No visit to the North-East would be complete without savouring the delights of the city of York, Northern England’s capital and ‘eternal city’. Signpost’s Hotels in Yorkshire are well situated to visit the city. Wherever you turn within the city’s medieval walls, you will find fascinating glimpses of the past.
These can be seen in the splendour of the 600-year old Minsterthe grim stronghold of Clifford’s Tower, the National Railway Museum, the medieval timbers of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall and the Jorvik Viking Centre, which illustrates life in a 10th century Viking village.
Throughout the city, statues and monuments remind the visitor that this was where Constantine was proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor, Guy Fawkes was born and Dick Turpin met his end. York Races in August are a great annual occasion and Middlethorpe Hall & Spa two miles from the city centre, and one of the top Hotels in Yorkshire, is a great place to stay for them.
So rich in history, North Yorkshire boasts some of the country’s most splendid scenery and some of the finest Hotels in Yorkshire, such as Rudding Park, Feversham Arms and the Black Lion in Helmsley and The Star and the Pheasant at Harome. The North Yorks Moors National Park has 500 square miles of hills, dales, forests and open moorland, neatly edged by a spectacular coastline. Walking, cycling and pony trekking are ideal ways to savour the scenery.
Few Hotels in Yorkshire compare with Lastingham Grange, which nestles in a fold in the moors, beside the village church. Alternatively take the steam train from Pickering to Grosmont on the famous North Yorkshire Moors Railway. At Yarm, on the Tees-side border is another of the finest Hotels in Yorkshire, Judges Country House Hotel.