Kingdom Of Fife Scotland

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elcome to the Kingdom of      point of world golf. Championship
Fife. Fife is the perfect     links, challenging parkland
setting for a short break     layouts, fun nine-holers and
or a longer stay on Scotland's        great value courses - no fewer
sunny east coast. You'll discover     than 45 different golfing venues
a relaxed, refreshing and             await you in Fife, quite simply
high-quality environment that's       the spiritual and cultural Home
just 30 minutes from Edinburgh,       of Golf. The Kingdom of Fife lies
but a world away from the city's      on the east coast of Scotland,
grime and noise. From castles to      just north of the capital,
cosy B&Bs, from caravan parks to      Edinburgh.
country cottages, Fife has the
widest range of holiday               Fife is very well served by
accommodation in the country.         mainline rail and express coach
There are almost 500 places to        services, is close to the
stay, ensuring the widest             airports in Edinburgh and Dundee,
possible choice of location and       and sits at the heart of
price.                                Scotland's modern roads network.

Accommodation in;                     Rail - Three train operators
St Andrews, North Fife, Cupar and     provide services to Fife
the Howe, Kirkcaldy, Leven and        Stations:
District, Dunfermline and West
Fife and East Neuk of Fife.           Scotrail, GNER and Virgin Trains.

Fife boasts many of the best golf
courses in Scotland, including        Bus and Coach - Most bus journeys
the world-famous Old Course at St     within in Fife and to Fife from
Andrews, home to the Royal and        Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth and
Ancient Golf Club, the focal          Glasgow are operated by

Stagecoach in Fife.                   Golf International (Scotland)
                                      Limited
Scottish Citylink and National        Golf Roots Scotland
Express provide long distance         Golf Vacations UK Limited
coach services to and from Fife:      Heritage Golf Tours Scotland
                                      Links Golf St Andrews
www.citylink.co.uk                    Ladies Golf Vacations - MB Tours
www.nationalexpress.com               Limited
                                      Moss Golf Tours Limited
Other operators with routes in        On Course Golf St Andrews
Fife include:                         Scotland for Golf
                                      Scotland Tours Co an 1st Event
First                                 Limited
Strathtay Buses                       Scotlandgolfbreaks.com
E&M Horsburgh
Postbus                               St Andrews has a history
                                      predating golf though and is one
Air travel;                           of the oldest learning centres in
                                      the UK with St Andrews University
Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports        dominating much of the town.
Dundee Airport
Prestwick Airport                     Travel inland in Fife and seek
                                      out Falkland - a town built
Listed below are tour operators,      alongside Falkland Palace which
all of whom are members of the        was in essence a hunting lodge
Kingdom of Fife Tourist Board.        for the Stuart monarchy.There are
                                      loads more golf courses around St
Adventures in Golf                    Andrews, including the newly
Best of Scotland Holidays             developed St Andrews Bay complex.
GolfGirl

Continue south from St Andrews        A short hop west lies Pittenweem,
and the next town you discover is     another beautiful fishing village
Crail, home to one of the             complete with art galleries and
prettiest little harbours in the      of course the extremely
country. Crab and lobster can be      picturesque harbour.
bought in season down by the
harbour. Crail is also home to        Elie is another town not to miss,
Crail Pottery - a delightful          with a good safe beach and lots
pottery that is a pleasure to         of restaurants, it is perfect on
visit.                                a hot summer's day.

Inland a bit from Crail is the        In west Fife, Dunfermline is
Secret Bunker - a deep nuclear        worth a visit. Dunfermline is a
shelter with it's roots in the        modern bustling town but at it's
cold war.                             heart lies the old abbey, and the
                                      bones of King Robert the Bruce.
Anstruther lies not far west of       Andrew Carnegie was born in
Crail and is another fishing          Dunfermline and you can visit his
village, housing the Scottish         birthplace museum.
Fisheries Museum. Almost everyone
visiting Anstruther decides to        Even further west lies Culross, a
join the queue to sample some of      well preserved village with
the Fish and Chips from the award     narrow winding lanes and a lovely
winning Anstruther Fish Bar.          old "palace".

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