York

Heading to York!

We have to go to the UK for business, and wanted to attach a holiday too! Since we have been to London, and live by the ocean, we decided to go inland, to somewhere we could experience lots of history. So York it is! Romans, Vikings, Normans, Scots, Tudors - lots of history!

Visit York

York Pass: £42 1-day, £84, £126

Things to do in York:

• walk the Walls , history
• Roman Bathhouse
• JORVIK Viking Centre
• Richard III Experience
• Henry VII Experience
• Barley Hall
• wander through the Shambles
• York Castle museum
• York Minster (cathedral)
• Merchant Adventurers' Hall
• York Cat Walk
• York's Chocolate Story
• York Cold War Bunker

Outside York

• Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden - monastery ruins
• Mother Shipton's Cave
• Allerton Castle
• Askham Bog - hiking
• Scarborough Castle
• Pickering Castle
• Kirkham Priory
• Harry Potter Studio Tour

Events

• Festival of Ideas - 5 June - 17 June

Logistics

• Lodging: rent an apartment via Booking
• Getting Around: train - Cheapest Fare Finder;  TwoTogether Railcard (difficult to get for non-resident)
• At Kings Cross - Platform 9-3/4 (Harry Potter)
• Biking Resource
• How to call a UK number from a US phone: 011 (US Access Code) 44 (UK country code) 10-digit local number