Lying half way between London and Edinburgh and with easy access to both, York is a popular and much loved English city, retaining its ancient part Roman, part medieval city walls, a tour of which is a leisurely way to see some beautiful buildings and gardens.There are several swimming pools and sports centres and during school holidays the nearby University offers children's sports courses which are great fun.
Visit ancient churches and the stunning York Minster - the largest medieval Gothic Cathedral north of the Alps. Enjoy shopping in Stonegate and The Shambles ancient  pedestrian streets, or go to the nearby Designer outlet for some bargain couture. Discover York's history at the Jorvik Viking Centre, National Railway Museum (world's largest railway museum) and York Castle Museum.
York has a thriving culture and vibrant entertainment and festivals throughout the year. It has a good pub, restaurant and club scene as well as three theatres and a concert hall. Public lectures are given regularly and great events for children too.  
Within 1 hour, you could drive to the beautiful heritage Yorkshire coast. or National parks of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors and the Wolds region. There are excellent road links to other major cities and York is on the high speed East Coast train line giving fast and direct access to the 2 capital cities of Edinburgh (Scotland) and London both of which take around  2 hours.
Our nearest airports are Leeds/Bradford - 1 hour by bus or car, Manchester - 2 hours by train (direct from the airport to York station).
Nous habitons a York depuis 40 ans. Ici on peut voir l'histoire d'Angleterre - cette cite compact offert:: l'histoire avec des murs anciens et  des bâtiments de tous periods des les temps Romans, puis des magasins individuels, des musées interessants et, divertissements, 3 theatres, des galléries, des sports, des marches et  des tours guides de la cite par pied, cheval ou open top bus .
Il y a beaucoup a faire! On peut visiter les eglises anciennes aussi York Minster - la plus grande Cathédrale gothique au nord des Alpes. Ne manquez pas la Chapter House qui est particulairement belle. On peut faire des achats à‘Stonegate et aux Shambles ou la centre de design ou on peut acheter les choses a tres bon prix, Decouvre l'histoire de York a Jorvik Viking, la Musee National de Chemins de fer (la plus grande musée de chemin de fer du monde), et mon favouri - la musee folklorique du chateau de‘York - the Castle Museum..
L'  aéroport le plus proche est Leeds/Bradford - une heure par voiture. L'aeroport de Manchester est  2 heures par train (direct de l'aéroport interieur a York).