The North's spiritual capital for 2000 years, York is central to Britain's colourful history. Visit the stunning York Minster, enjoy Stonegate and Shambles shopping and live the York history at the Jorvik Viking Centre, National Railway Museum and York Castle Museum.

York is a compact walled riverside city and home to countless world-class attractions, museums and galleries. Accommodation in York is abundant, you can stay at stunning hotels in York or browse through our vast selection of B&B's and camping sites.

York is a year round destination offering a lively café bar and restaurant culture and vibrant entertainment and festivals. Ideally located as a touring base, atmospheric York is roughly 2-hours by rail from London, Edinburgh and Manchester.

YORK- Winner of the European Cities Tourism Award York has been crowned Europe’s top city destination after scooping an international award launched by European Cities Marketing (ECM) and was attended by over four hundred tourism professionals at a gala dinner in Athens on Wednesday, June 13 2007.

Finalists in the category for Best European Tourism City were York, Gothenburg and Valencia.

“But York was the clear overall winner,” said Paul Dubrule, Co-founder of the Accor Group and Chairman of Maison de la France. The city has unique characteristics, such as its 2,000 years of history, a variety of world-class attractions, distinctive shopping, and festivals and events.

York has also been voted Best UK City in the Daily Telegraph Travel Awards 2007/8