St Andrews Castle
A bishops' palace on a cliff with a bottle dungeon cut into the rock and a siege mine you can crawl through — the most gruesome ruin in Scotland.
Every major sight in and around St Andrews, from the landmark names to the quieter corners.
St Andrews Cathedral
The largest church ever built in Scotland, 119 metres long, ruined since the Reformation — with a tower you can climb and the country's best…
Old Course
The oldest golf course in the world, on common land held in trust — free to walk on Sundays, and you can get a tee time by ballot.
Craigtoun Country Park
Forty-seven acres of Edwardian estate grounds with a Dutch village on an island, a miniature railway and a boating lake — the best family day near St…
Scotland's Secret Bunker
A Cold War command centre thirty metres under a Fife farmhouse — 24,000 square feet of concrete, left as it was, and you need three hours.
St Andrews Aquarium
Seals, penguins, meerkats and an octopus in a small building on The Scores — most of it below ground, cut into the cliff above the beach.
St Andrews Botanic Garden
Eighteen acres on the Kinness Burn — a university botanic garden that has changed a great deal, and divides visitors sharply.
The R&A World Golf Museum
The history of golf opposite the R&A clubhouse — Open trophies, feather balls, hickory clubs and a putting exhibit, in a small and expensive museum.
East Sands Beach
The smaller of St Andrews' two beaches, by the harbour and the pier — sheltered, sandy, dog-friendly and a two-minute walk from the cathedral.
St Andrews Pier
The harbour pier below the cathedral, built partly from cathedral stone — and the route of the university's red-gowned Sunday walk.