Harrogate

[Glee Fan]

Lovely, thank you for all the suggestions. I used to live in Ripon so visited Harrogate fairly regularly but as I said above, I haven’t been back for years. Am really looking forward to our visit. Fountains Abbey is a great place for a walk and will look at Harlow Carr. Not done the Turkish Baths, what is that actually like? And of course Betty’s is a must, but we love the Ivy and also Italian so I’ll look that one up too. Thanks again everyone!

[mskitty]

The Turkish baths is a traditional style "bath house" with various hot rooms, relaxation beds and a plunge pool from memory. They also offer treatments. It's really really lovely, like stepping back in time.

[levtweeney]

Love North Yorkshire and Harrogate. We used to live in Topcliffe, near Thirsk and we would pop to Harrogate for a day trip. Fountains Abbey was our weekly walk and picnic when the kids were young, amongst all the deer. If you don’t mind a drive for an hour then Castle Howard is a canny half day.

They knew how to build back in the day

[Twin mummy]

If Lucia's is anything like the York one it will be lovely (it is part of the same small chain).