn’t remember his name) rnWe really enjoyed finding out such interesting stories about York’s history & going to places that we would have walked straight past.rnWould have loved to have tipped/donated as well worth itrnThank you to AVG for providing free Tour will be recommending to all friends & family

A great tour today with Alan. We learnt a lot and he was very interesting and extremely knowledgeable. rnIt was absolutely freezing but this did not put him off his stride. He gave us a full 2.5 hours and I would heartly recommend this tour.

Great tour today with Debbie (not Sally!!).rnVery informative, well paced and delivered with good helping of Yorkshire humour rnKeep up the great work. rnAppreciate it’s totally free but wish there was a link to a Just Giving (or similar) site to reward a local charity as a small thank you.

Debbie was lovely! rnKnowledgable and fun, she had us smiling all the way round. I’d do it again tomorrow!

We had a really informative tour this afternoon with Nick. Despite the cold he kept the group interested and engaged. We really enjoyed finding out such interesting stories about York’s history. Many thanks to Nick and all the guides who give up their time free of charge.

Had a wonderful tour with Liz today! She is so passionate about this city. I booked this tour as I was making a stopover from London to Edinburgh, but I wish I had stayed 1 night here in this lovely city (and one less in London). Thank you for offering these beautiful walks!

Had a great tour with Keith (the architect). The tour was informative and included parts of York that I haven’t seen before and most people wouldn’t know existed. Keith took his time to explain the different historic periods we were walking through and made it relevant to our group and was always happy to take questions. Thank you for a great tour.

An excellent tour hosted by Allan. Amongst our group were not only visitors to York but also residents of the city. Allan’s knowledge was thorough especially of the layers of history including the Romans, Vikings, Anglo Saxons and the major part the city played in the English Civil War.rnI would recommend this free tour to anyone wanting to know more of the history of the wonderful city of York.

Alison gave us a super insight into the history of York and it was wonderful to see the details we would otherwise be oblivious to. Thanks to her and all the other volunteers for making history free and accessible. Sharon & Elaine 25 Feb

I really recommend going on this tour! It was super interesting and I got to see and learn a lot. York is a beautiful city and I am glad I joined the tour that day to learn more about the past of this city.

My family and I had the most amazing day, on a tour of York with a tour guide, Helen. We learnt so much and were able to learn about the history of York in an easy to understand and condenses way. Helen was fantastic and we will always remember a terrific day visiting York. Highly recommend.

Tour guide – Fraser. Really interesting overview of history of York and introduction to hidden gems (in full view) of York I didn’t know were there, despite living fairly locally! Lots of information packed into a 2 hour free tour. Will return to York to have a more leisurely look. Excellent – thanks Fraser.

Really great tour with Neil today. Well paced and just the right amount of info. Lovely way to get to know York.

I thoroughly enjoyed the tour led by Kevin. In two hours he covered a huge expanse of History .Kevin was engaging and interesting. He answered all our questions and we finished with much deeper insights into this wonderful city. Highly recommend.

Ken was our tour guide. Very enthusiastic and passionate about York. The best city tour! I will definitely come back and will recommend it to my friends who want to visit York.

Very interesting tour, Richard from York is a brilliant and very entertaining guide telling us about York and its history.rn

I had a lovely time! I will even say it was one of the best tours i went to.rnWithin a time span of about 2.5h, we went trough York’s history, architectural curiosities, pieces of information that otherwise would be difficult to find in one place(or at all). On top of everything, we felt a bit like locals, thanks to the charismatic and knowledgeable guide. rnI thoroughly recommend this tour. I applaud the initiative of keeping people educated and in awe of all that lies around us.

We have just finished the 10:30 tour of York with Mike. What a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours in this beautiful city. Mike is a really lovely man who is incredibly knowledgeable and shared so much information with us in a most pleasant way. He took us to places that we would never have found on our own! rnWe felt bad not being ‘allowed’ to tip Mike as he is very worthy of appreciation. We will raise a glass to him later in one of the bars he recommended

We had a lovely time on our tour with Malcom. It was nippy outside, just shy of freezing, but I was so fascinated I just had to keep listening. He did a good job keeping us moving to stay warm! Highly recommended for anyone visiting York!

Kevin, our guide, was excellent. He was knowledgable, friendly, answered everyone’s questions, had a good sense of humour and was very interesting. We would recommend this 2 hour tour to anyone who visits York.

My husband and I have done many tours on our travels to many countries. This free one exceeded our expectations. Lawrie was a fantastic, knowledgeable tour guide. He was happy to share the history of York in an enjoyable way, with a bit of humour for good measure. We highly recommend visitors, and even perhaps locals, go on the tour.

Lovely tour with Allan today. Lots of interesting facts about York. Friendly, welcoming and knowledgable.

myself and my dog were the only members of our tour today, and it was absolutely lovely. Our guide took the time to talk us through the history and some of his personal areas of expertise, and it was both enjoyable and informative. We will certainly come again next time we have the opportunity to visit York.

Had an amazing time on the tour today! The guide, Lawrie, was highly knowledgable and passionate about York. I have learned a lot and truly enjoyed getting to know all the secrets of this wonderful city. Thank you very much! rn