Skyview Retreat @ Ryedale House

A truly stunning apartment in the heart of York. This apartment sleeps up to 4 guests. Book online today!

  • 2 bedrooms
  • 2 bathrooms
  • From £216.00

Welcome to Skyview Retreat - A fantastic example of a 2 bedroom apartment that’s at the very pinnacle of holiday let properties in the city.

Ryedale House is an exclusive, private development in the heart of York’s historic core beside the River Foss. Skyview Retreat sits on the 5th floor and offers skyline views over parts of the city and a great view of open skies over the rooftops of York to the distant Howardian Hills. The property benefits from full, professional interior design throughout and does not fail to impress.

The tech savvy will no doubt be impressed by the lightening quick fibre WiFi that offers typical download speeds of 600Mbps and upload speeds of 100Mbps. The TV is an LG OLED 55" smart TV with Freeview.

Upon entering the open plan lounge, kitchen and dining area for the first time you will be immediately struck by the amazing amount of natural light coming into the apartment from the floor to ceiling windows. The property occupies a corner position on the building which aids this.

The kitchen area has been designed to the highest standards and features premium Neff appliances such as the oven and induction hob, fridge freezer and dishwasher. There's also a high end Smeg toaster and kettle plus a lovely DeLonghi espresso machine. There is a large island unit and bespoke worktop creating a sophisticated and contemporary living space with breakfast bar seating for 2.

The dining area can seat 4 for dinner and occupies a lovely corner position in the room that’s just perfect for taking in the views of the city or a spot of people watching! There's a floor to ceiling sliding window with Juliet balcony too. The high quality engineered hardwood floors throughout the apartment also have the added benefit of underfloor heating with smart controls.

The master bedroom contains a king size bed, feature wallpaper and large wardrobe. The bedroom also has a fully tiled ensuite complete with underfloor heating and walk in shower.

The second bedroom of the apartment again features a king size bed. Both the bedrooms benefit from having USB sockets near the beds and high quality carpets throughout.

The beds in both bedrooms are King size 150cm* 200cm with "Which" award winning 'Emma' mattresses.

The main bathroom in the apartment is again fully tiled with underfloor heating and features a spacious, luxury walk in shower.

The apartment also has the added benefit of a secure, allocated car park space on-site.

Children welcome over 8 years old.

Please note, Ryedale House does not have dedicated disabled access, such as wheelchair ramps.

Access to the building is via a couple of steps at the main entrance and also from the rear car park. Guests with mobility requirements should take this into consideration when making their booking.

Amenities
  • Parking
  • Fan
  • 2 Bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • No Smoking
  • Allocated Parking
  • Parking For 1 Car
  • Lift Access
  • Bike Store
  • Entryphone/intercom
  • Kitchen
  • Tv
  • Heating
  • Washing Machine
  • Tumble Dryer
  • Free Parking On Premises
  • Wireless Internet
  • Family Friendly
  • Elevator
  • Smoke Detector
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Hangers
  • Iron
  • Hair Dryer
  • Laptop Friendly
  • Room Darkening Shades
  • Bed Linens
  • Cooking Basics
  • Dishes And Silverware
  • Dishwasher
  • Handheld Shower Head
  • Hot Water
  • Long Term Stays
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Single Level Home
  • Stove
  • Essentials
  • Free Unlimited Wifi
  • Smart Tv
  • Freeview
  • Electric Hob
  • Fridge Freezer
  • Washer/dryer
  • Kettle
  • Toaster
  • Cutlery & Crockery
  • Cafetiere
  • Coffee Machine
  • Iron & Ironing Board
  • Hairdryer
  • Towels & Linen
  • Weekly Cleaning Service
  • Children Welcome
  • Two Kingsize Beds
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Separate Shower
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Booking details

