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A Guide to St.Andrews

Interesting Facts, Things to do, Places to See and Where to Eat in St Andrews

A seaside town north east of Edinburgh St Andrews is most famous for it’s golf courses and university.

St Andrews University occupies many of the beautiful and historic villages in St Andrews, it has seen many famous students over the years including actor John Cleese, Author, Fay Weldon and most famous of all the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who first met at University.

Founded in the early 15thcentury, St Andrews was Scotlands’ first university and the 3rdoldest university in the English-speaking world. It continues to attract students from all over the world.

The St Andrew Links Golf Course has 7 separate courses, The Old Course, The New Course, The Castle Course, The Jubilee Course, The Eden Course, The Stratyrum Course and The Balgove Course. You can pre-book all courses online except for the Balgrove Course, simply turn up for the day. The Old Course., reservations for this are hard to come by and fully booked for the majority of 2019, however, they do run a ballot system, you will be informed 2 days prior to play if you have been successful, the system requires 2 players and a specific handicap. For more information visit the clubs site, they also have some special offers so it’s not as expensive as you might think. St Andrews

One of the most famous and most popular tournaments is the Alfred Dunhill Tournament, which sees professional golfers playing alongside famous amateur golfers. The 2018 tournament saw celebrities including Peter Jones from Dragons Den, Ronan Keating, Hugh Grant and Greg Kinnear so a great opportunity to do some star spotting as well a watching golf. Alfred Dunhill Links

There are many other sporting activities to try other than golf. How about Land yachting, which is a combination of sailing and motor racing, basically a buggy with a sail on top of it! Also on offer are better known water sports such as Kayaking and surfing. Blown Away

Looking for more of a thrill? Just 5 miles outside of At Andrews is a skydiving school. Tandem jumps are offered for those with no experience, a dual harness secures you to a qualified instructor. Prices from £270.00 so not a cheap day out but certainly one we think you’ll remember forever!

Sky Dive St Andrews

But there are also plenty of other things to do and see in St Andrews besides golf. A walking / food tour is a great way to learn about the historical town from a local whilst also enjoying some local food, wine, beer and whiskey on the way. Tours start at either 1pm or 5pm and with around 4 or 5 stops at different establishments. Eat Walk St Andrews

Scotland is probably most famous for whisky but many distillers have now branched out into offering gin as well. Eden Mill is located just outside St Andrews and offers both blended and single malt whisky, including a range bottled in hip flask style bottles. There is the original Eden Mills Gin, the very popular pink gin and now a Golf Gin, made using botanicals found around the coastal golf courses in the region. They also produce 8 different craft beers, so something for everyone (except Tee totallers!). Book a tour of the distillery or why not enroll in Gin School? You can make your own gin and even have it bottled with it’s own label an ideal keepsake or a great gift to take home for a friend or relative who loves gin. Eden Mill

If you are visiting St Andrews at the end of July then the town has it’s own Highland Games. St Andrews Highland Games

After all the sporting activities you might want to treat yourself to a relaxing massage or a spa day. The Kohler Water Spa at The Old Course hotel has hydrotherapy pools, an indoor pool, a roof top hot tub, a swan neck jet spray to ease those shoulder muscles, steam room, saunas and a whole range of massage options, facials and much more or simply relax on a lounger by the pool with a glass of champagne.

The Old Course Hotel Spa

Looking for a chilled day, if the weather is warm (yes it is occasionally in Scotland) then why not pack a picnic and head to West Sands Beach. This 2-mile stretch of sands is were the opening scenes of Chariots of Fire was filmed. It’s about 15 minutes walk from the town and it’s dog friendly too. West Sands Beach

A fun way to explore the city with children is to purchase a treasure trail. There are 3 different themed Treasure Trails in St Andrews, including a spy mission (for those wannabe James Bonds) and a mystery themed Trail as well as the treasure hunt. Purchase the trail for £6.99, you can either print it yourself order in advance and have a printed guide posted to you, you can even have them personalised so great for a birthday. Treasure Trails

Children of all ages will love a visit to the Aquarium. See everything from cute seals, fluffy meerkats to sharks and reptiles. Children can also feed the animals (only the cute fluffy ones, not the reptiles or sharks!). St Andrews Aquarium

For cold and wet weather days and a good dose of culture and education visit The St Andrews Museum. The Museum details the history of the town, with regular exhibitions throughout the year and it’s free to enter.

