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Article #311: Fife Tourist Information

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Wherever you are from, we wish you a warm villages worth visiting, Culross (another
welcome from Citylocal Fife, 'the Royal Burgh) to the West, is in my view
business directory in Fife' based near the most interesting, and when you walk
the Royal Burgh and City of Dunfermline along the narrow cobbled streets you can
and covering all the ancient Kingdom. imagine yourself back in the 16th or 17th
WELCOME to the Kingdom of Fife! century. The village is kept in first
If you are visiting Fife by road from the class order, and the pan-tiled houses
North or South, then we apologise for with their crow-step gables have been
taking your money for the privilege of sympathetically restored. There is
crossing the bridge(s); and rest assured plenty to see and do for both adults and
we wouldn't do that if Dunfermline were children, and if time is short I would
still the Capital of Scotland instead of suggest that your priority is The Palace
the young upstart, Edinburgh. It does (built between 1597 and 1611) which was
however indicate that the Scottish the home of Sir George Bruce, an
Parliament places more value on Fife than enterprising merchant and coal baron. Its
Edinburgh. original interiors feature some
Dunfermline is a city with many easily magnificent painted woodwork and
accessible and interesting attractions, ceilings, and it has mediaeval gardens to
from its ancient 12th-century Abbey to the rear. The Palace has its own first
the restored 15th-century Abbot House class tea rooms, and 'The Red Lion', a
where you can enjoy a snack and drink in local pub, has an excellent restaurant
its cosy café, or you can choose with a varied and very reasonably priced
to explore the bustling High Street and menu.
once you have finished your retail Limekilns and Charlestown although not on
therapy you can relax and absorb the the same scale as Culross are also both
atmosphere in 'Oolahs', a modern and well picturesque coastal villages, with their
appointed café in the High Street. own character and history, and are well
Andrew Carnegie the world famous worthy of a visit, especially in the
industrialist and philanthropist was born summer months. There is a good selection
in Dunfermline in 1835, and as you of beer and meals available at the 'Ship
explore the City you will find his Inn' in Limekilns, and 'The Elgin Hotel'
'ghost' is everywhere, no more so than in in Charleston is also worth a visit.
his family home, a humble weaver's In our next edition we will cover the
cottage which been preserved and extended towns of Aberdour, Burntisland,
to include a museum of his life. Inverkeithing Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy as
Only a few minutes drive from we move up towards the East Neuk on the
Dunfermline, you will find several way to St Andrews.






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