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8 curiously human self-guided audio tours
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Walking Tour
120 mins
Walking Tour
120 mins
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90 mins
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60 mins
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45 mins
Walking Tour
90 mins
Walking Tour
60 mins
Walking Tour
90 mins
Introducing our York tours
Every city has layers, but York has been burying them for almost 2,000 years. The Romans called it Eboracum and built the walls that still encircle the city. The Vikings renamed it Jorvik and packed its streets so densely that some – like the Shambles, where medieval butchers' hooks still hang from the eaves – have barely changed shape since. And beneath all of that, the ghosts.
York takes its haunting seriously. It claims the title of Europe's ghost capital with a thoroughness that would impress a Victorian undertaker, and the city rewards the curious. The trouble is that most visits end at the Minster and the Shambles – magnificent, both, but the beginning rather than the end of the story.
VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours unlock two millennia at your pace. Walk the most complete city walls in England as a local guide traces what Romans, Normans, and medieval citizens built and fought over. Wander the streets with a theatrically-voiced Victorian physician narrating murder, plague, and rebellion buried beneath the cobblestones. Put your earbuds in and let York speak for itself.
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How do passes work?
York attractions on our audio guides
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Best York tours for production quality
Tours with outstanding voice overs, sound effects and music
Audio guides by local experts
How the VoiceMap app works
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Focus on your surroundings, not the screen
The VoiceMap app uses GPS to play audio automatically, at the right time and place, so you can focus on your surroundings, not the screen.
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Follow a route with turn-by-turn-directions
VoiceMap tours follow a route from a fixed starting point. That lets us give turn-by-turn directions and use context to tell a better story.
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Resume playback to go at your own pace
If you'd like to stop for a drink or go into a museum, end your tour then use the Resume feature to pick up exactly where you left off.
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Listen as many times as you like
You can listen to your tours as often as you like using both the VoiceMap app and website.
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Take virtual tours anywhere, like a podcast
Select Virtual mode in the VoiceMap app to listen to tours like a podcast - at home or in transit.
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Buy for less on voicemap.me and sync
Once you've purchased a tour, it's added to your VoiceMap library. To access it in the app, just sign in using the same account.
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Do tours without paying for data
Tours work offline, so you don't have to pay roaming fees. Just download them over WiFi before you get started.
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