1. Fancy... a snooze?

Indulge in a spa escape at Chester's luxury Grosvenor Pulford Hotel & Spa. Sunday, midweek and weekend spa breaks are available in the four star complex's Karma Spa, 5 minutes from Chester City centre. Asian Tea Rituals in fluffy gowns in The Waterfall Lounge or a rest in the Penchan Snooze Room are for those looking for complete relaxation while the hotel offers a swimming pool, gym and tennis courts for visitors seeking a more active break from the daily grind. Look at the hotel's website http://www.grosvenorpulfordhotel.co.uk for further details.

2. Fancy...a scare?

Try a night time ghost hunt through Chester's historic town center. Chester is known as one of England's most haunted cities with hundreds of reported sightings of poltergeists, ghosts and spectres beneath Georgian houses and along the banks of the River Dee. Tours run all year round on Saturdays at 19.30 from outside the Tourist Information Centre. http://www.hauntedchester.com/tours.htm for specifics.

3. Fancy...ewe cheese?

Check out The Chester Cheese Shop on Northgate Street, a source of specialty cheeses in Chester for over 25 years where over 200 types of cow, goats and ewe cheese are available. Organic and ordinary, full and medium fat, soft and hard ewe cheeses are available. Learn more at http://www.chestercheeseshop.co.uk.

4. Fancy...a rope walk through tree tops?

Go to Delamere Forest in the outskirts of Chester where ladders, bridges, tunnels and zip lines made from rope, wire and wood can be enjoyed by visitors using pulleys and harnesses. This "high wire forest adventure" run by the Go Ape! high wire specialists is open daily from March to October. http://www.goape.co.uk for further details.

5. Fancy...Teppanyaki?

Get yourself to Siam Thai and Teppanyaki restaurant on City Road. The first floor of this converted warehouse offers the new trend in Japanese cuisine where an iron griddle is used to cook food. Check out http://www.siam-teppanyaki.co.uk to find out more.

6. Fancy...high tea on a boat?

Take a Roman High Tea cruise on Chester's canals. The cruises, on which tea and coffee, sandwiches and cakes are served, last one hour and pass King Charles Tower, under the Bridge of Sighs to Northgate Lock. Guides are dressed in full Roman attire. For further information check out http://www.chestertourist.com/millhotel_roman.htm

7. Fancy....flying a kite?

Then visit the annual Chester kite festival in Chester racecourse which runs every September. It offers synchronized kiting, power kiting, novelty kites, England's biggest and smallest kites etc. Information can be found at http://www.chester360.co.uk/whats-on/chester-kite-festival

8. Fancy... a town crier proclamation?

Then come to "The High Cross" in Chester city centre where Bridge Street meets Eastgate Street and Watergate Street. Proclamations take place at 12 noon from May until the end of August (10.30 race days). Chester is the only city in the UK to have maintained this tradition. Visitors are greeted in 15 languages and during the ceremony, one unsuspecting visitor is held in the medieval stocks!

9. Fancy...a Roman soldier?

Then ask at Chester's city centre tourist information centre for a guided tour from a local dressed in full Roman garb.

For more things to do in Chester, visit our Chester travel guide for some additional ideas.