We were in York for a family lunch in Walmgate, so the location could hardly have been better. This apartment was a distinctive and memorable place to stay.
The flat is a good size for two, and we managed to host a small tea party after our event, although a few more cups and mugs would have made it easier. The view across the Foss is better than the view into it, and the balcony is a nice feature, although you do have sit right at one end to see Clifford’s Tower past the wall of the Castle Museum opposite. The real surprise-and-delight is the big sliding window in the living room.
Arrival instructions were clear and easy, as we’ve come to expect from Stays York - although there are so many key safes in the lobby that finding the right one took a little while.
We appreciated the dedicated parking space, although manoeuvring even our 4.0m-long car around the many pillars was a challenge. A full-size family car would be a real struggle and there are a lot of scuffs on the pillars to show the problems other drivers have had!
The kitchen is easy to use and the bathrooms are comfortable, although we found the combination of a high dinner-plate shower head and a half-width glass screen made it hard to keep water from splashing on to the floor. But the apartment deserves a recommendation, expensive as it is. And we can thoroughly recommend the French food at the Chopping Block in Walmgate, three minutes away.
