York

olliesmom

I've stayed at the boutique hotel The Grange in central York before. Beautiful, top quality hotel that I would highly recommend :happyhearbut obviously doesn't suit everyone's budgets. Have also stayed at Claxton Hall Cottage B&B (about 10 minutes outside of York), which was fantastic although a different experience to The Grange and obviously much cheaper. Hth x

McKneff

RedFraggle wrote: »

Excellent pub suggestion, I live in York and I'll echo that. I'd also recommend eating at Del Rio's. If you want a hotel, rather than a budget hotel try the Novotel, great for town and quieter than some because you have an inner door on your room and therefore get less corridor noise (ask for a river view too). If you can travel by train look for cheap deals in advance, the taxi from the station to a hotel will be cheaper than paying to park while you're here. It's a fantastic city.

I had to smile at this,
When we went to Picadill Travelodge we were asked if we wanted a river view, yeah, brilliant, were woken up at 5am at a cacophony of sound from the ducks and swans from then on and never got another wink of sleep. lol

Optimist

somethingcorporate wrote: »

House of trembling madness is excellent for food & drink and a lovely little pub above a beer shop on Stonegate :-) well recommended!

I didn't realise I was near you McKneff! *waves*

http://www.travelswithbeer.com/2011/03/10/the-house-of-the-trembling-madness-york/

Thanks for that, often in York and been down Stonegate many a time and never even knew about this place.

meer53

RedFraggle wrote: »

Excellent pub suggestion, I live in York and I'll echo that. I'd also recommend eating at Del Rio's. If you want a hotel, rather than a budget hotel try the Novotel, great for town and quieter than some because you have an inner door on your room and therefore get less corridor noise (ask for a river view too). If you can travel by train look for cheap deals in advance, the taxi from the station to a hotel will be cheaper than paying to park while you're here. It's a fantastic city.

I second eating at Del Rios too, it's just across the road from Bar Convent, very convenient to fall out of, and into your bed ! We ate in the little courtyard at the back one lovely warm summer night, you'd never know it was there !

somethingcorporate

tescobabe69 wrote: »

We stay at Travelodge (v. MSE) and park in Kent St for around £7/day, Im constantly looking to avoid paying to park, any clues ?

You could park in a street just outside (south bank or fishergate) and walk in. Alternatively get friendly with a local (wink wink nudge nudge) who would be kind enough to supply you with some local parking passes and park for free! (pm me if you like).

RedFraggle

McKneff wrote: »

were woken up at 5am at a cacophony of sound from the ducks and swans from then on and never got another wink of sleep. lol

Our cat ducks when the geese fly over the garden, they do make a racket! :rotfl:

Yorkie1

somethingcorporate wrote: »

You could park in a street just outside (south bank or fishergate) and walk in. Alternatively get friendly with a local (wink wink nudge nudge) who would be kind enough to supply you with some local parking passes and park for free! (pm me if you like).

Please don't do this. I am fed up to the back teeth of tourists, workers and day visitors doing this outside my house, blocking me in. Some local B&Bs even give their visitors a map round to my road so that they avoid having to give them a parking permit :mad:

I would heartily recommend the Bar Convent as a B&B though. Hotel 53 is basic but couldn't get much more central.

Also consider Meltons Too as a bistro, or Meltons restaurant (not cheap) for food.

If you're driving for the day then you could use P&R but you can't park overnight there.

As for attractions, we've got a Big Wheel again now, in the grounds of the Royal York Hotel next to the station.

Also the Yorkshire Museum and the ruins of St Mary's Abbey (ever read Sovereign by C J Sansom? It's set there). Art gallery, Minster (not cheap unless you go in to pray or for a service, in which case it's free). St Michael le Belfrey church where Guy Fawkes was baptised.

Jorvik and Dig for archaeology stuff. Castle Museum too. Quilt Museum. A walk round the walls is always interesting.

If you're here in the next few weeks, consider the Panto. If you can get tickets at the Theatre Royal you'll see a treat, with the 33rd year of Berwick Kaler as the Dame ...

This website contains far more info than I can think of too:
http://www.visityork.org/

Phils_debt

Thompsons fish restaurant is really nice just outside york though but well worth it ;its near monks cross 5 min drive from city centre of york

Spank

The Go Down on Cliffords street http://www.thegodown.co.uk/ & the Bombay Spice on Goodramgate (couple of good Italians there as well) are 2 of my faves

McKneff

somethingcorporate wrote: »

House of trembling madness is excellent for food & drink and a lovely little pub above a beer shop on Stonegate :-) well recommended!

I didn't realise I was near you McKneff! *waves*

http://www.travelswithbeer.com/2011/03/10/the-house-of-the-trembling-madness-york/

Went to York today and I made a point of looking for it, there is another beer shop but with a Thai restaurant upstairs. Walked a bit further down and there it was. Went in for a look but it was lunchtimee and so full there were no seats available. Shame, I would have loved to have sat and socked in the atmosphere. Lovely place, quaint and such a lovely feeling in there. Will defo go again away from the lunch time.