York for the day ?
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there are some nice hotels but I don't know what they are.
betty's cafe is a popular tourist spot but I don't rate it that much. The cakes etc. look nice though I've never been that impressed with them. Perhaps I just choose the wrong ones. There is a place called cafe concerto that I quite like the cakes at though - good for lunch but a bit pricey (near the minster)
There is a restaurant at the top of Micklegate/end of blossom street called delrios that I think is very good - italian. There are the usual chain zizzis/ask/pizza express etc. in the centre.
A walk round the walls is good. Have a look at the abbey ruins in the museum gardens. Go inside the minster. The crypt of the minster (undercroft?) and also the trip up the tower if it's a clear day are good too.
Wander round the nice shopping streets around the minster.
The national railway museum is worth a couple of hours.
betty's cafe is a popular tourist spot but I don't rate it that much. The cakes etc. look nice though I've never been that impressed with them. Perhaps I just choose the wrong ones. There is a place called cafe concerto that I quite like the cakes at though - good for lunch but a bit pricey (near the minster)
There is a restaurant at the top of Micklegate/end of blossom street called delrios that I think is very good - italian. There are the usual chain zizzis/ask/pizza express etc. in the centre.
A walk round the walls is good. Have a look at the abbey ruins in the museum gardens. Go inside the minster. The crypt of the minster (undercroft?) and also the trip up the tower if it's a clear day are good too.
Wander round the nice shopping streets around the minster.
The national railway museum is worth a couple of hours.
oh: nice (by reputation) restaurants...
Melton's (n scarcroft road - a bit out of town). There is also a bistro run by the same people walmgate - just down the road from a loch fyne fisheries restaurant (chain but quite good generally). On the same road there are a couple of good places for steak etc. at the top, and just by the bridge there is the blue bicycle - never been but supposedly good. Across the road from walmgate there is also a nice italian just on the shambles (which you might want to battle down anyway as its a touristy spot).
Melton's (n scarcroft road - a bit out of town). There is also a bistro run by the same people walmgate - just down the road from a loch fyne fisheries restaurant (chain but quite good generally). On the same road there are a couple of good places for steak etc. at the top, and just by the bridge there is the blue bicycle - never been but supposedly good. Across the road from walmgate there is also a nice italian just on the shambles (which you might want to battle down anyway as its a touristy spot).
normally use the one on bishopthorpe roadIf you don't mind a bit of a drive out of the centre of York then the Yorkshire Air museum http://www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk/ is worth going to. As another chap mentioned the railway museum is good. Entry is free but be aware the car park if you opt to use it costs a fair bit!
Plenty of nice places to eat/drink. Bettys tea room is always popular http://www.bettys.co.uk/
If the weather is good you can hire a boat and cruise down the Ouse as well.
Make sure you walk around the city wall - very nice way to see parts of the city.
HTH.
Plenty of nice places to eat/drink. Bettys tea room is always popular http://www.bettys.co.uk/
If the weather is good you can hire a boat and cruise down the Ouse as well.
Make sure you walk around the city wall - very nice way to see parts of the city.
HTH.
Edited by Dr Imran T on Wednesday 28th July 20:01
had a great day out 
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