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Travel facts

Divisa: £ GBP.

Visas:
Generally tourists from Europe, USA and the Commonwealth do not require Visas for UK holidays. Check out: www.ukvisas.gov.uk
Getting there:
Flights into Leeds Bradford are serviced by a direct hourly coach service into York Centre. Check Out: York Aircoach
Getting around:
Most of Yorks major sights can be reached on foot. But if you want to visit further afield the First York buses are the cheapest option. Day passes enable you to hop on and off, and are available from the driver.
Tipping:
10-15% is normal in cabs and restaurants (where a service charge is usually included in your bill).

What to see in York

York Minster
York Minster
St Williams College, College Street, York YO1 7JF
Tel. 01904 557216

York Minster is one of the great cathedrals of the world. We invite you to enjoy its vast spaces, filled with music and revealing the human imagination at work on glass, stone, and other fabrics. Whatever your faith and culture, you are welcome here, to see for yourself the life of a centre of Christian belief. York Minster is loved not only by people in the United Kingdom and Yorkshire, but by countless people across the globe. We hope you will be among them.
York City Walls
City Walls
Over a million people a year take a walk through 1900 years of history on York`s city walls. Built in Roman times, they`ve been added to and rebuilt over time and now have parts from across the centuries. Originally built as defences, the focus is now on conservation.
Jorvik Viking Centre
Jorvik Viking Centre - Coppergate , York, Y01 9WT
Tel. 01904 543400

Everything in JORVIK Viking Centre is based on archaeological evidence unearthed during the Coppergate excavations undertaken between 1979?81 by York Archaeological Trust.
Archaeologists started digging on the site of an old sweet factory and unearthed remains of 10th century Viking-age buildings that were surrounded by moist, spongy layers of earth similar to that of a peat bog. These damp conditions helped preserve everyday Viking items such as wood, leather, cloth, bugs and even a Viking toilet and its contents. In total an incredible 40,000 objects were uncovered by excavating 36,000 layers and sieving 8 tonnes of soil
National Railway Museum
National Railway Museum- Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ
Tel. 08704 214001

Inside the world`s largest railway museum you`ll find over three hundred years of world railway history, from Japanese Bullet trains to Queen Victoria`s favourite carriage.
Nearby Hotels: Ramada Encore York - Royal York
The Shambles
York Shambles- York YO1 7LZ
Shambles (also known as `The Shambles`) is a bustling centre piece of historic York. The street today is one of the UK`s most visited and has become a wealth of shopping, tourist attractions, restaurants and many other things to see and do, including tours, ghost walks and historic talks. If you want to know York, you need to know Shambles.
Nearby Hotels: Ramada Encore York - Royal York