Check in 16:00

Check out 10:00

Pets Not allowed

Max guests 4

Guest Reviews

Great Apartment with One Fixable Issue

★ 4.8/5
19 August 2026

The apartment was beautiful with lots of windows to enjoy the view. It was furnished nicely. And, Stays York left a bag of goodies for us that was very nice. It was extremely hot during our visit to York. While 2 fans were provided for the apartment, there really should be 2 in the large living/dining/kitchen room, plus 1 in each of the 2 bedrooms to help keeping the air moving. However, the biggest problem with the heat was that the large sliding window in the living room could not be opened. It says it is awaiting repair right on the window, but based on other reviews, it has been in this state for a very long time. The window can be repaired by a qualified window/door repair company in a matter of minutes to, at most, a couple hours. It certainly wouldn't take months to fix, but for some reason, Stays York has decided not to spend the money to fix it. Other apartments above and below ours had their windows open while we were staying there. That window is the only one on that side of the room, so it is required to get a cross-breeze to help keep the room somewhat tolerable when it's really hot outside. When I sent a couple emails prior to our arrival asking if the window had been repaired yet, Stays York ignored that question twice. I don't really understand why it hasn't been fixed yet. We live full-time in properties like this (we have no home and travel the world full-time), and we have never stayed in one that was not 100% functional. We should not have been charged full price for a deficient apartment. I hope that they get the sliding window fixed ASAP! Until it is fully functional, we would NOT recommend this apartment to others during the summer. It will be great during cooler weather even without being able to open the sliding window.

Repeat visit

★ 5/5
31 July 2026

Central location with secure car parking space. Ideal base for visiting York and surrounding area. Very well equipped, clean, bright apartment. High quality utilities and decor. Comfortable and spacious for 2 couples. Thoughtful welcome pack provided.

Brilliant stay as always

★ 4.3/5
29 June 2026

Always a fantastic stay welcome pack was very enjoyable Would have benefitted from fan in every room as we only had 2 fans so had to keep moving one from lounge to bedroom but we were very grateful for you providing them as the apartment was so hot Thank you

Lovely apartment

★ 4.8/5
28 June 2026

Lovely welcome pack on arrival much appreciated, modern spacious apartment with great showers and especially the mattress was great and supportive as someone who sleeps badly when traveling - best mattress I've had while away! I've given comfort as 4/5 just as it was quite warm while we were there - the two fans provided helped. Was a pity the sliding window could not be opened as it was due for repair. Overall a great place to stay and I would book again.

Quality accommodation

★ 5/5
22 June 2026

Another lovely stay in a Stays York high quality serviced apartment with excellent check-in/out instructions and accommodation information

A long weekend in York with friends

★ 4.7/5
13 May 2026

Ideal location for exploring York city centre, within easy walking distance to sights and restaurants & cafes, with secure parking. On floor 5 of 7. Some noise disturbance from road and adjacent building sites. Good internet and TV with freeview. Ticked all our boxes. Would be happy to book again.

Comfortable and perfect location

★ 5/5
7 May 2026

This apartment offered great comfort. Superb location. Such ease of parking the car. Super welcome goody hamper. As soon as we arrived we felt relaxed. Stays York are definitely the best to enjoy York. Used a few times now and makes for a great holiday.

Stunning Apartment

★ 5/5
9 April 2026

Absolutely beautiful apartment with all modern appliances. The beds were really comfortable and as soon as you walked into the apartment you noticed how clean and fresh everything looked. The bathrooms were immaculate and the welcome packet was very generous. Lots of lovely goodies. My husband gave the thumbs up to this so we will definitely be coming to stay at this apartment again.

Beautiful Penthouse in York Centre

★ 5/5
26 February 2026

Central location. Safe car park on site. Stunning apartment with wide sweeping views of York. Stylish decor throughout. Quiet inside apartment, even though central to pubs and restaurants. Thankyou to Yorkstays for great local welcome pack. Lift to all floors.

Hi There, Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback! We are so glad you enjoyed your stay with us, we really appreciate you sharing your experience. Kind regards, Stays York

STAYS YORK

Excellent stay

★ 4.7/5
15 October 2025

Second visit, very pleased. Couple of suggestions - clearer waste disposal guidance, some mugs for tea, provide a Tassimo or Nespresso machine (no idea how to use provided machine), make sure the tv remote batteries work (dead as dodo!), provide foil & cling film.

Hi David, Thank you for sharing your feedback and for returning to stay with us — we’re so pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit. We appreciate your helpful suggestions regarding the waste disposal information, kitchen items, and TV remote, and we’ll pass these on to the team for review to help improve the guest experience. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you back to York again soon! Kind regards, Emily Stays York

Emily

Lovely

★ 5/5
1 October 2025

Great apartment- just what we needed. It was lovely to watch the road below. Very convenient location. And lovely to have parking too. I'm sure we'll come again.

