Last month my family and I spent a long weekend in York and
I couldn’t think of a better way to share the highlights of the trip with you
than a very photo heavy post. York
isn’t somewhere which would immediately come to my mind as a weekend trip destination -
in fact I think my brother randomly suggested we visit after watching
Braveheart for the seventeenth time. It isn’t easy finding somewhere which has
something for all of us- ‘culture-y stuff’, shopping, sports/ leisure, a nice
hotel and good food but I was really pleasantly surprised by what a fantastic
time we had.
My favourite touristy thing was the Castle Museum. It
covered York’s history ranging from its prisons to toys to wars. Best of all
though- there was a recreation of a Victorian street with people dressed as
actual Victorian’s who spoke to you and told you about things! I was actually
quite taken aback when the girl in her 1890s get-up turned around and told me
how fashionable it was to be pale and how gloves were necessary to keep the hands
delicate when I was in the tailor’s.
The hotel we stayed in, the Marriott, had big, beautiful grounds
and looked onto the racecourse. It was around 30 minutes walk from the town
centre but it was a nice area and I like looking at all the houses along the way (is that sad?)
There was a tennis court at the bottom of the hotel gardens which was free to
book out for an hour. My brother is the only one of us who plays tennis but we
all had a go and it was actually really fun- as far as exercise goes
anyway. I also loved the swimming pool because I’m a big kid at heart when it
comes to being in water. The buffet breakfast was superb- so tasty and lots to choose from (or not choose and eat everything from).
Talking of food, we had some delicious dinners too (see food
photos and drool). I had a pepperoni pizza in Zizzi’s on the second night and on
the last night we found an amazing Italian called Lo Spuntino. Sometimes chain
Italians just can’t come close to a small independently run ones. The place was compact but the food was delicious and the service was great.
Compared to my usual holiday spending sprees I actually
bought very little in the town centre. I had a notion before we went to have a
browse for makeup samples online and I downloaded a couple of vouchers and
picked up a few freebies instead. There was a nice mix of high street staple
shops like Boots and unique, independent ones. We also visited ‘The Shambles’- an
old fashioned street of quirky little shops. It reminded me of the lanes in
Brighton.
I found York to be pretty centralised so for only being
there three days we crammed so much in. I had an absolutely excellent time and
would definitely go back.
Thanks for stopping by and well done if you reached the end
of this lengthy post. Be sure to leave me a comment telling me if you’ve ever
been to York or any other places you like :)
Lovely photos Julz! The food looks amazing :)
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Thanks so much :) xx
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