A Day Around the East Neuk of Fife
A day by car, from Ruby Bay to Crail.
Written by Graeme Johncock
As a born and bred Fifer, there’s nothing I love more than spending a day around the Kingdom of Fife. There’s lots to keep you busy around this wee peninsula, but if you only have one day, then follow this itinerary along the string of fishing villages on the coast known as the East Neuk of Fife.
Pick your dates, and who is coming, and every stop will say whether it is open that day, and what it is like with children, a dog or a wheelchair.
- How
- A day by car
- Distance
- About 17 miles
- Starts
- Ruby Bay
- Ends
- Crail
- Good for
- Food and drink, Castles, Gardens
Book before you go
0 of 1 booked
Accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
The day
Ruby Bay
An attraction
Starting at the most southern point of the East Neuk, Elie is blessed with some of the best beaches in the area. In the summer, a local cricket team even takes to the sand for their games and a horsebox sauna is available for private hire! Another stretch of coastline just next door is known as Ruby Bay due to red garnets that have sometimes turned up there. It’s also where you’ll find the short walk to Lady’s Tower, a stone folly that was built in the 1770s for Janet Anstruther. She liked to skinny dip in the bay and then sit here to dry off while admiring the view across the Forth to the Bass Rock & North Berwick Law.
The rest of this day is for members.
7 more stops, what to do at each, and the drive between them. Members read every one of our days, and the magazine.
Bowhouse
A shop
St Monans
An attraction
Pittenweem
An attraction
Cocoa Tree Cafe
A café
Kellie Castle & Garden
An attraction
Anstruther
An attraction
Crail
An attraction
Places to stay near where the day ends, and when each is next free.
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