The Most Popular Places To Visit In York

Situated in the county of North Yorkshire, York is one of the most famous cities in the whole of the United Kingdom

. Steeped in history and glowing with modern sights and attractions, York offers something for all and it is simply a matter of staying in one of the York hotels that are plentiful in the city and searching through the vast array of points of interest to find the ones that suits you best.

On their first visit to York, many people head straight to York Minster, as not only is it an awe inspiring architectural feat, but it is also one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in northern Europe, on a par with the cathedral in Cologne, Germany. The home to one of the highest offices in the Church of England, the Archbishop of York, York Minster is located in the centre of the city of York and whilst open to the public for viewing purposes, still serves as a regular place of worship.

Related in terms of historical interest to York Minster, the famous walls that surround the city are an extremely popular tourist attraction in York, primarily because a substantial amount of the walls are still in one piece from when they were originally built between the first and fourteenth centuries.

Whilst it is still an historical point of interest for many, The Shambles is today known for its quaint tea rooms and cafes and local shopping boutiques. A medieval street with the majority of the buildings still maintaining their original features, such as timber frames, The Shambles was once home to twenty five individual butchers, which is generally cited as the reason behind the original name of the street, The Great Flesh Shambles.

Any trip to York would not be complete without visiting one of the many museums that are apparent in the city, most notably the JORVIK Viking Centre.

The story behind the JORVIK Viking Centre is almost as interesting as the museum itself, as on the site where the museum stands today was once a factory for confectioners known as Cravens. Cravens moved their factory in 1966 and ten years later their original factory was demolished. During this demolition, the York Archaeological Trust carried out a vast amount of excavation work and brought to light an extensive amount of Viking artifacts, including remains of some of the timber buildings from the Viking city known as Jorvik.

Today, the Jorvik Viking Museum showcases approximately eight hundred of the forty thousand artifacts that were discovered, as well as having a full life size recreation of the Jorvik city, including real smells to make the experience much more realistic.

York has so many different attractions that it can be difficult to fit seeing them all into one stay. However, if you cannot spare the time to make a return visit, it is highly recommended to book into one of the many York hotels that are available and see as many of the sights of York that you possibly can.

by: Fred Ramsbottom

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