As St Andrews is the home of golf a trip to the town should really include a visit to The Golfing Museum. Learn everything there is to know about golf since the game began over 500 years ago. Despite Scotland being the home of golf it was in fact banned in 1457, by King James II of Scotland who also banned football. British Golf Museum

St Andrews is also home to Scotland’s secret bunker, spanning the space of 2 football pitches, the bunker is located under a farmhouse and wascreated as a safe house for the government should the country get caught in a nuclear war. It housed its very own broadcasting studio, staffed by the BBC, to ensure that in the event of a nuclear strike emergency broadcasts could be transmitted. All other radio and TV channels would automatically go off-air and the emergency broadcast would inform people of the dangers. The bunker also had it’s own chapel and resident clergy throughout the cold war. The Secret Bunker

The Botanic Gardens have events for children scheduled throughout the year called Planet Botanic; activities include planting, den building, rock pooling and outdoor art. Botanic Gardens

St Andrews Castle was the official residence of Scotland’s bishops (and later archbishops) throughout the middle Ages. They were Scotland’s leading churchmen so had to be prepared to defend themselves and the property of the Church – hence their strong castle. Its scale demonstrated the power and wealth of the bishops, and it was the setting for many important events, which determined the course of Scottish history. St Andrews Castle was a bishop’s palace, a fortress and a state prison during its 450-year history.

The Cathedral was Scotlands largest medieval church. If you can face the climbto the top of the 33m tall St Rule’s Tower it is well worth it for the views over St Andrews and out to sea.

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Surprising St Andrews has some really great independent shops, and not just ones that sell jumpers with diamond patterns and long socks.

For a designer fix head to Sam Brown Boutique for a great selection of womanswear, accessories and scented candles. Sam Brown

If you’re looking for tartan or cashmere head to Johnstons of Elgin for mens, womans and childrens clothing as well as luxurious throws and cushions. Johnston of Elgin

As you would imagine, a town with one of the most famous universities in the world is bound to have a good book shop, well, it has two actually.

Topping & Co is the largest independent bookshop to open in Britain in the last 30 years. Feel right at home with floor to ceiling bookshelves, a wood burning stove, free-flowing coffee and regular book signings and talks. Topping Books

For a fine selection of antiquarian and second hand books visit Bouquiniste Bouquiniste

The Sky Candle shop will ensure the scents of Scotland can be enjoyed long after the holiday ends. The Scottish collection includes Heather, Pine and Gorse scents. Skye Candles

For those with a sweet tooth, Burns is a traditional sweet shop that has been in St Andrews for over 60 years. Step back in time with real old-fashioned favourites such as Rhubarb and Custard, Strawberry Sherberts and many more. Burn Sweet Shop

For cheese lovers I.J Mellis has a great selection of artisan and farmhouse cheeses including locally made cheeses and very expensive French butter. Mellis Cheese

With so many historical buildings, ruins and its seaside location make St Andrews a great place for photography. Impress the folks back home with some really great Instagram shots by taking a 3 or 4 hour photography tour of the town. It’s also a great way to see places not on the tourist trail. St Andrews Photo Tours

Food and Drink

Just outside the town, Balgrove Larder is a must for all foodies, whether you are after some local produce to take back to your holiday home to cook up a feast, a cup of tea and a freshly baked scone, a steak supper or some beautiful flowers for your dining table, Balgrove Larder has everything you might need, even some excellent homemade ready meals if you’re feeling lazy. They also offer butchery classes if you want to indulge your inner Julia Child and learn how to French trim a rack of lamb.

The former sawmill is home to the steak barn, the menus offers a selection of their 28 day matured steaks, homemade burgers and a weekly specials menu. There is a small wine list and beers and gin from local distillery Eden Mill.

Special events are held throughout the year including an evening Christmas market, flower arranging, festive menus etc.

