Night-time in York
Romantic York
Are you looking for a little romance in your life? York is the answer!
Take a moonlit cruise down the Ouse, indulge in dinner at beautiful St William's College or a candle-lit meal on the riverside. Wake up to a breathtaking view of the Minster or the river from your bedroom window.
It's a city built for exploring on foot, with plenty of stops for a cappuccino, afternoon tea or something a little stronger along the way. And what better backdrop for a spot of wooing could there be than the Museum Gardens, with the beautiful ruins of St Mary's Abbey, or the Treasurer's House, complete with charming gardens, tucked away behind the Minster?
For total, unabashed romance, why not hire a horse and cart for your tour of the city, leaving you free to gaze adoringly into each other's eyes? Tours leave from in front of the Minster.
With the help of York’s Insider Shopping Trails, buy your sweetheart something special at one of York’s countless range of unique independent shops. With 2,000 shops, you’ll even find something for the man or woman with (almost) everything!
Cosy up in the back row and watch something amorous on the big screen at York’s award-winning riverside art house City Screen Cinema.
Enjoy theatrical passion at the theatre, from the Vienna Festival Ballet’s ‘Coppelia’, and the ‘Mikado’ Opera to Jane Austen’s ‘Northanger Abbey’ and the Red Shoes Dance Company’s ‘Carmen’.