After the medieval quaintness of York, it was time to get stuck into some serious 18th Century splendour - no better place than Castle Howard, which remained in the hands of the Howard family (who held the hereditary title Earl of Carlisle until the death of the 10th Earl) since it was built.
The place almost rivals Versailles for pure opulance, and is one of the finest stately homes in Britain. So it would be almost as good as Werribee Mansion if they had rhinos.
One of the best things about the house is the focus on the history of the family; for example there are on display watercolours painted by one of the Earls who, when he wasn't off Earling, liked to decorate the envelopes of the letters he sent to his sons while they were in boarding school.
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