Short break with friends

★ 4.2/5
14 July 2025

York is a fantastic city to visit and the Skyview Retreat @ Ryedale House provided us with an excellent base from which to explore, would definitely use again. However, the warm weather did make the accommodation a little uncomfortable, as the large sliding window in the main living space was broken and could not be opened and the smaller windows just simply didn't allow enough air to flow. Furthermore, the corner sofa wasn't the most comfortable, as the springs on the lounger end seemed warn, a minor issue, but nonetheless worthy of mention. Finally, the secure parking was useful, but the allocated space is a little tight, especially if you have a larger vehicle, there is a pillar that hinders the opening of driver's door when reverse parking, again only a minor issue, but worth sharing. Despite the minor issues mentioned above I would definitely rebook the apartment, as it is a nice space and so conveniently placed.

Another great stay

★ 5/5
16 March 2025

Just spent another couple of days in this apartment. We've stayed in other apartments in this development but this one is our favourite due to the ease of booking with Stays York, the layout, furnishings and decor and the all important welcome basket on arrival. Fantastic location with all the shops, bars and restaurants on your doorstep (including Tesco and Sainsbury's local). The allocated parking space is directly behind the rear entrance making it handy for suitcases and the recycling store. That's just reminded me, in our demoralised state when leaving to go back home (and impending work ) we managed to forget to take our remaining Pringles, bread and flapjack... The apartment is always clean with plenty of towels and bedding. A tiny improvement for us would be some bigger mugs (for morning tea) and glasses (for evening pints!). Already looking forward to our next stay.

Hi Nigel, Thank you so much for your review. We really appreciate it and are so glad you had such a great stay with us in York. We will look into purchasing some bigger mugs and some glasses. Kind regards, Molly Stays York

Molly

Excellent Apartment for York City Centre

★ 4.8/5
31 December 2024

The overall standard of the accommodation was excellent, and we really enjoyed our stay. The apartment was clean and comfortable, as well as being well equipped and furnished. The Welcome Hamper was excellent, and really useful. The views over the surrounding neighbourhood and river were good. It was very helpful to have a designated car parking space. The location was brilliant, being just a short walk from restaurants, shops, the Minster, theatres. The provision of a Christmas tree and decorations was much appreciated. We would be delighted to return to it if we are visiting York again.

Halloween break

★ 5/5
3 November 2024

A lovely clean apartment in a great location. The welcome hamper was a nice touch. Great customer service.

Truly enjoyed

★ 5/5
19 October 2024

The apartment we rented out was beautiful, very clean and spacious. Bed was very comfortable and plenty of space for your clothes etc. Modern kitchen, dining and lounge area. Hair dryer, iron and board all included. We loved the tall windows too. It was so nice I would be quite happy to live there. Location was excellent was only around 5-10 minutes walk to the town centre.

A Skyview Retreat review

★ 5/5
6 May 2024

This was the 3rd time we have stayed at Ryedale House and have always been impressed. The Skyview Retreat, where we stayed for a week, was a spacious well appointed apartment, with excellent facilities. Very comfortable furniture and beds. Highly recommended.

Two night stay

★ 4.8/5
30 December 2023

Beautiful apartment close to all the great amenities of York . Lovely hamper of local products left for us to try , can highly recommend staying here . Building staff very helpful, secure and safe .

Christmas shop trip

★ 5/5
2 December 2023

Excellent accommodation, couldn’t fault the apartments, secure parking. Close to centre. Would definitely stay again.

Fantastic stay

★ 5/5
21 October 2023

Absolutely loved our stay at Skyview Retreat - a fantastic base for exploring York, and such a luxurious flat to come back to at the end of the day. Perfect.

Our stay in York

★ 4.8/5
11 October 2023

Beautiful apartment, perfect location for York, literally everything within walking distance. Downside - Car park key fob not working all week, made life a bit difficult. Would have made life easier if there was a wheelchair ramp at the entrance / rear of the building from the car park. Apart from that highly recommended, York is also so beautiful, steeped in history, with so much to do.

