This full day tour visits St. Andrews, known as the home of golf and Scotland's oldest university. While you are there you visit the town's famous Cathedral and Castle, plus enjoy some free time for lunch and shopping or self exploration.
After meeting your private guide at the pier you immediately depart for St. Andrews. You will enjoy a short stop to see the Forth Bridge, a 19th century cantilever rail bridge designed by Sir John Fowler and Benjamin Baker, built between 1883 and 1890. It carries the two tracks of the North British Railway one and a half miles over the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry, at a height of about 150 feet above the high tide, and was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015 for its role as a milestone in modern steel engineering.
St Andrews is a small town with a sizeable reputation that attracts visitors from all over the world. The ruins of the castle of the Archbishops of St Andrews date back to the 13th century. Notable features include the dungeon and mines tunneled during the siege that followed the 1546 murder of Cardinal David Beaton, killed in his own bedroom by Protestant reformers in retaliation for the burning of preacher George Wishart earlier that year. These siege mines and countermines, dug by the besiegers and the besieged, are considered the finest surviving example of their kind in Europe. A fascinating exhibition in the visitor center brings the history of the castle and cathedral to life.
Next you visit the remains of St Andrews Cathedral, which at roughly 390 feet long was the largest cathedral ever built in Scotland. The precinct walls are particularly well preserved. The Cathedral Museum houses an outstanding collection of early and late medieval sculpture and other relics found on the site, including the magnificent St Andrews Sarcophagus. St Rule's Tower, part of the first church of the Augustinian canons at St Andrews, was built in the early 12th century, and there are splendid views from the top.
Following these visits is free time for lunch in a typical Scottish pub. You also enjoy some free time in the town to explore or make souvenir purchases.
Later this afternoon you return to the port via the coast, passing charming towns such as Crail, Pittenweem, and Anstruther.
Mobility: NO wheelchairs
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