Situated on the River Dee, near the Welsh border, is Chester, a lovely city in Cheshire, England.

Chester was originally founded as a fort of the Romans, called Deva Victrix, in 79AD. The Saxons were the ones to later give Chester its current name when the Romans departed nearly 500 years later. The attractive little city of Chester has been drawing visitors since the Romans first came. Since then, the Saxons Benedictines and Normans contributed their share to a sizable bit of culture, architecture and carvings.

Chester is still a vigorous sort of place, with a varied selection of shops and restaurants and is well known as one being of the most visited of cities in all Great Britain.

While Chester has expanded in the past years, and greatly increased the number of visitors, the variety of choices among its restaurants has grown with it. There is as broad a selection of accommodations that are available in and around the city center of Chester and the countryside as well.

Chester lays claim to be one of the most entirely preserved walled cities around the country and it certainly does have best of intact city walls of any in all of the United Kingdom.

On a foot journey around the walls from the Roman times, the tour will take just a little bit over an hour to walk the two mile distance. This itinerary gives one a great view of the regal Welsh mountains, and the Roodee racecourse, among other splendid sights of the city.

There are numerous places visitor can stop and explore and, if they are so inclined, have a drink in one of the many pubs like the Albion pub, Telfords Warehouse or any of the various eateries that are found on Upper Northgate Street.

Grosvenor Museum and Chester Town Hall are two prime examples of the fine Victorian architecture dating from when the city saw significant expansion during the Industrial Revolution. Most people seem to like to look into the Rows and browse the Shopping Galleries.

Dating all the way back to the 13th century, the Rows consist of a unique two story shopping gallery that was built in a half-timbered style and is one of the most photographed sites in England.

Most major United Kingdom retail companies have stores there and you can also find a varied selection of small independent shops to search through. The famed Eastgate clock towers can be observed above the main shopping plaza where the city walls run.

Most people usually have little difficulty finding their way around the compact little town of Chester.

Though walking about is pleasant, Chester certainly operates a first-class and sensibly priced bus line from locations all around the city. Parking can sometimes be a little tricky, so it might be worth it to consider a spot outside the city and taking the bus into town.

With all of its interesting places of historical attractions, Chester is a fascinating town to savor.

For accommodation in Chester check this list of Chester hotels.

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