Where to Stay in the Kingdom of Fife
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The Kingdom of Fife is a peninsula of singular character and genuine variety, jutting out between the Firth of Tay to the north and the Firth of Forth to the south in a landscape of ancient fishing villages, open farmland, world famous golf courses and a university city of medieval beauty that together give Fife an identity as proud and distinct as its royal title suggests.
St Andrews is the jewel in Fife’s crown and one of the most remarkable small cities in the British Isles. The home of golf, the oldest university in Scotland and a cathedral that was once the largest in the country, it combines a depth of history and tradition with a lively student population and an excellent range of restaurants, shops and places to stay that make it one of the most rewarding destinations in Scotland. The Old Course, stretching along the shore of the West Sands, is the most famous golf course in the world and a place of pilgrimage for golfers from every corner of the globe.
The East Neuk of Fife, stretching along the southern coast from Largo Bay to Fife Ness, is one of the most perfectly preserved stretches of coastline in Scotland, its string of fishing villages — Crail, Anstruther, Pittenweem, St Monans and Elie among them — each with their own harbour, their own character and their own quiet and enduring charm. Anstruther is famous throughout Scotland for its fish and chips, while Crail’s harbour is one of the most painted and photographed in the country.
Inland, Fife is a landscape of gentle farmland, market towns and a surprisingly rich industrial heritage centred on the former mining communities of the west. Culross, a National Trust for Scotland property of extraordinary completeness, preserves the character of a seventeenth century Scottish burgh with an authenticity and atmosphere that transports the visitor to another age entirely.
Whether you are drawn by the golf and history of St Andrews, the fishing villages of the East Neuk, the ancient streets of Culross or simply the pleasure of a peninsula that looks out across the water in every direction, the Kingdom of Fife is a destination of quiet pride and genuine distinction that fully justifies its royal title.
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