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Eating & Drinking
Ship Inn££
( www.theshipinn-broughtyferry.co.uk ; 121 Fisher St; mains £9-18; meals noon-2pm &
5-10.30pm Mon-Fri, noon-10.30pm Sat & Sun) The Ship Inn is a snug, wood-panelled,
19th-century pub on the waterfront, which serves top-notch dishes ranging from gourmet
haddock and chips to venison steaks; you can eat in the upstairs restaurant, or down in the
bar (bar meals £7 to £10). It's always busy, so get there early to grab a seat.
PUB
Fisherman's Tavern£
(10-16 Fort St; mains £7-12; meals noon-2.30pm & 5-7.30pm) The Fisherman's - a
maze of cosy nooks and open fireplaces in a 17th-century cottage - is a lively little pub
where you can wash down smoked haddock fishcakes or steak and chips with a choice of
Scottish ales.
PUB
Visocchi's£
(40 Gray St; mains £7-10; 9.30am-5pm Tue, 9.30am-8pm Wed, Thu & Sun,
9.30am-1pm Fri & Sat) Visocchi's - a 70-year-old institution - is a traditional, family-run
Italian cafe that sells delicious homemade ice cream, good coffee and a range of burgers,
pizzas and pasta dishes.
CAFE
Getting There & Away
City bus 5 and Stagecoach bus 73 run from Dundee High St to Broughty Ferry (20
minutes) several times an hour from Monday to Saturday, and hourly on Sunday.
There are five trains daily from Dundee (£1.20, five to ten minutes).
Glamis Castle & Village
Looking every inch the Scottish Baronial castle, with its roofline sprouting a forest of
pointed turrets and battlements, Glamis Castle ( www.glamis-castle.co.uk ; adult/child
£9.75/7.25; 10am-6pm Mar-Oct, 10.30am-4.30pm Nov & Dec, closed Jan-Feb) claims
to be the legendary setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth . A royal residence since 1372, it is
the family home of the earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne - the Queen Mother (born El-
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