Things to see and do around St.Andrews in Fife & the surrounding villages, towns and beautiful coastline.

Ideal house to rent near St.Andrews as a base for a:

Golfing holiday including world's most famous golf course at St.Andrews

Sea angling holiday from the beach or boat

Golfing on links golf courses

Walking and hiking holiday

Cycling and mountain biking holiday

Painting & drawing

Castle & Country house visiting holiday

Garden visiting holiday

Scuba diving and snorkelling holiday

Bird watching and wildlife holiday

ST.ANDREWS
St Andrews is famously known as the home of golf and is also Scotland's oldest university town. The city is on the north-east coast of Fife, within a bay with a long golden beach - famous for its footage in the film 'Chariots of Fire'. The town can be explored enjoyable by foot. Market Street and South Street run from east to west and form the hub of the town with traditional 13th Century buildings alongside modern university buildings plus interesting shops and popular restaurants.

St Andrews developed as the ecclesiastical capital of the country and became a place of pilgrimage. The ruins of St Andrews Cathedral, once the largest and most magnificent cathedral in the country, lies at the eastern end of North Street.  In 1200 a castle was built for the bishop, part residence, part fortress. The association of St Andrews with golf dates to the 15th Century, with the famous Old Course being constructed in the 16th. Today, St Andrews boasts the Old Course plus five other public courses in the area. It is also home to the British Golf Museum where visitors can enjoy a mix of modern interactive displays and view golf memorabilia. The museum is open all year round but with limited hours outside the summer season. The town is also the terminus for the Coast to Coast Walk from Oban.

Across the estuary of the River Eden from St Andrews is RAF Leuchars, home each September to one of the UK's best airshows. This sits alongside the attractive village of Leuchars, whose Parish Church contains some of the finest Norman architecture in the country.

To the south of St Andrews is the East Neuk, a region of quaint fishing villages which include Crail, Pittenween and Elie. Just inland from the coast are the attractive villages of Boarhills and Kingsbarns.

GOLFING: In addition to the six public courses on the Links, within the boundaries the Kingdom of Fife has over 40 golf courses. They offer a great variety for golfers of all abilities. Courses range from links, cliff top and parkland courses to historic traditional courses and newly designs courses, not excluding the Championship venues and Open qualifiers golf courses. One of the latest Fife golf course's is the Devlin Course which is one of two courses at St Andrews Bay  hotel and conference centre, around two miles from the town.

The following holiday activities are available in the Fife area and Scotland:

Fishing holidays, golfing holidays, walking holidays, cycling holidays,
painting holidays, castle & country house holidays, garden holidays, scuba diving and snorkelling holidays, bird watching  holidays, pubs  and restaurants