A Taste of Yorkshire's Attractions - Katie's Travels
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Katie heads up to Yorkshire to visit some of the county's best attractions.
By Katie Silcox
Here at Sky Travel we love to explore, so when I was offered the opportunity to travel up to Yorkshire to visit some of their most famous attractions - I jumped at the chance.
Video camera packed, Sarah (the camera woman) and I jumped in the car for the 300 mile journey up north. Of course, the camera wasn't the only essential - lots of chocolate and sweets went into the glove compartment too!
So, off to Sheffield we drove for our first nights stay at the Park Inn, Sheffield. The hotel was great although after our long drive, all we wanted to so was sleep! Up at 6am the next day for an early morning breakfast and off we went to film at our first Yorkshire attraction - The Deep in Hull.
The Deep, Hull
This famous aquarium is the proud home of more than 40 sharks plus thousands of fish. And it truly was beautiful. Nothing I can say will quite prepare you for the spectacular show that this colourful fish put on simply by swimming around in their tanks - just take a look at the video above to see for yourself!
Back in the car and over to Rotherham we went, to visit Magna Science and Adventure Centre.
Magna Science and Adventure Centre, Rotherham
Magna is a converted steel works, and even the building itself was pretty impressive! Inside was equally inspiring, with loads of fun and interactive activities to take part in - there was even the chance to bungee jump! One word of warning though, make sure you and the family wrap up warm, it's cold inside!
After another good (and well deserved) nights sleep at the Monkbar Hotel in York, we set off to the Jorvik Viking Centre, our last Yorkshire attraction - well, of this trip anyway.
Jorvik Viking Centre, York
Jorvik is actually built on the site where archaeologists once found Viking remains, and has lots of genuine Viking artefacts to look at inside. It also has a time capsule that you can sit in and it will take your around a reconstruction of a Viking village.
One thing I found really interesting was the fact that the model people you'll see are the most life-like reconstructions ever to have been made. They're reconstructed by studying the skull and bone structure of a real Viking remain, and then the facial details of someone of the same sex and a similar age is used. So, you can come face-to-face with a Jorvik Viking!
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