Destination Scotland - The East

St Andrews - the Home of Golf. The areas we are featuring are very accessible by road or air and you can easily combine them together or base yourself at one centre and play the local courses.

A golfing holiday in Scotland would not be complete with out St Andrews, the Home of Golf. While access to the Old Course is very limited, there are many other courses in the area which you must play. The University City of St Andrews is interesting to explore as are the many small towns in the county of Fife.

The City of St Andrews blends religious history with an academic air, though it is even better known as the "Home of Golf`". St Andrews also offers outstanding shopping, fine beaches, a good range of places to eat, two local history museums and the British Golf Museum, as well as St Andrews Castle and the St Andrews Sea Life Centre.

On the East Lothian coast we are featuring the Marine Hotel in North Berwick, which is only 30 minutes from the centre of Edinburgh. There are a range of excellent links courses within the immediate area.

Edinburgh with its magnificent architecture shifts from the lofty buildings of its medieval Old Town, as they tumble down the spine of the Royal Mile, to the grace of the Georgian New Town. Above it all, in its towering splendour, stands the Castle.

Every step is a revelation - an alleyway which reveals an ancient courtyard, or a wynd which opens up a new panorama. And yet within this sweeping elegance is a compact city, a bustling city, above all a city which rewards every visitor.

This is a historic setting, with castles, great houses and miles of glorious coastline. It's also the ancient home of the game of golf. You can find some of the great links and parkland courses of the world here. But trails and parkland open up the countryside for everyone - from picnickers on the fine golden beaches, to walkers high in the Pentland Hills.