If you had to name a British city with a chocolate-box image, York would surely be it. The undisputed ‘capital’ of Yorkshire, York itself is not only insanely pretty, but its location between the Yorkshire Moors, Wolds and Dales mean it’s well placed to reach many of the county’s other beauty spots.
Packing a lot into its petite frame – including numerous museums and other visitor attractions that play on its tangled past – as well as some of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe, the only problem visitors to York tend to have is how to fit it all in.
The city’s story