Crail Heritage Walk is an easy historical walking tour from Sandcastle Cottage with coffee, cake or ice cream stops on the way. Whether this is your first time or you are a regular visitor to Crail, I hope you and your family enjoy this walk.
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A Spring Break in Crail -April or May
A Spring Break in Crail is a time for you to relax, unwind and get away from it all.
Sandcastle Cottage is located in Nethergate only a few minutes walk from Roome Bay beach with its rock pools, childrens play park, and medieval doocot. There is ample free parking outside the cottage.
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The beginning of the year is a time for planning Self Catering Holidays. Where would you like to go this year? At Sandcastle Cottage, we’ve been busy thinking of ideas to entice you to include the East Neuk of Fife as one of your self catering holidays. Read more
Family Tree Research – Crail Property
Finding members of your family tree have lived in Crail, Fife in Scotland might just lead you to take a trip to visit the village to find out more. Read more
Visit Crail
Visit Crail. Here are just a few ideas of what you can do whilst holidaying at Sandcastle Cottage Crail in the East Neuk of Fife. For more ideas of what there is to see and do visit our website at www.2crail.com
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Relaxing family holidays by the sea with young children
We can help you plan a relaxing holiday by the sea with your family. Having been on self catering holidays with our own children we have a good idea what makes a holiday with young children fun. Read more
Crail Circular Walk
Crail Circular Walk is an attractive short, easy, 3 mile walk which takes you through Denburn Wood. You will pass the accommodation blocks for the old airfield, Wormiston House, the Hammer Inn (home of the Scottish Countryman) and back to Crail.
Read morePittenweem Balcaskie and St Monans
Pittenweem Balcaskie and St Monans is a 7 mile circular walk which took us 3.5 hours. Starting in Pittenweem, walking through Balcaskie Estate, Abercrombie village, St Monans and back to Pittenweem. The route is relatively flat along small country roads, good paths through open farmland with fine views to Berwick Law and the Bass Rock. The return from St Monans is along the Fife Coastal Path.
Read moreFalkland – The Home of Scottish Kings
Falkland is a historic royal burgh, with a royal palace at its heart. It is rich in history and architecture and the setting for television dramas Outlander and Silent Witness.
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Elie to Anstruther – A summer coastal walk on the Fife Coastal Path with lunch at St Monans
Elie to Anstruther, our walk on the East Neuk section of the Fife Coastal Path. On a glorious summer’s day in August, we headed to Elie for a stroll on the Fife Coastal Path with the idea that we would arrive in St Monans just in time for lunch at the East Pier Smokehouse. Read more