York Youth Hostel

[Libby]

Last night I stumbled on a deal for the Youth Hostel in York. (YHA). It's called the Sunday Night Explorer deal and it's only good for, you guessed it, Sunday nights.

Take advantage of this great value 1 night bed and breakfast package, which includes 2 tickets to York attractions. You can choose from the following: Jorvik Viking Centre, York Boat, The Ghost trail, York Dungeon, City Sightseeing Tour and Castle Howard.

For 20 GPS you get your B&B (18 GPS) and two of the above tickets. For example, the boat tour is 6.50 and the Jorvik Viking Center is 7 or 8 GPS. So, I wrote to them last night and changed my Sunday booking to this special and for 2 Pounds more I'm getting a cruise and an admission to the Center. ;D

It's good for the whole summer except for

Only valid for Sunday night stay, extra nights at full price. Dormitory beds only. Must be booked seven days in advance. Please quote 'Sunday Night Explorer' when booking. Not valid on the following Sundays: 20th March, 27th March, 1st May, 29th May and 28th August.

;D

[uktrail]

When I was in York I heard that the Jorvik centre was a bit overrated -- rather pictorial and popularised and geared to school students more than to serious interests. But at that price, no worries (though there are regular discount tickets from the hostel so you are not saving as much as it looks). Don't you have a Viking site somewhere in your part of Canada?

The railway museum is free, so you can add that to your list. I found some of it interesting.

[LHR02]

Butting in to say that both Eagle and I loved the rail museum! I had allotted an hour or two and spent 4. Read Eagles travel reports for his input. It's a most interesting place...be sure and wind your way around to the workshops and warehouses!