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For nearly 2000 years York has been the capital of the north, and it played a central role in British history under the Romans, Saxons and Vikings. It's a great city in which to amble through the spectacular Gothic cathedral, medieval city walls, tangle of historic streets and glut of teashops and pubs.
York is a fascinating city of extraordinary cultural and historical wealth. Its medieval spider's web of narrow streets is enclosed by a magnificent circuit of thirteenth-century walls. The city is thick with museums tracing its long history, and, especially in summer, is a tourist honeypot. Take a look at one of the maps dotted around the city centre and you're confronted with a baffling and intimidating prospect. If the tourist office is to be believed, there are around sixty churches, museums and historic buildings crammed within York's walls. In fact the tally of things you really want to see is surprisingly limited, with most sights within easy walking distance of one another. Even so, it's hard to get round everything in less than two days, and equally difficult to stick to any rigid itinerary. The Minster is the obvious place to start, followed by the cluster of buildings that circle it; then you might cut south to the Shambles , central to the city's old centre and pedestrianized grid, or walk around the walls from the Minster to Exhibition Square for the Yorkshire Museum and St Mary's Abbey , evocative ruins surrounded by the city's loveliest gardens. Thereafter you could walk through the main shopping streets to take in the Merchant Adventurers' Hall , most striking of the city's smaller medieval buildings, then deal with Clifford's Tower and the nearby Jorvik Viking Centre and Castle Museum . Lastly, be sure to leave time to take in the National Railway Museum , a superb museum whose appeal goes way beyond railway memorabilia. The York Museums pass gives five days' unlimited access to the Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and City Art Gallery, offering a fair saving on entry to these attractions. |
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