Explore York for less with the city's official sightseeing pass
Enjoy free entry to over 35 top sites in York and beyond, with the freedom to create your own itinerary.
The more you see, the more you save compared to buying individual attraction tickets.
The Visit York Pass is digital, so all you need is your phone to unlock all the benefits.
Gain access to incredible discounts and offers on dining, shopping, and experiences to enhance your visit.
Day One
Iconic York
Only in York for the day? York’s iconic attractions are all just a short walk from each other – marvel at the magnificent York Minster, discover York’s fascinating Viking legacy at the JORVIK Viking Centre and sail the river with City Cruises.
Day Two
Historic York
Staying a bit longer & live and breathe over 2,000 years of York’s darkest history at York Dungeon! Step into grandeur at Treasurer’s House then round off your afternoon with panoramic views and centuries of history at Clifford’s Tower.
Day Three
Beyond York
On your third day in York take a trip beyond the city to Castle Howard. Here you will find a magnificent Historic House, stunning landscaped gardens, large children’s adventure playground, cafes and a shop.
Great experience with the York Pass - Got a 2 day pass managed to go to 18 attractions. All the people were really friendly and helpful. My partner and son really enjoyed the cocoa works learning about... read more how chocolate is made.
I fully recommend purchasing a York City Pass - In July I brought some students from my English academy in Spain, along with their parents, to York for a five day cultural trip. We booked the 3-day York Pass... read more and it was worth every penny.
I fully recommend purchasing a York City Pass - Excellent service at Visit York where I purchased my pass from. The pass made it really handy to use the on/off buses and to access the Jorvik centre, Minster and... read more York Castle Museums easily.
Highly recommend York Pass - I had my doubts but so glad we had our passes. We had a 3 day pass and we did so much and all added up we saved over £300.
Great break - We paid for a 3 day pass. Great value. We used it so many times. Probably saved over £100 by purchasing it. Also encouraged to visit lots of great places.
Three wonderful days in a beautiful city. - We spent three whole days in York. We walked our feet off but everything is close together so easy. The York pass was brilliant as almost everywhere takes it, including... read more the sightseeing bus and the Minster. It is well worth investing in. York was one of my bucket list items and didn't disappoint.
Brilliant idea - I bought this for a young friend who was visiting York and wondering how she was going to afford all that was on offer. In the three days of using... read more her pass she visited eleven attractions and had a brilliant time.
Great deal and a terrific way to see the York attractions. - The York Pass was great. We saw the York Minster, the York Castle Museum and the York Chocolate Factory. It was a terrific guide to all the York Attractions and... read more was so easy to use. Any questions were quickly answered and very helpful.
The Visit York Pass - Brilliant, very helpful people at there office, fairly easy to use, great money saver.
I had a three day pass £99 still didn't see everything on it,... read more so much to do.
Amazing day out in York seeing 7 different hot spots - This was the perfect choice for us as a family. The York pass allowed us to visit numerous exhibitions and enjoy activities at a reduced cost. We spent one day... read more sight seeing and with the York Pass got to see the following attractions: The chocolate works (super informative hustory of chocolate with tasters), the York dungeons, (impressive immersion experience with great actors) took a river cruise (very relaxing, i nodded off), look around Fairfax house (beautifulexaple of a georgian property, guides are very friendly), enjoy York Minster (must see), take in the Yorvik reconstruction world (realistic models but you move around within electric cars so afain quite relaxing) and finally go on a witches city tour (odd but funny and informative) The savings we made were significant and although we packed a lot in between 9.30 and 18.45 the York pass meant we felt comfortable doing a whistle stop in a couple of the exhibitions. All in all, very worthwhile.
Great value, interesting visit. - York was a very enjoyable and interesting experienced, all in a very small area which made everything so much more convenient for us. The Pass worked really well both financially... read more and in terms of direction. It helped us get more from our visit than if we had drifted around the attractions.
Excellent value.
Very good value and will be using it again - Very simple and easy to use. It covers many attractions that you may not necessarily be able to visit. I had a problem at the beginning of using it, the... read more app wouldn’t work, but it was quickly resolved, as I was given an old fashioned way of using the pass - a printout. We were able to visit 4 attractions, Chocolate Story, Jorvik Centre, Van Gogh Immersive Experience, and York Minster. By doing so we were able to get our money back. Very good value
York pass - easy and convenient - The York Pass was super easy and convenient to use. We were in York for 1.5 days and it saved time and money having this. We mainly went to attractions... read more that did not need pre booking - except the viking exhibition, which is worth seeing.
Great Pass – Absolutely Worth It! - The York Pass is a great deal! It includes all the main sights and attractions, and it’s much cheaper than buying individual tickets. Even though this was my second visit... read more to York, it was absolutely worth getting the pass again.
Highly recommended for anyone wanting to explore the city easily and save money at the same time!
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