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York's choice of family holiday attractions is superb. Best York museum for families Jorvik Viking Centre sees you face to face with the vikings - the museum sits on a York site where evidence of Viking York has been uncovered. Ghosts are a popular theme across many cities in the UK, but York does ghosts particularly well! Head for knockout family attraction York Dungeon for a positive feast of ghost stories, live actor re-enactments and mind-boggling special effects. York Dungeon lays on its own York city ghost tour alongside numerous other award winning York ghost tours including The Ghost Hunt of York and The Original Ghost Walk of York! Seasonal great family attractions are appearing in York like the fantastic Ice Factor - York's own open air ice skating rink down by Clifford's Tower from mid-November to early January.
Jorvik Viking Centre York
The Jorvik Viking Centre in York is one of the UK's most popular attractions and caters particularly well for families.
The centre's roots date back to an amazing archaeological find in York - The Coppergate Dig. Excavations here under an old sweet factory between 1979 and 1981 unearthed numerous Viking artefacts and the remains of 10th century Viking buildings preserved within particularly spongy earth. A huge 40,000 Viking objects were found including cloth, a Viking toilet, leather and wood.
The huge Jorvik exhibit travels back through time and literally re-creates a Viking village with Blacksmith's home, river front area, Coppergate street as it would have been and kids will love imaginative fun areas like 'Artefacts Alive' - a dimly lit gallery with four Viking ghosts. Artefacts Alive takes a close look via exhibits and interactive screens at the day to day lives of Viking residents in York. Pick up a joint ticket for Jorvik and Dig and you can have a go at being an archaeologist.
JORVIK Viking Centre, Coppergate , York, Y01 9WT. Tel. 01904 543400. Events run through the year and Jorvik serves as central venue naturally for the York Viking Festival held annually in February. Checkout Jorvik's comprehensive webguide for opening times and prices. York Archaeological Trust's webguide gives further information on archaeological work in the Coppergate area and elsewhere in York.
York Dungeons and York Ghost Tours
York Dungeon and Dungeon ghost city tour certainly has plenty of local grusome history stories in York to work with. York notables such as Guy Fawkes who was born in York and Dick Turpin who was imprisoned in the city receive due attention.
York Dungeon is a great fun attraction for families, with actors playing the parts of real life spooky figures of old, and themed areas such as the Labyrinth of the Lost - a recreated ancient Roman fortress below York Minster. Discover the story of Dick Turpin and walk through the death ridden 14th century streets of York during the Black Death. York Dungeon offers daily ghost tours around York commencing 5.30pm. Check the webguide for details.
The York Dungeon, 12 Clifford Street, York YO1 9RD. 01904 632599
www.thedungeons.com
The choice of York ghost tours is impressive, with informative, professional and humorous performances all the way. No need to pre-book award winning 'The Ghost Hunt of York' (see webguide right). Just turn up at the Shambles daily at 7.30pm whatever the weather and hook into the tour. See also The Original Ghost Walk of York (webguide right) departly nightly at 8pm from the King's Arms Pub near the Ouse Bridge.
Ice Factor - Seasonal Open Air Ice Skating York
Hot family attraction in York during the winter season (mid-November to beginning of January) is the Ice Factor open air ice skating rink near York Castle Museum and Clifford's Tower.
Every year sees the ice rink in York increasing in popularity so it looks set to be a regular attraction. For this year's opening times and dates look to the Ice Factor weblink right for details.
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