Hi guys welcome to another episode of ultimate bucket list and today I mean
the ancient English city of York York one of the most ancient and fortified
cities in England this place created by the Romans and Vikings has an ancient
stone wall that completely surrounds the entire city and it's a wall that you can
actually walk along and around York is a place steeped in history and it's not
too hard to find it because it's literally everywhere to access the City
of York you have to go through one of the four main gates that are situated
around the city walls and as soon as you step foot through the gates you'll
quickly realize that you just step back in time because everything is pretty old
from the old style pubs to the Tudor style buildings and the biggest ancient
thing that you'll notice in the City of York is this the York Minster this is
the most important Cathedral in the north of England and it is the
centerpiece of the City of York only a blind man would miss this as you could
spot this for miles the sheer size of this Cathedral isn't
its only draw it's actually a very very pretty place to visit indeed currently
some parts of its are under construction and it's kind of cool to see the
brickwork and how they actually restore it but once you actually step foot
inside you can take one of many of the free guided tours that happen during the
day or you can decide to go it alone I decided obviously to go it alone
walk around here carefully guys and soak in all the history the culture and the
tradition because there is a lot of it on show from the stone carvings to the
stained glass windows and even some of the church paraphernalia that you might
find in a typical Church albeit it's massively much better here some of the
architecture here is just simply staggering now whilst you're walking
around the inside be sure to visit the underground croft it's kind of cool to
see what happens underneath the cathedral opiates a little creepy if you
don't like tombs take plenty of pictures guys because there is a lot of stuff to
see here that will pretty much amaze you however bear in mind that this is still
a place of worship and you've got to be respectful and quiet at all the times
once you leave the Minster you'll quickly be greeted by a series of
ancient streets these are known as the shambles and you'll know that you're on
them because you literally feel that you step back in time into the Middle Ages
the shops are tiny the buildings are ancient and it's pretty cool to wander
into the shops and see what sorts of weird and wonderful things and weird
wonderful people that you might find here on the shambles and it's cool to go
shopping for that niche gift idea to take home with you sword or a piece of
armor or something like that I don't know but there's plenty of things to buy
etc now if you are walking down the shambles you might come across this
place Driggs fish and chip shop and when you go inside it's nothing fantastic
it's nothing spectacular but this place shows the best fish and chips in the
entire country and the best thing about it is they serve lots of it
you get laser food and not only that they also serve it with bread and tar
sauce just in case you want to be a bit fatter so after you've had a gut-busting
place of fish and chips it's time to walk it off along the city walls
you could probably circumnavigate the city in about an hour just from walking
along these ancient walls and to get to the walls you have to access it by one
of the four gates that's I mentioned previously
they all have staircases that will allow you access to the walls free of charge
and unfortunately it does get a little crowded with tourists sometimes but so
long as your patients this shouldn't really pose you a problem you do get
some pretty amazing sights along your walk around the city so be sure to take
plenty of pictures and take it all in when you're on the south side of the
city check out this thing cliff its tower now this used to be an old ancient
fort that is high on an ancient mound and this thing you definitely don't
believe that this is in the middle of modern streets but it is it's actually
kind of a cool building although having said that if you go inside there's
really not that much to see if you are on a budget
be sure to walk up the staircase have a look from the view at the top of the
staircase and don't actually go inside you're not actually missing all that
much but it's still a pretty cool building overall York is a fantastic
historical city and if you like English history and culture this is perfect
definitely add this to your bucket list okay knit I'm sort what do I need to do
well you need to get here to the city of York it's a major city in England and
it's serviced by trains buses and easily accessible via the motorways car parks
are always cheaper outside of the city walls
the cost to do these things the Minster it's about 10 pounds to enter but that
ticket that you buy for 10 pounds lasts for 12 calendar months
cliff its tower not great it was eight pounds and you really don't get much for
your money and obviously the Roman walls hands the shambles are completely free
of charge to walk around at any time is there anything else I need to know not
really York is a fantastic city and if you do
like history and culture and if you're a typical American who likes English
historical things this is perfect for you if you found this video it's all
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them at me and if I get enough suggestions I'll go ahead and do that so
guys thank you very much for watching and we'll see you in the next episode
Ninh Ly - www.ninh.co.uk - @NinhLyUK