The ancient Kingdom of Fife is characterised by fascinating little fishing villages along the coast of the "East Neuk". Spend a little time discovering Pittenweem, Anstruther and Crail where the buildings, with their crow-stepped gables, tumble down to the harbours. St. Andrews, mecca for golfers, is an attractive coastal town with the oldest university in Scotland, founded in 1410.
Along the coast through historic Arbroath and then Montrose, the road skirts past fishing villages with delightful harbours: St. Cyrus; Johnshaven; Gourdon and Inverbervie where the steeply shelving beach has rounded pebbles of all colours, worn smooth by countless tides. Visit the ruins of 16C Edzell Castle, with its Renaissance garden, in the Howe of the Mearns.