Edinburgh Airport 1 hr 4
The McManus Art Gallery & Museum (25 min) Gothic revival building housing 19th-20th century Scottish art and local history/culture exhibits. St Andrews Aquarium (6 min) Aquarium with a black tip reef shark, seals, penguins and more than 100 fish species, plus meerkats. St Andrews Links (7 min) Revered golf mecca, featuring the Old Course, a centuries-old course known as the world's oldest. Old Course (5 min) Iconic, storied 18-hole links, founded in the early 15th century, with a casual snack bar & cafe. St Andrews Castle (6 min) Coastal, episcopal castle ruins dating from 13th century, with secret passages and dungeon. St Andrews Cathedral (6 min) Ruins of Scotland's former largest church, with museum of medieval sculpture and relics. Craigtoun Country Park (10 min) Parkland with a boating lake, crazy golf, miniature railway and a modern children's play area. Tay Rail Bridge (21 min) 2-mi.-long girder bridge, built in the late 1880s, carrying trains across the Firth of Tay. Scotland's Secret Bunker (18 min) Underground Cold War bunker museum housing BBC studio and switchboard room, with 2 cinemas and cafe. Broughty Castle Museum (32 min) Castle dating from 1496 with Tay estuary views, housing local historical and geographical exhibits. Kellie Castle (22 min) Fortified mansion dating from 14th century, with notable painted panelling and expansive gardens. St Andrews Botanic Garden (5 min) 18-acre botanical garden with more than 8000 species of native and exotic plant species and ponds. V&A Dundee (22 min) The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (5 min) Venerable home of golf, founded in 1754, with a Victorian clubhouse, golf museum and course access. British Golf Museum (5 min) Collection of golf clubs and memorabilia tracing the game's history from 15th century to today. |