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Eboracum, Jorvik, medieval York: the city wears two thousand years in a walkable square mile. A six-stop route through the Minster, Coppergate, the castle quarter and the quieter corners the coach tours miss.
Read guideThe KitKat and the Chocolate Orange were both invented in York. The chocolate story, plus where to actually eat in the city now: Michelin-starred Roots, Skosh's small plates, Bettys' queue and two great old pubs.
Read guideYork is two hours from London by direct train and the walled centre crosses in twenty minutes on foot. How to plan a first visit: what to book ahead, what order to walk it in, and why the crowds are beatable.
Read guideYork runs on an annual rhythm: daffodils on the ramparts, Ebor week on the Knavesmire, ten days of food in September, a Christmas market that fills the city, and a Viking festival in the dead of February.
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