The 6 Best St Andrews & Fife Tours

1.St Andrews & the Fishing Villages of Fife Small-Group Day Tour from Edinburgh

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,973 reviews · 8 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $59Our pick

Travel from Edinburgh in a 16-seat Mercedes mini-coach to Anstruther, St Andrews, Falkland, and the Forth Bridges. You get about three hours in St Andrews for golf, ruins, shops, lunch, and beaches, with lively local stories from guides such as Andrew, Ewan, Neal, and Duncan. Bring walking shoes, weatherproof layers, and money for meals and admissions.

“We loved this tour! RYSE was our tour guide and was funny and knowledgeable! We saw so many places and ate great food”

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2.St Andrews Must-Sees Daily Walking Tour (11am & 2pm)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 478 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $20Best value

Walk through St Andrews with a local guide such as Ken, Fiona, Connor, or Jamie, taking in the Old Course, Royal and Ancient, cathedral, castle, university, town gates, and the famous cat statue. The easy 90-minute route runs in English, costs $20.80, and ends at West Port.

“This was a great overview of Saint Andrew’s including the Old Course, University and towns history. We felt like the length of the tour was good. Note if there is a tournament going on you won’t be able to walk onto the old course but view if via a platform.”

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3.St Andrews & The Fishing Villages of Fife

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 431 reviews · 8 hours 45 minutes (approx.) · from $73

Travel from Edinburgh through the Kingdom of Fife with a driver-guide, stopping at Anstruther, Pittenweem, Crail, St Monans, St Andrews, Falkland, and South Queensferry. You get about three hours to explore St Andrews independently, with time for lunch, golf history, medieval streets, and the cathedral area. Guides such as Stuart, Marty, and Ewan are known for strong local stories and humor.

“This tour was an Amazing experience in a comfy coach & a very knowledgeable guide, Ryan, with a high dose of Scottish humour! The 3 hrs given in St. Andrew’s were perfect to experience the seaside & explore the city.”

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4.St Andrews & Cliffs and Dunnottar Castle in Spanish.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 178 reviews · from $89

Sal de Edimburgo a las 8:00 en un grupo de hasta 16 personas y recorre en español St Andrews, Falkland, South Queensferry, Stonehaven y Dunnottar Castle. Los guías, entre ellos Fin, Jessica y Raúl, combinan historia, música escocesa y consejos prácticos. El castillo no está incluido y el almuerzo corre por tu cuenta.

“The tour was well organized. Good amount of time spent at each of the stops. The tour guide and driver (Fin) had a well planned itinerary with fun facts about each of the places visited, recommendations on what to do and where to eat. Fin came prepared with music from Scottish artists of all genres. Along the way, Fin and an apprentice (Jessica) talked about Scottish history.”

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5.St Andrews Old Course History Tour, for the Golfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 150 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $25

Join local guide Richard for a 75-minute small-group walk through St Andrews and along the Old Course. You’ll hear how golf developed, see the first and 18th holes, visit Grannie Clark’s Wynd and the Road Hole, and receive professionally taken photos on Swilcan Bridge when tournaments are not taking place.

“Learnt a lot of new facts about the old course tour was very informative, with humour added in to make the tour a fun time . Would highly recommend this tour to the keen golfer to have knowledge and insight to This amazing course . Richard was such a great what is tour director”

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6.St Andrews Tours: Town, Golf and Old Course History

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 138 reviews · 1 hour 45 minutes (approx.) · from $27

Meet a local English-speaking guide, often Richard, a St Andrews author and former caddie, for a walking tour linking the university, cathedral, castle, Old Course and Swilcan Bridge. You will cover town history and golf lore, walk across part of the course at your own risk, and finish with photos beside one of golf’s best-known landmarks.

“Beautiful Historical City....Our tour guide Richard was very informative not only on the golf aspect of the tour but on the city aspect as well. We highly recommend this tour and Richard as your guide!”

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