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York's History - The Old Town Guided Tour - THE Interactive York Tour!

York is one of England's most popular tourist destinations. Wherever you walk history is all around you, from the lofty spires of York Minster to the narrow confines of the Shambles, York captures the imagination. This Interactive Guided Tour takes you around the historic York through three detailed, and fascinating virtual tours. Each York tour can be retraced in 'real life' and is therefore perfect for anyone visiting York for the first time, or who wants to gain a better understanding of this historic city.

What You Get

When you buy this product you will be sent a well packaged CD-ROM in a DVD case. Each of our CD-ROMs are copied by ourselves and individually tested before we ship them. They come presented with a printed glossy label. The DVD case comes with a professionally printed inserted cover. Our CD-ROMs are sold in shops throughout the United Kingdom and we hope our quality comes across to you.

CD-Rom Features

• over 50 panoramic scenes
• each scene has 'full screen' capability giving you excellent views of places like York Minster and the Shambles
• exciting tours which tell you about York's history
• important location is coveredguided tour consists of detailed, interesting text and accompanying audio
• guided tour acts as the perfect accompaniment to an actual visit to the site
• scene is linked to a map showing York as it once looked

York Tour 1
York Station to Clifford's Tower

We start our tour at York Station. Rail has played a huge role in the modern history of York and it is a fitting place for us to begin our tour. Just along the road from us lies the National Rail Museum. We come out of York Station and are greeted by the sight of the famous walls of York. We soon enter the old city through the imposing Micklegate Bar. This was the main southern entry of medieval York and many famous people, including Richard III, Henry VII and even our own Elizabeth II passed through this gateway. Fortunately for our present monarch no heads were displayed on this famous gateway as they had been during medieval times! We then pass through the Micklegate area before crossing over the river Ouse. Ouse Bridge takes us on to King's Staith and onwards to St George's Field. Our first tour finishes at Clifford's Tower.

York Tour 2
Clifford's Tower to Monk Bar

Clifford's Tower is one of York's most recognisable buildings. Many people often mistake it for York Castle. The Tower hides a dark past and we explore the terrible fate of the Jewish population of York who died in the earlier version of the building. We then go past the Assize Courts, the Female Prison and the Debtor's Prison (both now parts of the York Castle Museum) before heading towards Fairfax House and Coppergate. We will learn about the world-famous Jorvik Viking Centre which was built on part of the dig site and which is now one of the top tourist attractions in York.

We then continue our tour past two of York's more peculiarly named streets - Parliament and Pavement before going on to the world-famous Shambles. Here we about the life in the Shambles, and the death of Saint Margaret Clitherow and then we move on to the pretty little buildings of Our Lady Row in Goodramgate. Our tour then ends just outside of the old city limits at the Monk Bar.

York Tour 3
Monk Bar to York Station

Our third and final tour of York retraces our footsteps back to College Street where we pass St William's College before exploring the history of York Minster - possibly the grandest religious building in the United Kingdom. After exploring the Roman columns and the statue of Constantine next to York Minster we head down Stonegate, second in fame only to the Shambles, onto St Helen's Square. Passing the Mansion House, home to York's Lord Mayor, we head over Lendal Bridge and back to York Station.

See some screenshots from our panoramic images at the York's History - The Old Town Guided Tour Screenshot Gallery.

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(Panoramic scene from our "York's History - The Old Town" tour. Use your mouse to control this scene. Double click to access the 'full screen' feature.)

(Video preview of our "York's History - The Old Town" CD-ROM)

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(Click the 'play' button to see a slideshow of screenshots from our "York's History - The Old Town" CD-ROM)

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(Our "York's History - The Old Town" CD-ROM cover)

You may also be interested in the following Interactive Guided Tours;

The York's History Collection - Interactive Guided Tours of Edinburgh's Old Town and other Edinburgh topics.

The City Walls Collection - Interactive Guided Tours of the town walls around Edinburgh, Chester and Berwick-upon-Tweed.