The town of Whitby has been established for more than 1,400 years and is found on the north east coast of England. Because of its age, there are plenty of Whitby attractions, which provide you with details of this town and the surrounding areas history.

One of the most popular attractions in this town is Whitby Abbey that is located on a cliff top that provides it with views looking down over the town and its harbour. The abbey itself dates back to the 7th Century when the town was first established and was founded by a Northumbrian Princess called Hilda. Today within the abbey itself, you will find a shrine for St Hilda.

The first abbey that was built on this site was in fact destroyed by a party of Vikings, but it was then rebuilt by the Normans and stands now as a testament to their building skills and is well worth a visit.

Another attraction, which has proved to be extremely popular with visitors to Whitby, is the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. This is housed in a stunning 17th Century House located on the harbour side and is where the world-renowned explorer James Cook stayed whilst serving his apprenticeship back in 1746.

Inside the rooms have been furnished to replicate what the rooms would have looked like whilst James Cook was residing in them. Plus you will find plenty of interesting artefacts, maps and manuscripts that provide details of his voyages. So if you want something to do especially if the weather has turned a little inclement a visit to this museum will keep you entertained.

Along with the Abbey and the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, if you have kids with you then plan a visit to the Whitby Wizard. This is the first science centre museum to be opened in North Yorkshire and was built and is run by Dag Kjelldahl who is originally from Norway. Here both you and the kids can have some fun trying out the various hands on exhibits of which there are nearly a hundred of them that the museum has to offer. It allows you the chance to learn things about not just about yourself but also about the environment in which we live.

However, another one of the Whitby attractions that is proving popular with visitors to the town is the Whitby Ghost Walks. These take place in the evenings and commence at 8.00pm and last for around 75 minutes. During the tour with your host Harry Collett, also known as the Man in Black, you will discover more about the supernatural aspects of the town. Plus you will be told tales by Harry of murder and mystery that will keep you in suspense throughout the whole tour.

When you visit Whitby, you are sure to find plenty of different places to stay to ensure that your visit is a pleasant one. You can choose from small guest houses and bed & breakfasts or the extra features that can be found in larger hotels.

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A West Indies Vacation on Grenada staying at the fabulous Spice island Beach Resort could be the perfect answer for your next Caribbean resort.

Grand Anse Beach is world renowned, with beautiful white sands and crystal clear turquoise blue waters is the backdrop to and only a few feet away from the Spice Island Beach resort, which by reputation and vote is probably the number one resort on the island of Grenada in the West Indies.

The Spice Island Beach has been highly rated as a West Indian Vacation Spot for some time now, and with very good reason. The accommodation has been described as varying from the superb to the spectacular, varying from beachfront suites, to garden suites, to suites on the beach with private pools. All have been upgraded in every way since Hurrican Ivan, and they are now amongst the best in the Caribbean with huge bathrooms, many with Jacuzzis as well as showers.

On balance it is much better value for money to stay in the Seagrape rooms than an Almond Luxury Suite, even if the latter does have its own plunge pool.

Each suite has Phillippe Starck fixtures, flat screen TV, DVD Players, frette linens, and Molton Brown amenities, making for an absolutely fabulous experience.

The main part of the resort, and it has only 66 rooms, making it very much a boutique hotel, is in a stylish building which has a bar, a boutique, a fitness suite, a games room, and a seafront restaurant with a very good reputation called ‘Olivers’, where you can sample Creole and International Cuisine. The table d’hote menu is excellent, and there is a Caribbean buffet on Fridays and a barbecue lunch buffet on a Sunday. The dishes contain a lot of local produce, which is always good to see, the only slight challenge is that the pace of service is somewhat slow, but this is the Caribbean, and you are on holiday!!

One of the many attractive features of the Spice Island Beach Resort is the fact that it is all inclusive except for champagne and bottled wines. There is nothing quite like getting to the end of your vacation, and there are no nasty suprises on your extras bill!! The quality of the wine by glass is actually very good indeed.

This is not a beach resort on an empty deserted Caribbean beach, with only one hotel. The area around the Spice Island Beach Resort is in fact in quite a built up area., this will not spoil your West Indies vacation on Grenada at all. In fact the beach is well used by guests of the resort, and the very nice swimming pool is hardly used. You will have little difficulty getting sun beds on the beach, and enough shade if no umbrellas are available.

One of the nice things about The Spice Island Beach Resort, and this doesn’t always hold true at other West Indian Vacation Spots is the quality of the guests and their behaviour. This is partly due to the fact it isn’t a cheap holiday, or the fact that many of the guests are British!!

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