Whitby Monastery

Whitby is known for being the inspiration for the famous horror novel "Dracula" by writer Bram Stoker. However, this place is much more than just vampires. Secret legends about Whitby monastery have been established since the early days of this place being built in 657. But the most thrilling still must be told the story of the nunnery Hilda – an Anglo-Saxon nun, who is built a monastery.

She is said to have tamed the snakes in the area by driving them down the roof of the church and turning them all to stone under the flames of her rage. Perhaps this is a well-known story that explains why along the Whitby coast there are always stalagmite fossils that look like coiled snakes.

Today, when visiting the monastery, visitors will only see the ruins after the collapse of the seminary in the 16th century. However, its skeleton is still recorded as a landmark of history. the first pen strokes for the ghostly beauty of Whitby.