subject: Enjoy The Healing Spa's Staying At A Harrogate Hotel [print this page] Harrogate has a wealth of fantastic attractions so you will be spoiled for choice with the stunning sights and unforgettable festivals and days out when you stay at a Harrogate Hotel in the Yorkshire Dales.
Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England, with roots back the to the seventeenth Century Harrogate has lots of history to explore and split into two towns, High Harrogate and Low Harrogate there is plenty for visitors to see. Although originating in the sixteen hundreds you can see Harrogate has signs of ancient civilisation with the mysterious Devil's Arrows, your Harrogate Hotel will be able to tell you the best places to visit for history.
With its spa waters, RHS Harlow Carr gardens and lots of events held all year round Harrogate has become a popular tourist destination. The town has lots to do and see but if you want to see some wildlife you aren't far from the famous Yorkshire Dales and Nidd Valley. Harrogate spa has been popular with visitors far and wide since the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as people believed Harrogate Spa water to have healing properties. It was this influx of sick, but wealthy, visitors that contributed to the wealth of the town. Although doctors would no longer prescribe a visit to Harrogate spa's the water does contain iron, sulphur and common salt and is a relaxing treat for visitors to the area. Many enjoy the spa by visiting the Royal Pump Room Museum or you may wish to try out the Low Harrogate Spa Trail.
If you want to sample Harrogate and Yorkshire, then Harrogate has a number of festivals, shows and events taking place all year round. Whatever your taste Harrogate has something to offer if it's Aldborough Festival, Harrogate International Festival, where you can sample delicacies and delights from all over the world or Theakston's Crime Writers' Festival where you can see literary mysteries unfold. With a town geared up for events you find most large shows and festivals stop off at Harrogate.
With traditional villages nearby and around the Dales many congregate towards shows like the Knaresborough Bed Race, the Great Yorkshire Show, the Masham Sheep Fair, the Harrogate Spring and Autumn Flower Shows, or the Ripon Races. Harrogate has plenty of ways to have fun with the whole family, including Art exhibitions and craft shows, with so much to offer you will need to stay a few nights at a Harrogate hotel to see everything the town has to offer.
