York has a great beach where you can take a long walk or set up some chairs and relax. Like it sounds, Long Sands Beach is a mile and a half stretch of soft sand, with super convenient parking along Route 1A just steps to the sand. Long Sands is a great place for sun bathing in summer, swimming in the surf, beach strolls year-round, and even kite flying. In prime summer there are lifeguards on duty, Bathhouses with restrooms, and you can walk to food stands and generals stores along the strip that give this beach scene an animated vacation-y feel.

For a spectacular setting, take your book, walking shoes or picnic basket to Sohier Park, home to Nubble Lighthouse in Cape Neddick. This park and Nubble Light are among the most photographed landmarks in the US. You can't actually enter the Nubble lighthouse - it's on an island just a few yards from main shore, which makes it so stunning for lighthouse photographs.

Museums of Old York offers real-life insight into York's rich and storied past as one of the oldest colonial communities in the country. Old York's living history museum allows you to walk into Colonial times, even enter one of the country's oldest jails. This National Historic Landmark is a carefully restored early American settlement in the heart of York Village. You can visit the 1750 Jefferd's Tavern, the Old Schoolhouse, the 1742 Emerson Wilcox House and the Old Gaol. Year round, visitors to Old York can literally step into York's colonial period and hear stories and tales of old, fun for young minds and old historians alike.

Do you know how saltwater taffy is made? As you walk through York Beach village, be sure to stop at The Goldenrod candy shop and watch the making of saltwater taffy. Having been in business since 1896, Goldenrod has crafted its sweet taffy to perfection. This is home the century old Goldenrod Kiss, and there's a classic soda fountain serving floats and sundaes too You can watch the taffy being stretched in the Goldenrod shop windows, if your feet are too sandy from the beach - York Short Sands Beach is just steps away.

York has several great golf courses including Cape Neddick Country Club, The Ledges Golf Club and York Golf and Tennis Club.