Slope off before it melts
York is a choccy nirvana thanks to Rowntree and Terry’s, with six million Kit Kats made here per day.
Terry’s has been in York for 250 years and an exhibition marking that milestone is being staged at York’s Chocolate Story. Meanwhile York’s Chocolate Festival goes citywide over the Easter weekend and will include a chocolate fair. HOW: Tours at York’s Chocolate Story cost £11.50, yorkschocolatestory.com. Get a free chocolate trail from visityork.org. York’s five star Grand Hotel & Spa has doubles from £143, thegrandyork.co.uk. Never mind that bunnies cannot lay eggs, somehow or other their burrows mysteriously fill up with IF you are suffering from winter sport withdrawal symptoms you could grab a week in Val d’Isere next weekend and save £333. Two people sharing can g get a room at the catered ChaletC Millega from £556 p per person. The deal hidden chocolate ovals at this time of year. Theh National Trust and Cadbury have joined forces to organise egg-hunting adventures at around 300 National Trust locations around the country, including spring woodlands and places on craggy coastlines.
Everyone will be rewarded with a Cadbury’s chocolate treat at the end of each completed hunt.
Meanwhile at Norfolk’s BeWILDerwood adventure park, Cedric the bouncing BeWILDerwood bunny has been busy in his burrow preparing chocolatey y treats for Boggles and Twiggles – whoever they may be. HOW: The complete listing of National Trust properties where Cadbury egg hunts are being staged is at cadbury. co.uk/easter. BeWILDerwood entry is from £15.50 for adults, bewilderwood.co.uk. includes return flights from Edinburgh to Geneva leaving on April 8. Other regional departures are also available and cost slightly more. Go to igluski.com or call 0203 811 6381 for details and to book. Bruges is both chocolate-box pretty and famous for its range of artisan chocolatiers, with at least 30 based in the old town centre. The luxury and delicacy of Belgian chocolates is known worldwide. Big brands such as Leonidas, Godiva and Neuhaus have lavish outlets here. But even the less familiar names are very good – family-ru family-run Dumon is the local favourite with fresh chocolates every day. M Many offer samples so you could have tas tastings for free. There’s a chocolate mu museum too, see choco-story-brugge.be. HOW:HO Eurostar, eurostar.com, has London to Bruges fares from £34.50 one way, an and offers a range of hotel deals, such as the three-star Hans Memmling, from £60 for a double with breakfast. don’t want the extra expense of putting our dogs in kennels when we go on holiday but we need a break as a family. How can we get around it? A STAYCATION would be your best bet and, luckily, a load of self-catered accommodation across the UK allows pets.
There’s a common misconception they are scruffy but you’ll find there are lots of stunning pet-friendly holiday lets. You could book a modern coastal cottage, perfect for walking pups along the beach, or a classic countryside retreats where pets and kids can stretch their legs.
Sykes Cottages hosted more than 86,000 dogs in the past year and it has 4,000 pet-friendly places to stay in the UK.
Visit sykescottages.co.uk or call 01244 617 687 to book.