We hope that you will feel at home at Sandcastle Cottage, and enjoy exploring the local area. You’ll find lots of ideas here for things to do around the East Neuk of Fife.
Crail
- More details about facilities within Sandcastle Cottage
- Map showing location of Sandcastle Cottage
- Ideal location for couples
- Fun for all the family
- Local shops – the village of Crail has all you need to self-cater, with a good local butcher, greengrocer, two mini-markets, bakers, sweets and ice cream shop, gift shop, galleries and gift shops.
- Local restaurants around the East Neuk of Fife
- Beaches in the East Neuk of Fife
- Roome Bay, Crail
- Crail Harbour Beach, Crail
- Kingsbarns
- Elie
- St Andrews and Beaches around Fife
- Attractions in Crail: Crail Museum, Crail Harbour,
- Golf in Crail at Balcomie or Craighead Links
- Golf at one of the many courses within 10 miles of Crail – including St Andrews, Home of Golf
- Crail Walks – Crail Heritage Walk
- Festivals in Crail – East Neuk Festival, Crail Festival
- Crail for Nature Lovers
- Visiting the Isle of May
- Fife for the Under-5s
- Visit gardens around Fife
Stay at Sandcastle Cottage
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East Neuk of Fife
- Crail – See About Crail with links to What’s On in Crail
- Anstruther – Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther Harbour Festival, famous fish suppers, Isle of May Ferry, Osprey Rib Trips
- Pittenweem – for Art Lovers and Pittenweem Arts Festival, St Fillan’s Cave
- St Monans – East Pier Smokehouse, Windmill and Saltpans
- Elie & Earlsferry – ideas for a day out in Elie
- Ideas for Things to do around Fife and the East Neuk
Walking the Fife Coastal Path
Sandcastle Cottage is a great location as a base for reaching all of the East Neuk Sections of the Fife Coastal Path. See our blog for tips and suggestions for walking the coastal path. You can read each link below.
- Section 1 – Kincardine to Limekilns
- Section 2 – Limekilns to Burntisland Limekilns to Inverkeithing Inverkeithing to Burntisland
- Section 3 – Burntisland to Buckhaven – Kinghorn to Kirkcaldy
- Section 4 – Buckhaven to Elie – Leven to Elie
- Section 5 – Elie to Cambo Sands – Elie to Crail; Anstruther to Elie; Crail to Anstruther; Anstruther to Cambo
- Section 6 – Cambo Sands to Leuchars – Kingsbarns to St Andrews and Leuchars to St Andrews
- Section 7 – Leuchars to Wormit Bay – Leuchars to Tayport
- Section 8 – Wormit Bay to Newburgh – Newport to Newburgh
St Andrews
- Visit St Andrews – lots of info about things to do in the area
- University of St Andrews
- Golfing at St Andrews
- Eating out in the East Neuk and St Andrews
Page updated January 2026
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