Yorkshire is leadng for it's past events and hospitality and you will locate both in excess in the fine municipality of York. The Romans were contracted for building the roads, the Saxons set-up villages and fields and the Normans left their mark in the form of amazing and unique architecture. This wasn't always easy for the humans of York and has imaginably backed to make them the resilient and positive citizens they are today.



Fairfax House in Castlegate, York is the outstanding Georgian place House in England. Bought in 1760 as a dowry for Anne Fairfax, the only surviving child of Viscount Fairfax, the family turned to York's better distinguished architect - John Carr - to create the interior. To complement the interior design, superb examples of paintings, silver and glass are distributed far and near the house and period displays are arranged in the dining room and kitchen. The grow is a successful blend of classic style and conservation, to be enjoyed by everyone keen on British heritage.

In the Yorkshire Moors and Coast you could bring past events to life by visiting castles, tiny country churches, fascinating museums and magnificent stately homes. If it's adventure you're after, there is no better locale to find it than Go Ape! High Wire Forest Adventure in Dalby Forest. Take to the trees and experience an exhilarating course of rope bridges, Tarzan swings and zip slides up to 60 feet above the forest floor. For a more relaxing experience, Doodlepots Paint Your Own Pottery Studio in Whitby provides foolery for all ages. Guests can pick a pot and paint it with no time limit and the studio will then glaze and fire the pot.

There is no shortage of High Street stores and shopping centres in York, but if you are after something a little various, a trip to the extraordinary Mouseman middle in Kilburn might be just what you are looking for. The attractively restored village joiner's shop is crammed awash of unusual furniture and smaller items these as breadboards, judge's gavels and serviette holders, largest of which carry an adorable hand-carved mouse in some shape or form. The Pickering Antique middle is another treasure trove for collectors. Over 45 dealers sell a wide range of goods including paintings, furniture, china and porcelain, brass and copperware, postcards, books, clocks and bygone toys. Admission is free and opening times are Monday to Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 11 am to 5 pm.

If you are concerned about parking problems or traffic jams in the city centre, why not consider using one of the multitudinous Park & Ride sectors that York has to offer - Rawcliffe drinking house (Clifton Moor), Monks Cross (Huntington), Grimston public house (Hull Road), Askham bar (Tadcaster Road) or McArthur Glen Designer Outlet. The seaside city of Scarborough also has numerous Park & Ride opportunities and offers high terrific buses operating every 12 minutes to the seafront and city centre in less than 15 minutes.

York is a magical mixture of middle ages and latter-day, classic and cool, tranquil and trendy. Whatever it is you are looking for, you will find it in York. A gigantic selection of shops, a wide choice of fine dinner in restaurants, pubs and cafes, hundreds of past buildings and museums and bracing outdoor adventures for the whole family.