Balgrove

The Seafood Restaurant is a must for a touch of luxury, amazing locally sourced seafood with stunning sea views. The restaurant is located right next to The Royal and Ancient. As well as the usual seafood platters, oysters and smoked salmon expect to find inventive dishes on the a la carte menus such as John Dory with Orkney scallop, truffle gnocchi and sweetcorn or Wild Halibut with razor clams, coco beans and verjus. All menus have locally sourced meat options and there is also an interesting vegetarian menu as well as a very reasonably price Bollinger Sunday lunch menu at £29.50 for 2 courses with a glass of Bolly. The wine list is impressive with over 35 Italian wines and 29 French Wines as well as New World Wines. The Seafood Restaurant

Champagne and Prosecco brunch specials are also on offer at Rogue, enjoy a full Scottish Breakfast (that’s with Haggis and 2 types of sausages) with either Prosecco or the champagne of choice at this establishment is Veuve Cliquot. They also have a full a la carte menu with plenty of local seafood and steaks as well as a dedicated childrens' menu. Rogue

For a touch of luxury why not have a Savoy Afternoon tea at The Fairmont Hotel. Served in the Atrium Lounge which features a 60m lighting sculpture that hangs gracefully above. Worth going just to see this which is quite an amazing work of art. Chose between the Savoy Afternoon tea and the Traditional Scottish Afternoon tea, both available with champagne as an option if you want to make it a truly special occasion. The Fairmont St Andrews

The Fairmont Hotel is a luxury 5 star hotel set in 500 acres, it enjoys a hilltop position with views out to sea and over its’ two golf courses.

For a low-key relaxed place to eat, try The St Andrews Brewing Co. Offering a selection of traditional pub style food to complement their many selections of beer, they even have a Christmas Beer as well as an Espresso Beer “A beautifully balanced porter, which starts with an espresso nose and ends with a chocolate, malt led finish” If you’re not a fan of beer they also produce three exotic sounding gins, Pink Gin, Lemongrass and Ginger and Orange, Cardamom and Tonka Bean.

St Andrews Brewing Co

Mitchells Deli is well worth a visit, whether you just want a bottle of wine and some olives, a great selection of take out meals, amazing sandwiches, afternoon tea or a relaxed meal, you will find everything here. A mixture of traditional fair mixed alongside modern day classics, such as avocado on sourdough bread or Rose Harissa spiced Chicken wraps. A childrens' menu is available and there is live music every weekend. A short wine list is available, plus local spirits and more local ale including the Drygate Disco Forklift Truck, Mango Pale Ale apparently brewed in Scotland!

Trip Advisor quotes: The Best Haggis in St Andrews” Mitchells

Eat like Royalty. The North Point Café is something of an institution in St. Andrews and supposedly the scene for the first date between Prince William and the then Kate Middleton. It has a reputation for the best pancakes in the town, as well as a great selection of cakes. It’s so well known it doesn’t even need a website.

The Saint Bar and Restaurant is the place where the young and trendy of St Andrews hang out. As with all establishments local produce is in abundance on both the menu and drinks list and they also serve Haggis. We recommend ordering the Harviestoun Schiehallion at the beginning of the evening and the far easier to pronounce, Cold Town lager towards the end! Saint Bar & Restaurant

St Andrews isn’t the place you’d probably expect to find a traditional Italian Gelato but there has been one in the town since 1908 and still belongs to the same Italian family. Expect the usual flavours plus some with a Scottish twist including Scottish Tablet and Cranachan Jannettas

Strange Scottish Foods you are likely to come across on your travels

So what is a Scottish Tablet? No it’s not an Ipad, a Scottish tablet is a medium-hard, sugary confection made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, which is boiled to a soft-ball stage and allowed to crystallise. It is often flavoured with vanilla or whisky. Think fudge.

Cranachan is a dessert of cream and fresh raspberries mixed with Scottish oats and whisky – so slightly better for you than a tablet but not much!

Irn Bru – the Coca Cola of Scotland and a favoured hangover cure for many a Scot. Approach with caution if you spill it on the carpet it literally does not come out, don’t even ask what it does to your insides!

Haggis – the most famous food to come out of Scotland and still a mystery to many people. It is a mixture of the heart, stomach or liver of a sheep or calf; minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and cooked while traditionally encased in the animal's stomach though now often in an artificial casing instead. Traditional served with neeps and tatties (Turnips and potatoes mashed together) and gravy.

