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York announces 2015 music festival line up

Announced today (18 November 2014), York’s line up of music festivals for 2015 includes an eclectic mix of big name acts, local artists and street performers, that promise to keep the ancient city walls alive with music, day and night. ·York Spring Festival of New Music (29 April to 3 May 2015) – this festival is all about taking the thrill of new music out into the city of York. Encompassing all genres, including pop, rock, jazz, music theatre, classical and world music, the York Spring Festival presents a unique opportunity to experience a wide range of genres in just one weekend.

Wanted for Christmas - one-of-a-kind gift ideas

It is that time of year when people up and down the country ask the perennial question: “What do you buy for the person who already has everything?”, but top independent retailers are suggesting that if you are asking that question, you’ve clearly not visited York! ‘York is the leading heritage shopping location outside London and for its size, probably has more independent retailers per square mile than any other city, so if you are looking to find really unusual, high quality gifts for friends and family this Christmas you are bound to find something here. What’s more, you can walk

York's Halloween Highlights

From bats to chocolate, and frightfests to ghost walksWith more than 500* ghosts recorded at the last count, this Halloween York is celebrating its status as Europe’s most haunted city with a host of after dark adventures to keep visitors entertained on Halloween night (31 October 2014). These are VisitYork.org’s top Halloween highlights (or should that be low-lights?): Most scary… Hallowscream at York Maze. By day, they offer pumpkins galore, bouncy castles and family fun but when the sun sets, visitors step into a frightfest! Demon clowns with chainsaws stalk the corn stalks, a

York serves up extra helpings of cocoa for National Chocolate Week

13-19 October 2014There’s only one place for chocoholics next week and that’s York, birthplace of the KitKat, Smarties and Terry’s Chocolate Orange, and Britain’s home of chocolate. During National Chocolate Week (13-19 October), this already sweet city will be in chocolate overdrive enabling visitors to eat, drink, make and learn about more chocolate than ever, as well as offering calorie-free opportunities to breathe, walk – and even wash in chocolate too! Chocolate make-over for Yorkshire’s favourite flavours In a one-week taste experience not to be missed, Yorkshire’s finest

Halloween in York: Europe's most haunted city

It has long held the title of Europe’s most haunted city, with over 500 ghosts recorded at the last count (Ghost Research Foundation International, 2009), and this year, there are more reasons than ever before for visiting York this Halloween.  As long summer nights start to shorten, tourism agency Visit York has launched a host of after dark adventures, to celebrate its ‘most haunted’ status and keep visitors entertained on Halloween night. ‘In a city where you can still see evidence of 2000 years of civilisation and unbroken occupation across that time, it is little wonder that many

York opens its networks for techno-tourism!

Don’t forget to pack your iPad – that’s the message this summer from York’s tourism bosses as a host of new techno-initiatives aimed at visitors to the historic city are launched this season, making York the top British destination for those travelling with a smartphone or tablet. ‘York is a beautiful city, and we often see visitors using smartphones and tablets to take photographs and videos during their visits, but this year, York’s top visitor attractions are taking this one step further, with a host of apps and augmented reality to bring this historic city to life with the very

York on one knee - things you can only do as a couple in Britain's most beautiful city

Shared experiences strengthen the bond of togetherness, so try these great ways to get closer to your loved one in York, Britain’s most beautiful city: Kiss - under the West Window of York Minster and you’ll remain together forever, according to local superstition. Look up at the window to see the heart-shape worked into the tracery, known as the ‘Heart of Yorkshire’. Find out how well matched you really are by riding a tandem – a bit like a good relationship, the trick to riding a tandem is trusting each other and being able to work together, if you can pull that off, balancing,

What lies beneath - underground York cuts through layers of city's history

Barracks to brothels, comedy to Cold WarNeed to cool off from the summer heat? Don’t just scratch the surface – get deep under York’s skin to explore a city of contrasts. This is the message tourism agency Visit York is sending out to visitors who are keen to explore the city’s past and present by going underground this year. Whilst it is often key features above ground level – the medieval walls that surround the city, or the soaring tower of York Minster – that draw the eye of tourists, a host of attractions, cafés and restaurants are making the most of what lies beneath the pavements;

York targets curious visitors in Anti-Boredom Month this July

Make a curious difference to National Anti-Boredom Month this July with a trip to York where one of the largest Coprolite ever found, the legacy of a Viking nobleman’s ivory horn and a Roman hair piece are sure to fire up the imagination of the most jaded individual. ‘York is home to many of the country’s most fascinating curiosities and rarest treasures, from Britain’s biggest Ichthyosaur fossil to possibly the oldest object on earth – the Middlesbrough Meteorite. When you see things like these and think about where they came from and what life was like back then it opens up your mind

York gears up for two-wheeled explorers

30 days ahead of Le Tour de France Grand DépartGiven 200 of the world’s best cyclists will descend on York for the 101st Tour de France Grand Départ this July, if you choose York for a cycling getaway you’ll be in good company.  Cycling fans across the globe will be watching the Tour de France set off from York on 6 July and the city’s tourism agency Visit York this month begins a campaign to promote all that’s great about cycling in York and Yorkshire. ‘The Tour de France Grand Départ will shine the world’s spotlight on our city and region as a great place to come cycling.  With few

York gears up for two-wheeled explorers

30 days ahead of Le Tour de France Grand DépartGiven 200 of the world’s best cyclists will descend on York for the 101stTour de France Grand Départ this July, if you choose York for a cycling getaway you’ll be in good company.  Cycling fans across the globe will be watching the Tour de France set off from York on 6 July and the city’s tourism agency Visit York this month begins a campaign to promote all that’s great about cycling in York and Yorkshire. ‘The Tour de France Grand Départ will shine the world’s spotlight on our city and region as a great place to come cycling.  With few

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