Skyview Retreat at Ryedale House

★ 4.8/5
22 April 2023

Our recent stay at Skyview Retreat @ Ryedale House was fabulous. The apartment is fitted out extremely well and was a very relaxing space to stay in. Parking space being included and so near to centre of York too made for a very convenient location It certainly exceeded our expectations. Will definitely think of returning again and would highly recommend it.

Great place however

★ 4.8/5
3 April 2023

The hoover provided did not work for more than 3 mins so difficult to keep clean even though we plugged the charger in. The tv remote wouldn’t always work. Think it was overly tired. Netflix and prime - said it was included but neither signed in. Apart from those small things apartments was great

Stunning apartment

★ 5/5
30 November 2022

I was very impressed with this apartment from the moment I opened the door. Very clean and well furnished. Will definitely stay here again.

Lovely apartment, centrally located, perfect stay

★ 5/5
14 September 2022

Skyview Retreat is a wonderful apartment located within the prestigious Ryedale House in Central York. I was impressed from the start with the sophistication, the views, the high-end concierge and the quality of the apartment. Stays York ensured the apartment was clean and all provisions were on hand. Will definitely be back!

Couldn't really fault anything

★ 4.8/5
16 August 2022

Brilliant apartment, very modern comfortable and spacious main room with a pleasnt outlook from the 5th floor. Every item you might need and all in perfect order. Good position in York for walking into the main area in just 5-10 mins but enough away from the centre to be not too rowdy at night. Our second stay at Skyview which makes returning from prolonged hikes around York's busy street that much more enjoyable, Apartment block very secure and the large modern reception hall with manned reception desk could put many a high class hotel to shame. All in all a very pleasant apartment. Just one minor niggle and why I marked 4 for cleanliness perhaps a little unfairly. One of the bath mats was folded as if laundered but it had large dirty marks on it. There will always be the occassional errors in any busy system, next day we happened to be passing Stays York Office and popped in to report. Thirty minutes later while walking the city walls Stays York phoned to again apologise and say that a clean bathmat had been left at the apartment.

Perfect in every way

★ 5/5
30 July 2022

The property was perfect, lovely furnishings, everything you would need, including a washing machine, location couldn’t be better, secure parking. I will definitely be booking this apartment again in future

Perfect apartment for a break in York

★ 5/5
16 May 2022

We stayed in Skyview Retreat for three nights at the beginning of May whilst attending our daughter's graduation. The apartment was perfect, spotless, comfortable and in the ideal location. We will be back. Sorry about losing the parking permit!

Wonderful stay in York

★ 4.8/5
8 March 2022

The apartment was just as lovely as I'd hoped when booking. The floor to ceiling windows gave lovely views. The apartment was well maintained - very clean and comfortable. The communal areas were also excellent - beautifully maintained and very clean. It was a real bonus to have a parking space. Thank you for a lovely base when visiting York.

Lovely luxury apartment only a short walk to the town centre and all it's historic buildings.

★ 5/5
27 October 2021

The apartment had everything we needed for a lovely comfortable stay. We loved the welcome pack too.

Inna

★ 5/5
12 June 2021

Everything is great. Next time we will stay here again . Comfort, space, no problems with settling in, cleanliness, beautiful view from the windows, close location to the city centre, warmth and comfort in the bedrooms, well-equipped kitchen (there is enough utensils for cooking), etc. All new. Everything is excellent!

Mriganka - May 2023

★ 5/5
31/05/2023

The location was really good. Very plush apartment with extremely comfortable beds. Quiet neighborhood.<br /> Everything was excellent.

Samuel - May 2022

★ 5/5
27/05/2022

This place was fantastic in both style and location. Very welcoming space in the living room with lovely large windows and the place was outfitted with everything we needed for a beautiful week's stay. Stayed here with a 1 yr old baby and felt perfectly at home. he loved running around the kitchen island and having all the space to play freely without being worried about topping things over.

Beverley

★ 5/5
28/09/2021

A great place to relax. The apartment is absolutely stunning - designer everything. It was largely immaculate (literally spotless) with a couple of very small exceptions, noted below. Smeg kettle and toaster, no less. Beautiful bathrooms and bedrooms with an open plan living room with dining area, kitchen, living area and floor to ceiling windows. Lovely welcome pack. Short walk to the attractions of York.

01904 466146

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