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Enrich your mind, body
and soul with a visit to one
of the country’s most
inspiring cities.
York is a city of living history; you can’t help but be For a different kind of enrichment, enjoy a little body
enriched as you walk its cobbled streets, taking in the pampering. Alquimia Spa in the city centre offers
historic architecture. Marvel at the interior of Fairfax facials, massage and spa body treatments in period
House, the city’s finest Georgian townhouse, admire surroundings. Just on the outskirts of the city,
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, one of the best preserved Middlethorpe Hall Hotel & Spa, a luxurious eighteenth
medieval guildhalls in Europe or stroll past Barley Hall, a century house is a haven of tranquillity. Rejuvenate with
window into the life of a medieval household. a session in the steam room or sauna, lounge in the
whirlpool bath or pamper yourself with a treatment.
Broaden your mind with a visit to world class museums.
Meander through Kirkgate, the recreated Victorian street For ultimate enrichment of the soul, immerse yourself in
at the Castle Museum, soak up the atmosphere of a the glories of York Minster – the largest gothic cathedral
reconstructed Viking city at JORVIK and wonder at some north of the alps and allow its sheer splendour to
of Britain’s finest archaeological treasures at the Yorkshire elevate and inspire. Alternatively, travel south to the
Museum. market town of Selby with its superb abbey which has
defied destruction for nearly 1000 years and was the
Learn about railways and locomotives at the National
birthplace of Henry I.
Railway Museum, the largest of its kind in the world and,
for a true taste of Wartime Britain, visit the Cold War Explore the surrounding countryside and discover
Bunker, the Yorkshire Air Museum or Eden Camp. breathtaking scenery awash with country houses and
picturesque gardens. The evocative ruins of Fountain’s
Art lovers can spend an appreciative hour or two at the
Abbey and the gardens at Castle Howard will captivate
art gallery or visit the city’s newly constructed Quilt
your soul, whilst the Yorkshire Moors, Dales and coastal
Museum. Set to open in spring 2008, this will be the only
resorts will leave you feeling pleasantly and peacefully
museum in Europe dedicated to quilting and textile arts.
reflective.
If, after all this, your mind is still thirsty for knowledge, you
could always enjoy a short, special interest course.
Local photographer John Potter holds landscape
photography workshops, whilst the Red House Antiques
Centre’s three day course on antique furniture has
achieved national acclaim.
Castle Howard
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