| spa treatments are offered for a fee. elegant rooms are split between the main house, a courtyard building and a separate cottage. occupying a 17th-century manor house on 20 landscaped acres, this country house hotel sits at the southern edge of york racecourse. all have free wi-fi, and tea and coffeemaking equipment. lavish suites add antique desks and fireplaces. other amenities include an indoor pool and a gym, plus sprawling gardens with herb beds and fruit trees. room service is offered 24/7. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. breakfast and valet parking are complimentary, and there's a wood-panelled dining room where afternoon tea is served
Leeds Bradford Airport 49 min
JORVIK Viking Centre (7 min)
A fully reconstructed Viking village complete with the sights and smells, and an adjoining museum. Museum Gardens (12 min)
Large gardens surrounding Yorkshire Museum, with mature trees, Roman ruins and medieval abbey. York's Chocolate Story (13 min)
Tour exploring the history of chocolate and the city's confectioners, with cafe and shop. York Castle Museum (7 min)
A recreated Victorian cobbled street with costumed guides and period rooms including a schoolroom. Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial (17 min)
Former WWII RAF Bomber Command Station, with exhibitions on flying history and 60+ aircraft. DIG: An Archaeological Adventure (10 min)
Archeology museum where children unearth replica historical finds in hands-on excavations. York Art Gallery (11 min)
Gallery featuring paintings & decorative arts from the 1400s to the present in an 1870s building. Barley Hall (14 min)
Restored former priory dating from 14th century, with high-ceilinged great hall and exposed timbers. Rowntree Park (8 min)
Leafy public park with features such as playgrounds, picnic areas, tennis courts & a sizable lake. York City Walls (11 min)
Remnants of a stonework enclosure around a rectangular fortification, erected in 71 CE. York Cold War Bunker (10 min)
Fallout monitoring centre in case of nuclear war until 1990s, now open and run by English Heritage. Clifford's Tower, York (7 min)
13th-century castle keep, built on a grass mound, formerly used as a prison and royal mint. St Mary's Abbey (12 min)
Church dating back to the 11th century, now a contemporary gallery exhibiting art and installations. The York Dungeon (7 min)
A high tech ghost house attraction with costumed characters and state-of-the-art scares. York Minster (13 min)
Gothic cathedral with vast stained glass windows, interactive Undercroft exhibition and tower tours. | 
