# Best things to do in York

The Minster, the Shambles and city walls: York's highlights according to TripAdvisor and UK travel bloggers.

- 35 votes · 12 items
- Sep 29, 2026 · charlie.belfast
- https://even.best/en/l/789/best-things-to-do-in-york

## Top 10

1. **JORVIK Viking Centre** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Ride through a reconstruction of Viking-age York on the original excavation site.
2. **The Shambles** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Medieval street of overhanging timber buildings, once the butchers' row.
3. **National Railway Museum** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Free museum with the Mallard and Japanese bullet train.
4. **York Castle Museum** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Social history museum with a recreated Victorian street.
5. **Ghost walk** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Evening ghost tours through 'Europe's most haunted city'.
6. **York Minster** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — One of northern Europe's largest Gothic cathedrals, with a central tower climb.
7. **Evensong at York Minster** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Free sung evening service by the Minster choir.
8. **Bettys Café Tea Rooms** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Famous tearoom since 1937, known for its Fat Rascal scones.
9. **Museum Gardens and St Mary's Abbey** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Botanical gardens with abbey ruins and the Yorkshire Museum.
10. **York's Chocolate Story** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tour on the city's chocolate heritage: Rowntree's and Terry's.
11. **York City Walls** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The longest medieval town walls in England, walkable for about two miles.
12. **Clifford's Tower** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 13th-century keep on a mound with views over the city.

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