Essential Whitby: Discover the town’s legends on a self-guided audio tour


60 to 75 minutes
Free cancellation
1 - 15
Mobile ticket

Overview

It’s not easy journeying to Whitby, so it’s important to make the most of your time here. On this self-guided GPS audio tour, I'll introduce you to major local characters, engrossing legends and hidden treasures in this historic town, over a millennium in the making. Whether this is your first visit or your thirtieth, this tour is certain to make you look at Whitby in a new light. It also provides an ideal introduction to sites like the Whitby Abbey, the Captain Cook Memorial Museum and the Endeavour Experience, which you can return to at the end of the tour.

On this tour, you'll hear about:

• Some of the greatest voyages of exploration of all time
• Why people once thought the town was infested with serpents
• How Whitby jet, a gemstone, inspired the novel Dracula
• An illiterate poet
• Why there’s a polar bear in the town centre
• Why the houses with the best views were some of the cheapest
• The Hand of Glory and where to find it

Inclusions

  • Lifetime access to this tour in English
  • VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

What to expect

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Captain Cook Statue, Cliff Street, Whitby YO21 3HA England

The tour begins next to the Captain Cook Memorial Statue.

Pass By: The Granby, 34 Skinner Street, Whitby YO21 3AJ England

On this tour, you'll briefly stop outside The Granby pub.

Pass By: Pannett Park, Pannet Park, Whitby YO21 1RE England

The tour takes you around Pannett Park

Pass By: Church of Saint John the Evangelist, 41 Brunswick St, Whitby YO21 1BL, UK

The tour takes you passed the Church of Saint John the Evangelist

Pass By: Captain Cook Memorial Museum Whitby, Grape Lane, Whitby YO22 4BA England

The tour passes by the Captain Cook Memorial Museum.

Pass By: Tate Hill Pier, Whitby YO22 4DL, UK

This tour takes you onto the Tate Hill Pier

Pass By: 199 Steps, Henrietta St, Whitby YO22 4DL England

The tour passes the 199 Steps memorial.

Pass By: Church of St Mary, Abbey Plain, Whitby YO22 4JR, UK

The tour takes you around the Church of St Mary.

Pass By: Whitby Abbey, Abbey Lane, Whitby YO22 4JT England

The tour ends outside the Whitby Abbey.

Additional information

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • All of VoiceMap's audio tours are self-guided and users must bring their own smartphone and headphones to take the tour. We urge all our users to wear facemasks and carry hand sanitizer with them to ensure they're own protection and the protection of others.
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Ticket delivery

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Ian M
August 2020

Excellent tour. Automatically picks up where you are and stops and starts depending on your progress. Informative and amusing in equal part. Thoroughly recommended.

Tony O
August 2020

Great audio tour which was as good as using a local guide. Easy to use & follow using your smartphone. Very informative & well narrated with various points of interest.

FishyFrog
July 2020

An thoroughly engaging tour. The local narrator gave it an added air of authenticity. The app worked well with my iPhone and Bluetooth earbuds, which allows my partner and I to share the experience.

X7172NHangelah
June 2021

This tour takes about 2.5 hours - we did it over two mornings which was perfect for us - you could do it over a day and stop for lunch It was good to find out about the history of Whitby and also the connection of Dracula with this town Definitely worth the money

PhysicalDave
October 2020

This tour was easy to load onto our phone and gave us a really interesting walking tour of Whitby, which we could do at our own pace. We stopped off en route to visit the Whitby Museum and then for a cuppa and cake in Sanders Yard Restaurant. Our local guide was Devon Howard, who had superb kno...

James_S
July 2021

Whitby is amazing, lots of little shops, pubs and restaurant/cafes, busy times of the year or weekends expect a bit of a queue, will be going again. Plenty of B&B's or camping options.

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