A more sophisticated dish is Balmoral chicken, a chicken breast stuffed with haggis, wrapped in bacon and served with a whiskey sauce.

Porridge is of course another famous dish from Scotland and one that is very popular around the world as a healthy breakfast option, however, be aware, in Scotland they often make it with cream and sometimes butter so not as healthy as you might think.

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The World Is Finally Taking Notice of Bodys Isek Kingelez’s Utopian Vision

In the universe of the late Congolese artist Bodys Isek Kingelez, miniature cities take the form of an acid-induced mirage of a theme park from the year 2057. Over the course of his life, Kingelez dreamed up hundreds of model buildings and metropolises—what he called his “extreme maquettes”—realized in minute detail with cardboard, packaging, waste plastic, glue, and other found and bought materials.

Cream-colored Art Deco terraces rise into the sky like tiered birthday cakes; buildings resemble majestic boats or a rare breed of decorated moth; towering skyscrapers are ensconced in sumptuous folds. Everything is splashed in the colors of the rainbow. This small-scale architecture is fabulous but orderly—the stuff of fantasy, but also an expression of the real world: of political ambitions, of a desire for harmony, of a vision for civic responsibility and a new postcolonial world order.

Since receiving his first major art world début in the 1989 exhibition “Magiciens de la Terre” in Paris, Kingelez has become a familiar name and a favorite of the mega-collector Jean Pigozzi, who, with curator André Magnin, began growing the world’s largest cache of contemporary African art after seeing “Magiciens.” Okwui Enwezor, curator of the 56th Venice Biennale, has also helped give the artist a stage. Despite this support, Kingelez—who died in 2015—has remained an enigmatic figure, and writing on his work has been relatively scant.

Bodys Isek Kingelez,Kinshasa la Belle detail), 1991. CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva. © Bodys Isek Kingelez. Photo by Maurice Aeschimann. Courtesy CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection.

Now, Kingelez is receiving a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, curated by the institution’s Sarah Suzuki. It is, remarkably, the first solo retrospective the institution has ever organized for a black African artist. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Spread across one large gallery, a few dozen of Kingelez’s imaginary “cities of peace,” as he called them, are installed on platforms of various heights; some of them rotate, providing a 360-degree view of the works’ contours. The maquettes range from elaborate skylines the size of a child’s giant train set to individual structures that resemble futuristic dollhouses.

The glittering Kimbembele Ihunga (1994), which takes the name of Kingelez’s hometown, has skyscrapers with shiny gold borders; a “Kingelez Stadium”; a building that fans out like a concertina; and bridges and steps that seem to float. “This town represents the shape of my imagination,” a wall text quotes him as saying. “It is the very image of my ability to create a new world.” These fantastical structures are arranged around broad avenues with colorful patterns. Kingelez’s optimistic palette even extends to maquettes that have more sober functions. His nearby Scientific Center of Hospitalisation the SIDA (1991), the artist’s vision for a cutting-edge medical center—created at the height of the AIDS crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—features shades of deep cerulean, sherbert pink, and decorative stars.

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Kimbembele Ihunga (detail), 1994. CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva. © Bodys Isek Kingelez. Photo by Maurice Aeschimann. Courtesy of CAAC-The Pigozzi Collection.

The exhibition comes with a custom virtual-reality experience that lets visitors wander through a Kingelezian cityscape at a blown-up scale—specifically his 8-foot-wide Ville Fantôme (1996), a sprawling vision for a city with no police force or military; “a peaceful city where everybody is free” and “a melting pot of all races in the world,” as the artist had described it. This VR component was developed with the help of German artist Carsten Höller, a maker of unhinged, funhouse artworks who is also a regular visitor to the DRC, and has previously curated Kingelez’s work. (Höller has also developed a Spotify playlist of Congolese music to accompany the exhibition.)

Due to Kingelez’s “lack of known art historical precedents,” Suzuki writes in the catalogue, “[the work] evades the genealogy that we love to document and trace.” While there are no artists known to have made anything quite like Kingelez did, however, there is also no shortage of associations with the visual culture of Kinshasa, the capital of what is now the DRC. “I draw my ideas from Africa,” Kingelez once said. And as indicated in catalogue texts by Suzuki, British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye, and Chika Okeke-Agulu, a Nigerian artist and art historian at Princeton University, Kingelez must be understood in the postcolonial context of the history and culture of Kinshasa.

