York city break - hotel recommendations?

[Zippee]

I'm looking to take my wife away for 3 nights over the August bank holiday and not having been to York before am thinkking about heading there. Can anyone recommend a decent (but not too expensive) hotel within reasonable walking distance of where we'd need to go and also with parking?
Also, what are the must do/sees and restaurants, cafes etc?

[Trustmeimadoctor]

whats your budget

[Zippee]

Circa £150 a night ideally.

[nw28840]

try : http://www.hotels.com/

[Trustmeimadoctor]

hotel du vin
http://www.hotelduvin.com/hotels/york/york.aspx

marmadukes
http://www.marmadukesyork.com/

judges lodgings
http://www.judgeslodgings.com/hotel.html

bigger like a posh travel lodge
hotel 53
http://www.hotel53.com/index.php?page=bedrooms

what kind of food ?


as for things to do catle museum, jorvik viking centre, minster, yorkshire museum, museum gardens, walk the walls, york dungeons, railway museum, just outside york benigborough hall, castle howard, fountains abbey, elvington air museum

lots and lots to do but depends on how far your willing to go

[Zippee]

Thanks for that - I'll check them out when I get a spare moment. We want something we can drive into and park securely but be able to walk into the centre and main attractions. As for food, dinner wise it would be English/French, lunchtime nice bistros or cafes. Again, nice but not overly expensive so decent gastropub or restaurant rather than michelin starred fine dining.

[Teebs]

Churchill hotel is nice, short walk to the centre from there.

[TomE]

I always think this place looks nice, it's very central too (but maybe a little over budget?)

http://www.cedarcourtgrand.co.uk/

[yozzer]

I stayed in the Wellington http://www.wellingtonhotel.com/ its in Mid town between Central Park and Times Square

The rooms were pretty good and its localtion is very good, we prett ymuch walked everywhere we needed to go.

[Old Merc]

Try www.yorkminsterhotel.co.uk we stayed there,nice place.Its just a short walk to the cathedral and everything else,it also has its own secure car park

[TomE]

yozzer said:

I stayed in the Wellington http://www.wellingtonhotel.com/ its in Mid town between Central Park and Times Square

The rooms were pretty good and its localtion is very good, we prett ymuch walked everywhere we needed to go.

Really?!

[Mst007]

Try www.best-hotels-prices.com. Uses hotel data from all the main booking sites in one comparison site, with reviews..saves time basically

[fatandwheezing]

A couple of years ago since we went to York, but we had dinner in Nineteen. Just picked it at random, but it was very decent.

http://www.nineteenyork.com/

[langy]

Went to York a month or so ago, had a fantastic meal in www.ateoclock.co.uk

[yozzer]

TomE said:

Really?!

Really what?

[GroundEffect]

I stayed in Hotel Noir a few weeks ago. It's a short walk from the Shambles (about 10 minutes max). It's a nice little hotel with 4-poster beds, a free minibar and nice staff. Not too expensive either.

[TomE]

yozzer said:

Really what?

Did you really walk everywhere, you say it's fairly central but was it only a short walk to both the minster and to the Viking Centre.....?

[yozzer]

TomE said:

yozzer said:

Really what?

Did you really walk everywhere, you say it's fairly central but was it only a short walk to both the minster and to the Viking Centre.....?

I didnt say it was a short walk anywhere. We didnt visit either of the places you have mentioned. I also said we walked pretty much everywhere, not absolutely everywhere! We got a cab a few times when we were eating out etc and also to the ferry to the Statue of Liberty as we were on a tight schedule.

I think walking about it the best way to see New York, yes its knackering but i personally thing its better way to get to see bit you would miss if you just got cabs to the tourist stuff.

[Zippee]

yozzer said:

TomE said:

yozzer said:

Really what?

Did you really walk everywhere, you say it's fairly central but was it only a short walk to both the minster and to the Viking Centre.....?

I didnt say it was a short walk anywhere. We didnt visit either of the places you have mentioned. I also said we walked pretty much everywhere, not absolutely everywhere! We got a cab a few times when we were eating out etc and also to the ferry to the Statue of Liberty as we were on a tight schedule.

I think walking about it the best way to see New York, yes its knackering but i personally thing its better way to get to see bit you would miss if you just got cabs to the tourist stuff.

Thankyou for the advice, thought I should clarify though it's York, England not New York, USA.

[yozzer]

Zippee said:

yozzer said:

TomE said:

yozzer said:

Really what?

Did you really walk everywhere, you say it's fairly central but was it only a short walk to both the minster and to the Viking Centre.....?

I didnt say it was a short walk anywhere. We didnt visit either of the places you have mentioned. I also said we walked pretty much everywhere, not absolutely everywhere! We got a cab a few times when we were eating out etc and also to the ferry to the Statue of Liberty as we were on a tight schedule.

I think walking about it the best way to see New York, yes its knackering but i personally thing its better way to get to see bit you would miss if you just got cabs to the tourist stuff.

Thankyou for the advice, thought I should clarify though it's York, England not New York, USA.

Oh FFS I really should read things properly, sorry about that. Feel a right plum.