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three hundred people; it has not been spruced up for tourists, and remains
uncompromisingly spartan, with various rooms showing dormitories, radio rooms
and James Bond-like control centres.
ARRIVAL AND INFORMATION
ANSTRUTHER AND AROUND
By bus
Buses stop at the harbour and serve Edinburgh
(1-2 hourly; 2hr 15min) and St Andrews (hourly; 25min).
Tourist o
ce
East Shore, harbour (April-Oct Mon-Sat
10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm;
T
01333 311073).
ACCOMMODATION AND EATING
Anstruther Fish Bar and Restaurant
42-44 Shore
St
T
01333 310518,
W
anstrutherfishbar.co.uk.
There's nowhere in Fife better to tuck into a haddock and
chips (£5.90 takeaway/£8.25 eat-in) than Anstruther.
The reputation of this restaurant has for years been far-
reaching thanks to a close relationship between the
shop
W
anstruther-waterfront.co.uk.
Overlooking the
harbour, this restaurant with rooms (ten in total) offers
modern and spacious en-suite comfort with a cooked
breakfast included. Sadly, the rooms don't come with a
view, but they're all the more peaceful. The restaurant spills
out onto the pavement on balmier days and serves all
meals from breakfast to dinner, with cream teas in
between. From the wide seafood menu,
go f
or the fish pie
at £12.
Food served daily 8am-10pm.
£90
and
the
quayside
fish
sellers.
Daily
11.30am-10pm.
The
Waterfront
20 Shore St
T
01333 312200,
DRINKING
Ì
The Dreel Tavern
16 High St
T
01333 310727.
Away from the harbour, this characterful 16th-century
drinking establishment is a favourite among locals, old
and young and gets pretty lively in the small hours.
There's a nice beer garden overlooking the burn to the
rear or if the weather's unaccommodating you can always
just keep warm with a drink by the open fire.
Daily
11am-midnight.
8
Pittenweem and around
Despite its steady tourist influx, the pretty East Neuk village of
PITTENWEEM
thrives, as it always has done, on fishing, thanks to its deep harbour and busy
fish market. With its sandy bay west of the port and fishermen's cottages lining
the seafront and up into the high street, the village has become something of
an artists' colony. An arts festival takes place every year in early August
(
W
pittenweemartsfestival.co.uk) with dozens of locals turning their houses into
temporary galleries for the week.
Kellie Castle
3 miles north of Pittenweem on the B9171 • April-May & Sept-Oct Sat-Wed 12.30-5pm; June-Aug daily 12.30-5pm • £8.50 • Grounds
year-round daily 9.30am-6pm (or dusk) • £10; NTS •
T
01333 720271
Kellie Castle
has an unusual but harmonious mix of twin sixteenth-century towers
linked by a seventeenth-century building. Abandoned in the early nineteenth century,
it was rediscovered in 1878 by Professor James Lorimer, a distinguished political
philosopher, who took on the castle as an “improving tenant”. he wonderful,
under-manicured
gardens
, where space is broken up by arches, alcoves and paths that
weave between profuse herbaceous borders, were designed by the professor's son
Robert, aged just 16.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
PITTENWEEM AND AROUND
By bus
Buses stop at Viewforth Place (on the main road
through town) for Edinburgh (1-2 hourly; 2hr 5min) and St
Andrews (2 hourly; 25-30min).
ACCOMMODATION
Albert Cottage
15 Viewforth Place
T
01333 313973,
W
albertcottagefife.co.uk.
Offering the best value for
money in town, this welcoming B&B on the main
thoroughfare has clean, colourful rooms with a hospitality
tray and wi-fi. Guests can also
mak
e use of the sitting room
and the pleasant rear garden.
£70
