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St Andrews & the Kingdom of Fife
Category: DAY TOUR PROGRAMME 1st April 2012 - 31st October 2012
Tour Length: 9 Hours
Tour dates: 1st April 2012 - 31st October 2012
Estimated Departure times: 09:00am Hotel pick up time will be confirmed with your reservation
Days of week: Wednesday and Saturday of each week
Additional Info: FREE pick up from your Central Edinburgh Hotel / Guest House. Please note the tour price is for transportation and your guided tour only.
Tour Availability: If booking less than 24 hours before travelling please call us to check availability.
Tour Highlights
- Photo stop at the beautiful village of South Queensferry to view the two bridges
- Visit Dunfermline Abbey, The burial place of Scottish Kings and Queens
- Journey through the “Neuk of Fife with a view of typical fishing villages
- Lunch stop at Anstruther one of the most active fishing villages
- Most of the afternoon in St Andrews at leisure
- Chance to see the Royal and ancient golf course, the castle, cathedral or the famous University
Tour Route
From Edinburgh we head to South Queensferry and the Forth Bridges, giving is the chance to take a photo of two of the most remarkable bridge's in the world, the Forth Rail Bridge built in 1890, and it’s much younger neighbour, the Forth Road Bridge.
Crossing the River Forth our first stop is the magnificent Dunfermline Abbey, burial place of King Robert the Bruce. There will be a chance to photograph his gold ornate tomb and wander around the Abbey and grounds and see the results of the ‘reformation’ when churches were destroyed and desecrated, supposedly in the name of God.
Passing Carnegie Hall (Andrew Carnegie, the world famous philanthropist was born here) we travel along the Fife coast and the charming little fishing villages of the ‘East Neuk’, stopping in Anstruther, an old Herring stronghold, where you may take the opportunity to try “the best fish and chips in Scotland” or have a snack at the Fisheries Museum.
We then continue to St Andrews, home of golf, religion and of course St Andrews University. Spend up to 2 ½ hours in historic and beautiful settings – in good weather the beach feature in the movie ‘Chariots of Fire’ is particularly popular, as are the 16th Century tunnels under the Castle.
Golfers may want to visit the grave of Young Tom Morris, the Golf Museum, the Links Course putting green or just walk along Grannie Clark’s Wynd, a public right-of-way, over the 1st and the 18th of the Old Course.
