Tours from Edinburgh · Run by Timberbush Tours
Anstruther · St Andrews · Falkland · South Queensferry
St Andrews and the fishing villages of the East Neuk, a gentle coastal day from Edinburgh.
Fife is just across the Forth from Edinburgh, and this is a day of harbours, sea air and old stone. You cross the Forth Bridge and follow the coast past Aberdour to Anstruther, then on through the East Neuk villages of Pittenweem, St Monans and Crail. Lunch is in St Andrews, with time to see the cathedral ruins, the castle and the famous Old Course. On the way home there's a photo stop at Falkland and a last look at the bridges from South Queensferry. You're back in Edinburgh by 5.45pm.
The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.
The day
Where it starts
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 9am
Seen from the coach
The great red cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth at Queensferry, opened in 1890 and a World Heritage Site since 2015.
More about Forth BridgeSeen from the coach
A stop
The biggest village of the East Neuk of Fife, once Scotland's busiest fishing port, with a harbour, the Scottish Fisheries Museum and boats to the Isle of May.
More about Anstruther
Seen from the coach
The busiest fishing harbour of the East Neuk of Fife, a village of whitewashed cottages named after the cave of St Fillan, with a famous arts festival.
More about Pittenweem, Crail and St Monans
Lunch · about 3 hours free time
The ruined castle of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews beside the sea, with a bottle dungeon and the ornate Hamilton Façade.
More about St AndrewsA photo stop
Seen from the coach
A stop
Where it ends
Back at about 5.45pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 9am. Opens 15 minutes before departure and closes 5 minutes before.
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Children aged 4 to 16 pay less; their price shows when you book.
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Timberbush Tours has been taking visitors round Scotland since 1998. June and Gary Voy, a husband and wife team, started it with a single coach, and it now runs its own fleet, with driver-guides who have been with the company for years. Their tours leave every day from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, and from Portree on Skye, and you book with them directly.
Timberbush Tours answer them, and you book with them directly.
9am to 5.45pm from Edinburgh, from £53 an adult.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before a day tour, and up to 7 days before a tour of several days, by Timberbush’s own terms.
Booked with Timberbush Tours, or call them on +44 (0)131 226 6066
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