Welcome to Fife Guide
Introduction
Fife, often referred to as the "Kingdom of Fife" lies on the east coast of Scotland, north of Edinburgh. The county is immediately recognisable as it's shaped like a dog's head. The southern part of the country was industrialised in the past with many coal mines and factories. Much of the heavy industry has now disappeared. St Andrews and the fishing villages of the East Neuk lie in the north east corner of the county. A great way to see the coast is to walk the Fife Coastal Path.
Getting there
The railway line north from Edinburgh goes along the Fife coast to Kirkcaldy and then the line goes inland towards Cupar and north to Dundee. So the south coast of Fife is ideal for a scenic day trip by rail from Edinburgh. If you want to explore Fife I would advise that you hire a car if you want to fully explore the area. It takes less than half an hour to drive to Fife from Edinburgh Airport. continued ...
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Visiting St Andrews in Fife, Scotland - The Home of Golf
Visiting St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland,
the home of golf, is like visiting living history. This is not only for the obvious reason of it actually being the place where the game of golf was developed, but also for the fact of its having human settlements in the area going back at least 7,000 years or more. It is also home to Scotland's oldest institution of higher learning, the University of Saint Andrews, which was founded between 1410 and 1413.
This town and former royal burgh of around 17,000 people is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle, venerated in the Catholic Church as a mid-1st century Christian missionary and brother of Saint Peter. It is notable that from the medieval era until the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the town was the Catholic religious capital of the nation, with its bishop being the leader of the Scottish church. continued ...