Immersive Treasure Hunt Adventure in York - Outdoor Escape Room

York, England

3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

The Drowned City is an interactive tour that takes you through the city’s fascinating and often dark history to reveal a hidden world of Vikings, Medieval architecture, and Victorian trade. Follow the clues and solve riddles to find your way through the winding cobbled streets of York, with the aim of saving the city from an invasion of mythical beasts.

Visit famous landmarks and photogenic buildings as you make your way through York
Find more hidden gems all over the city than you could alone
Take your own time to complete the game
Private self-guided tour—only you will take part

What's Included

A trail of riddles sent to your phone; solve each clue to unlock the path!
Sent via Telegram/Whatsapp smartphone app. Free on all App Stores.
Hint messages to help you with clues if you need a nudge in the right direction!
Lost messages to help you with directions if you need them.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Constantine the Great
4 Minster Yard, York YO1 7JB, UK
IMPORTANT: Please follow these instructions: 1 - Fill in the form 2 - Login 3 - Setup your team ready for your experience 4 - Receive welcome message to your phone For help, contact us

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours

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What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
Travellers should be comfortable with walking around 5km.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.3

based on 6 reviews

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Not bad, but overall - a bit of a let down

David_E, Aug 2024

Sadly, having done similar outdoor city escape rooms before, this one was a bit of a let down. The "plot" (trying to avoid the flooding of the city of York by the Kraken) was a little convoluted and introduced part way through the process. It therefore didn't have much impact. There were some texts that explained locations and their history but these needed to be formatted differently to the clue/instruction type texts. A couple of clues were really annoying. One coukld have been better worded so as to avoid going down a wrong path only to find an totally plausible (but totally wrong answer). Also, following "white walls" lead to a waste of an hour as the wall we needed were actually cream and again lead to areas that totally met the clue criteria. More care needed to here to ensure customers don't replace fun with utter frustration. Lastly, the ending of the game just stopped at a certain venue. We had addrived. That was it. Wah? Eh? Bit of a let down. Where this game was good, it was enjoyable. But a little more fine tuning is needed.

Very hard - didn’t complete it

Lisa_C, Jul 2021

We had a good laugh but found it very difficult and after the hints there’s no more help. By accident we realised if you keep putting in guesses eventually you’ll move to the next clue but when you’re lost it made it so hard to follow. Good idea but not with teens.

Response from Host, Jul 2021

Hi Lisa, Sorry to hear you found the trail too hard, along with the HINT messages you can also send LOST which would help you with the directions. We would love to know if you used these or if we could improve these for you. We have a full refund policy for those that aren't satisfied and we'd be happy to help you with this Thanks again for your honest thoughts Kind regards, Tom