I was gifted two York passes by Visit York for the creation of this post, but all opinions and scary photos are my own.
A couple of weeks ago myself and CallMeAmy'sOH popped along to York for the day; only an hour's drive from where we live in Hull and with a beautifully historic city centre it's a bloomin' lovely place for a day out.
We went armed with our York passes, intent on squeezing as much out of our time there as possible. The weather and our own poor timekeeping/preference for not rushing around like loonies meant we didn't achieve as much as we'd planned, but we still had a lovely day so here I am putting together a (v achievable) itinerary for a day out in York with a York pass.
Yep, I'm sure you could start earlier/cram if you like, but there's having a nice day being touristy then there's having a very tiring day dragging yourself round everywhere trying to do everything and not actually enjoying it. Trust me, you'll get your money's worth with your York pass anyway.
Yep, I'm sure you could start earlier/cram if you like, but there's having a nice day being touristy then there's having a very tiring day dragging yourself round everywhere trying to do everything and not actually enjoying it. Trust me, you'll get your money's worth with your York pass anyway.
11am // York Minster
12pm // York's Chocolate Story
I have a confession here; we had planned to visit York's Chocolate Story, but we may have become a little sidetracked by the shops and each bought a pair of shoes instead (it would appear it's impossible for two clothes obsessed idiots to have a day out without buying something). However this was definitely on our list and involves free chocolate so what's not to like?
1pm // The York Dungeon
By far our favourite attraction of the day, The York Dungeon is a must visit if you're in York. I jumped so badly I threw my umbrella at one of the actors and you're constantly that level of scared that also just makes you lol a lot. It's still one of my life goals to work there someday (hi boss of York Dungeon, if you're reading this give me a job please, thank you.)
3pm // ASK Italian
A perk I didn't expect to see on the list was a free meal (excluding drinks and limited to certain dishes) at ASK Italian. The restaurant it's valid for is in a ridiculously beautiful building and even if it wasn't, who's going to pass on free food?
As I said, I'm sure you could fit more in if you're more hardcore than us, so some other fab things to do on the list (that I've done previously so can recommend) are Clifford's Tower, JORVIK Viking Centre, York Castle Museum; we were also hoping to do a York City Cruise, but unfortunately it was absolutely chucking it down on the day we visited!
Have you ever visited York?
Amy x
I love York. We were there earlier this year for a gig and I could just wander the Shambles forever x
ReplyDeleteIt's such a lovely city isn't it! xx
DeleteI love York but have somehow never been to the Dungeons!! Think I need to change that xx
ReplyDeleteheart-autumn.co.uk
Aw yes definitely, they're amazing! x
DeleteYork looks beautiful I would love to go one day xx
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Yes you should definitely visit, it's lovely! x
DeleteLooks like a really fun day out and I think you managed to fit in quite a lot! :)
ReplyDeleteHope that your week is going well! We have a day off today for the Ekka holiday, yay!
Away From Blue
Yeah it was a busy one! Hope you have a lovely day off :) xx
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