Cross the swing bridge into the old town, browse the jet shops on Church Street, climb the 199 steps and give the abbey and St Mary's church an hour. Come down past Fortune's kipper smokehouse on Henrietta Street.
Lunch
Fish and chips: the Magpie, Trenchers, the Fisherman's Wife or any of the harbourside chippies. Eat on the pier and guard against gulls.
Afternoon one: the harbour and the West Cliff
A boat trip from the harbour, then the West Cliff: whalebone arch, Captain Cook's statue, the Royal Crescent where Bram Stoker stayed. Down the Khyber Pass to the beach and along the sand to Sandsend if the tide is out, bus back.
Evening
The West Pier at dusk, then a drink at the Duke of York at the foot of the steps, or the Whitby Brewery tap room beside the abbey.
Day two
Whitby Museum in Pannett Park for the fossils and the Hand of Glory, the Captain Cook Memorial Museum on Grape Lane, and the Cleveland Way south to Saltwick Bay. Or take the steam train to Goathland and back.
Park at the Abbey car park or the West Cliff; the town centre fills by ten
Goth Weekend, Regatta and Folk Week are the busiest weekends of the year
