The beautiful hotel that’s the UK’s oldest convent with a secret chapel – and nuns still live there

TUCKED away in York is the oldest convent in the UK – and you can spend the night.

The Bar Convent has been used as a place of worship, a school for girls, and has since turned into a heritage site, café and guest house, but is still home to 30 nuns.

AlamyVisitors say the chapel is one of the most beautiful places in the convent[/caption] AlamyThere’s also an on-site café for visitors and the guest house offers breakfast[/caption]

The Bar Convent first opened in 1686...