Bespoke, tailor-made tours of Yorkshire – just for you!

Enjoy a unique, bespoke touring experience, travelling to destinations and attractions across the wonderful county of Yorkshire on a Private Tour with Grand Yorkshire. Let us take you on your own personalised tour, enhanced by the knowledge and experience of your informative driver-guide, a Yorkshire native with a passion for the area and years of touring experience.

Let us help you plan the perfect itinerary just for you, allowing your private tour of Yorkshire to visit the places that you want to visit, make the stops that you want to make and see the sights that you’ve always wanted to see. We can plan every part of the day in advance, suggest some superb options to enhance the experience, or simply let you direct the tour as the day unfolds. We have some superb private tour ideas with suggested itineraries and plenty of options to consider, but our private tours are completely bespoke to you – so don’t feel obliged to follow our proposed routes or stop at the places we’ve included in the itinerary.

Scenery & Sights, Towns & Villages, Castles & Abbeys, History & Culture, Food & Drink

There is so much you can include on a Private Tour of Yorkshire that you really are spoiled for choice. We are here to help you at every step of the way, from creating the basic outline of the day, all the way through to recommendations for lunch and suggesting somewhere to go for a pint of Yorkshire beer to round of the tour. Once the tour starts, your driver-guide on the day has all of the local knowledge you need to get the most out of every aspect of your Private Tour.

Pick-Up and Drop-Off in York (or wherever you are staying)

Your Private Tour of Yorkshire starts with collection from your accommodation in York – at a time that suits you. We might suggest an early start to beat the traffic, or a later start if opening times of attractions impact the tour, but you will always have the final say. Whether you are up at the crack of dawn or prefer a long, leisurely breakfast, we can create the perfect private tour for you.

Moving on to a new destination? Have you considered a Transfer Tour?

Our “Transfer Tours” are a great way to explore the sights and scenery as you travel from one hotel to the next, one city to the next. Whether you are travelling to York or leaving for the next stop on your holiday itinerary, we can arrange a full-day sightseeing tour that starts in one city and ends at your next destination. We’ve got a range of transfer tour itineraries for journeys between York and Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, London…wherever you are going.

Turn your ‘transfer day’ into a full day sightseeing tour and make the most of each precious day of your holiday. Click here for more information about our transfer tours!

Private Tour Ideas

To begin planning your private tour of Yorkshire, why not read some of the itinerary ideas below, email us with your questions and ideas, or complete the enquiry form below. 

You can plan your day around a visit to an attraction such as Castle Howard or Fountains Abbey, spend time in a hot-spot like Whitby or Haworth as the centrepiece of the day, or simply tell us you want to see the best of the Yorkshire countryside in the Yorkshire Dales or North York Moors.

Once you have an idea of where and when you’d like to take a private tour from York, send us an enquiry using the enquiry form and we can start helping you create the perfect day out.