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Destination - York

Yorks mixture of old and new makes it one of the uk's top cities to visit. Its a pulsating city layered with 2,000 years of history yet packed with contemporary shops, restaurants, hotels and attractions, so it will come as no suprise that York is one of the uk's top cities to visit. York hotels are always vey busy and there is a large selection of hotels to choose from.  From Travel Lodge at the budget end to Hilton and Marriott at the up-market end.

It's a city where the past  is all around you, with sights like the magnificent medival Minster and the towering Yorkshire Wheel or York eye and the ancient cobbled streets filled with the latest shops and trendy bars. It's easy to fall in love with York's unique combination of historic and modern feel and sometimes you'll feel like a time traveller when you climb the steps to William the Conqueror's Clifford Tower, relive the golden age of the railways at the National Railway Museum, and experiance everyday life as it once was at the York Castle Museum, go back to the viking age  with a visit to the Jorvik centre to discover the lives and ghoulish secrets of the city's colourful history. You can join a guided tour or an evening ghost walkor perhaps a tour by open top bus , riverboat or horse and carriage, or perhaps a trip to the races at one of the UK's finest flat -racing courses.

Whatever time of year you visit you'll find that york doesn't slow down at night.The city seems to buzz with every type of music and it's renoned for it's perfoming arts. Enjoy the theatre, concerts or an amazing selection of restaurants, relax at a riverside bar. pavement cafe or traditional pub , in York there's a different pub for every day of the year.          

There's always something go on all year round calender events including one of the largest festivals of Food and Drink in September and the spellbinding christmas markets.

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