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York Saints and Sinners Private Walking Tour

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*IMPORTANT NOTE: This tour is offered in ENGLISH and in SPANISH. Please make sure you specify your preferred language when booking.* The Saints and Sinners Tour looks at the history of York through the eyes of those who shaped it. Meet the King, the Bishop, the Highwayman, the Chocolatier, the Martyr, the Terrorist, the Emperor, and the Artist. Do you know their names? What do you know about their lives? Where can you find their traces in the city? Were they saints… Or sinners..? I am your guide: Irene, an art historian born in Madrid and living in York for the last eight years. Join me on a fascinating walk around York to discover all this and more!

Highlights

2 hours

Offered in English & Spanish

Free Cancellation

Mobile Ticket

2 hours

Offered in English & Spanish

Free Cancellation

Mobile Ticket

What's Included

Private tour

Hotel pickup (by foot, city centre hotels only)

Tour escort/host: Art Historian, background in museums and customer services.

Private transportation

Food and drinks

Entrance fees to historical attractions

Meeting Points

Departure

148 Micklegate

Go through Micklegate Bar if you are coming from outside the city walls, or stop just before it if you are coming from inside the walls. We meet at the corner of Bar Lane and Micklegate, just outside the pub "Micklegate Social".

Return

Exhibition Square

We finish outside York Art Gallery (please note that a ticket to the gallery is not included).

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Itinerary

Micklegate Bar

We will meet in front of Micklegate Bar, inside the city walls. There we will talk about the first of our "sinners": the most infamous king in English history... Was he a monster, or a hero? A murderer, or a pious man who did his duty?

10 minutes

Ouse Bridge

We will stand on Ouse Bridge, the place where our first saint performed an incredible miracle! It is also where another saint, whom we will talk about later on, was executed for her faith...

10 minutes

Clifford's Tower

Clifford's Tower is all that is left of York's Castle. For decades it was also part of York's prison, and its most famous inmate is our second sinner: the most well-known highwayman in England... Did he really ride from London to York in just one day!?

10 minutes

York Castle Museum

Once York's prison, today a wonderful museum of Yorkshire's social history from the 1500s to today.

Jorvik Viking Centre

A museum where you can go for a ride through an old Viking village and learn about York (Jorvik)'s past.

Parliament Street

We stop at the end of one of York's busiest shopping streets to look at the old house of our second "saint", whose name is synonymous with chocolate. But he didn't make people's lives sweeter only with his products; he also did so with his actions and beliefs.

10 minutes

Shambles

Arguably the most well-known street in the city, we will stop here to talk about York's most famous martyr: the butcher's wife who lived here and was executed on Ouse Bridge for her Catholic faith. *PLEASE NOTE* as Shambles is a very narrow street and usually very busy, we will take a detour instead of going up it. You can explore it at your leisure in your own time.

10 minutes

York's Chocolate Story

A fun museum where you can learn everything about York's chocolatey history, and even make a chocolate lolly yourself!

St. Michael le Belfrey Church

The church where our third sinner, the most famous terrorist of all time, was baptised. He could have changed the course of England's (and Europe's) history had he not been discovered. Remember, remember...

10 minutes

Statue of Constantine the Great

Our fourth and last "saint", Constantine the Great, was proclaimed emperor in York, where we can see his statue today. He changed the course of history and religion forever, but was he really a Christian himself..?

10 minutes

York Minster

The greatest landmark of the city of York is its magnificent Gothic minster, whose origins date back to the 7th century.

Exhibition Square

We finish our tour in Exhibition Square, a very appropriate name for the place where the York Art Gallery stands. Here we will meet our last "sinner": an artist whose life was shrouded in admiration and controversy in equal parts... And who saved the York walls from destruction.

10 minutes

York Art Gallery

Home of the CoCA (Centre of Ceramic Art), the biggest and most complete collection of British contemporary ceramics. It also has an extensive collection of paintings - most of which are not on display - and hosts temporary exhibitions periodically.

Important Information

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Wheelchair accessible

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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

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Service animals allowed

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Public transportation options are available nearby

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Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

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

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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.

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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

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Itinerary

Micklegate Bar

10 minutes

Ouse Bridge

We will stand on Ouse Bridge, the place where our first saint performed an incredible miracle! It is also where another saint, whom we will talk about later on, was executed for her faith...

10 minutes

Clifford's Tower

10 minutes

York Castle Museum

Once York's prison, today a wonderful museum of Yorkshire's social history from the 1500s to today.

Jorvik Viking Centre

A museum where you can go for a ride through an old Viking village and learn about York (Jorvik)'s past.

Parliament Street

10 minutes

Shambles

10 minutes

York's Chocolate Story

A fun museum where you can learn everything about York's chocolatey history, and even make a chocolate lolly yourself!

St. Michael le Belfrey Church

10 minutes

Statue of Constantine the Great

10 minutes

York Minster

The greatest landmark of the city of York is its magnificent Gothic minster, whose origins date back to the 7th century.

Exhibition Square

10 minutes

York Art Gallery