Hello there! Great that you want to read this post - filled with a lot of images! York really should be explored either in real-life, or at least through some pictures. It is such an amazing city because (as the title hints), it covers such a large array of history throughout Britain's time. So let's get started!
First off, York is a touristy city, there's a lot of people, so going there early will pay off. The Shambles market opens at 10 O'Clock, and is absolutely stunning - it is without a doubt the most beautiful street I've ever been on. It's a small area filled with medieval houses, and interesting shops (there's an antique shop, which sells extremely over-priced Ming-Dynasty Figures (265 pounds, which shouldn't be much more than 60 pounds)).
This is a café at the Shambles, their Scones are brilliant - try them!
This is the main street in the Shambles, and has Harry Potter stores, antique stores, witch stores, chocolate stores and many other interesting things to take a look at, as you stroll down the medieval streets.
Then there's the York Minster, which is quite nice - I weren't inside, but only saw it from the outside. But it's right in the city center more or less, so well worth it to see. It has a lot of intricate decorations and details!
Then there's Yorkshire Museum which lies right besides some roman ruins and a fort, and the park in which it is located is also super nice!
In the museum, you’ll embark on a very interesting journey through time, encountering everything from extraordinary Dinosaur fossils, to all kinds of different ancient artefacts and antiquties from the Romans, fascinating Medieval figures, pottery, and so much more! Just take a look at the images, they will give an idea of what you can find there!
Part of the museums interior have even been built around some ancient ruins!
Roman glass flasks and bottle from around AD 100.
Roman Soliders, and cats walked around on these roof tiles whilst they were drying - hence the funny marks...
This is a 6 ft tall sandstone figure depicting the god Mars (AD 300 - 400). It's the largest and finest found in Roman York - and was found in a temple dedicated to the god of war.
This was probably one of the coolest and most suprising things I saw there! An Ichthysaur, 180 Mio. years old, and was found near Whitby in the UK. This one was 8 meters long, but some could get as long as 16 meters.
My concluding remarks regarding York would be that it is a city which definetly should be explored whilst walking around. Throughout the city there are remains of the Vikings, and the Medieval period, Romans and so on, and these can be explored and viewed while having a coffee and walking around.
I was only there for a day - but I think the perfect trip would be sleeping there for a night, so that you can really experience the city - which is without a doubt one of my favourite cities in the UK!
There's a café in there!
