Distinctive Shopping

What better way to pass the day than soaking up the atmosphere of this historic city with some retail therapy and eating out! York has a superb selection of shopping from unique special interest shops, quality department stores such as Browns, Fenwicks and one of the largest Marks & Spencer stores in the country. No shopping expert should overlook Mulberry Hall, with fine china and glassware.

There are distinctive shopping quarters, including Stonegate, Petergate, Coppergate, Swinegate, all offering tempting choices of fashion, gifts, antiques, crafts, souvenirs and other specialities.

Not forgetting the Shambles, probably one of York's most photographed streets, once a place of butchers' shops, now home to unique souvenir and gift shops. It also provides easy access to Newgate Market.

To rest a while why not call into Bettys Café Tea Rooms for afternoon tea - waiting staff serve in traditional attire and there's a mouth-watering selection of cakes and pastries on the trolley.

York also boasts three of the most modern and impressive shopping centres, McArthur Glen Designer Outlet where much sought after designer label fashion can be bought for a fraction of the price, Monks Cross and Clifton Moor, both multi store complexes featuring popular names in retail and late night shopping.