In the Roman times York city walls were built they have been rebuilt over time and been added to and have part from across centuries. Firstly built as a defences now focused on conservation. The wall is open every day from 8.00 until dusk.
A few of Yorks famous attractions are York Minster, the National Railway Museum, JORVIK and York Castle Museum.
York Minster is one of it greatest buildings. Filled with music, has human imagination on stone glass and other fabrics. York Minster is the largest gothic cathedral in northern Europe.
A must for visitors is the world famous JORVIK Viking Centre it is one of most visited attraction in the UK outside London.
York Castle Museum shows how people used to live by recreating shops streets and rooms. It is best known for Victoria Street Kirkgate. It show real shop fitting stock and light effects of Victorian Britain.
The museum was named after the former York Castle which stood on the site and was open in 1938.
The National Railway Museum takes you on a journey of discovery it brings back the magic of railways.
It is the worlds largest collection of railway icons.
Why not visit one of the award winning restaurants Blue Bicycle Rish or Meltons. The City also has a independent Brewery. York has a pub for every night of the year.
Newgate market is the heart and soul of the city and is between Parliament Street and the Shambles. It has 110 stalls in the market square within Europes largest pedestrianised area.
The farmers markets take place in Parliament Street which is in the city centre. The producers farmers or growers or within 40 miles of the city of York and sell their goods directly to public cutting out the middle man. The goods sold on York markets have been caught, brewed, pickled, baked, smoked, grown or processed by the stall holders. Market or held on the last Friday on the month.
The Mansion House is the home of the Lord Mayor of York during her or his term of office. It was restored in 1998 by York Civic Trust and brought back to a standard worthy of the city of York.
Leeds Bradford airport is only 45 minutes from York City and flight arrival from all destinations. There is a shuttle bus from the airport to London Heathrow airport and Manchester airport is only 2 hours away.
Douglas Scott
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#1 by Jesi S on July 12th, 2009
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Can anyone recommend good times of day for New York attractions?
Can anyone recommend good times of day and days of the week to see the New York attractions such as the Statue of Liberty, Madame Tussads Wax Museum, Central Park, Times Square and a good time of day and day of week just for wandering Manhattan in the times square area? (This will be in February and we’ve got Thursday through Monday open for these.
#2 by cento57 on July 12th, 2009
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#3 by mr danger on July 12th, 2009
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1) NYC can be really cold, damp, windy and otherwise nasty in February-dress accordingly
2) NYC opens very early and closes very late so your basic strategy is do to the things that can be only done during daylight-it’s is February- during daylight and do everything else at your leisure
3) Do what you gotta during the day, go back to your hotel , take a nap , take a shower and then around 7:00 -7:30 go out and find dinner
The bars close around 4:00 a.m
4)Even in February most non drinking places in areas like the Village , SOHO , Little Italy & Chinatown are open to at least 11:00 p.m.
So plan your day accordingly.
Have fun -stay warm
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#4 by Peter the Squirrel on July 12th, 2009
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For The Statue of Liberty and Madame Tussads, early in the morning. As early as you can possible get there, and when they open. At around 11 everything gets really crowded, when 2 hours ago, it was almost empty, as empty as those places get.
For wandering around Times Square anytime would be fine, during lunch it may be a bit crowded, at night would be a good time to go to see all the lights. If you go to Times Square over the weekend you may miss all the people who work there, although I’m sure it will still be crowded. You would want to go to the wax museum at the same time, in which case the weekends would probably be more crowded.
Central Park in February, it will probably cold so you may want to go mid-day so the sun is out. Central Park would be best on a sunny day, and on the weekends it is very crowded, so sometime during the week would be best. Don’t forget to print out a map so you are not completely lost, even if you plan to wander around. There is a lot to do in the park so you could spend a whole day there. I know the ice skating rink will be open in February, and so will the zoo, and many other attractions. A lot of museums are right next to the park so you could go there afterwards, or before.
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For safety tips:: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/dcca/visitors.html
For maps of the park:: http://gonyc.about.com/library/graphics/centralparkmap.jpg