That backdrop includes famous Congolese popular painters, like Chéri Samba and Moké, who emerged in the 1970s following the country’s independence and painted bright, narrative images of contemporary life. Okeke-Agulu sees in Kingelez’s work echoes of a certain magical-realist strain in Nigerian literature. He also connects the latter’s practice to the aesthetics of the DRC and beyond, with the “formal drama of his art, the bombast and tropical color of his writing, his supreme sense of self-importance, and his own sartorial style,” as Okeke-Agulu writes in the catalogue. That last point is hard to miss: Kingelez liked to dress in immaculate, often-flamboyant outfits in the mode of the country’s sapeurs, or dandies, who defy poverty by wearing crisp three-piece suits and shiny leather shoes.

Kingelez was born in the town of Kimbembele-Ihunga in the DRC (then the Belgian Congo) in 1948, the oldest of nine siblings and the son of farm hands. He received an education from Catholic missionaries, and he applied himself with zeal. “I was the highest ranking student in my class,” he told André Magnin in an interview in 2000, with characteristic self-confidence. “My classmates all noticed and admired my exceptional qualities.”

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Ville Fantôme (detail), 1996. CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva. © Bodys Isek Kingelez. Photo by Maurice Aeschimann. Courtesy of CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection

Portrait of Bodys Isek Kingelez by André Magnin, 2012. © André Magnin. Courtesy of gallery MAGNIN-A, Paris.

Kingelez moved to Kinshasa at age 22, in 1970, as the country was creating itself anew after 52 years of Belgium’s cripplingly oppressive colonial regime. At the time, President Joseph Mobutu was building vigorously in the city, adding futuristic structures to the skyline alongside the existing Art Deco buildings of Congo’s colonial era—creating something of an “architectural soup,” Suzuki tells Artsy. Kingelez studied at the University of Lovanium, taking classes in economics, business, French, and industrial design (among other subjects) while entertaining the idea of pursuing various civic roles, as Suzuki recounts in her text. He worked as a teacher for a while, but quit when the job did not meet the largesse of his dreams.

Plumbing “the depths of the abyss,” as Kingelez told Magnin in a discussion of his early artistic stirrings, “a deluge of ideas and wild fantasies overwhelmed me, and in the grips of the unknown the solution came to me, like it was dictated from above: ‘working systems’ by which I would leave my mark on the earth. I wanted to create what had never been seen and I would be the first to do it in the Congo.”

Bodys Isek Kingelez,Ville de Sète 3009.2000. Collection Musée International des Arts Modestes (MIAM), Sète, France. © Pierre Schwartz ADAGP. Courtesy of Musée International des Arts Modestes (MIAM), Sète, France.

Kingelez started to build his architectural sculptures in the early 1980s, beginning by composing individual structures like his 1982 Untitled, which shows the attenuated form of a church, crowned with an oversized white star. He worked as a restorer for a time at the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaïre to keep himself afloat—a job he secured after he took one of his maquettes to the museum on the recommendation of his neighbor. The staff there found the object, Musée National, so sophisticated that they accused him of stealing it, even demanding that he create another one in front of them in hope of catching him in a lie. As the story goes, Kingelez complied, conjuring Commissariat Atomique before their eyes—and leaving them so floored that they offered him a position at the institution.

Kingelez’s maquettes display a sense of civic pride—a belief that government institutions and urban populations can work in harmonious synchronicity—that aligns with the early enthusiasm for Mobutu’s era of post-independence growth in Kinshasa. “I’m taking the first step toward the most sophisticated, the highest civilization,” the artist says in a documentary film that is screened in the exhibition. But Kingelez’s work also manifests a critique, one born partly of the soured promise of independence as Kinshasa grew increasingly chaotic, Mobutu more despotic. It is, writes Okeke-Agulu, “spectacular architectural form as a counter-narrative to the dystopian realities of Kinshasa, the structural chaos of the Congolese state, and, ultimately, the anomie of the global-postcolonial epoch.”

Even as Kingelez’s work remained rooted in the conditions of Kinshasa, he cast an eye overseas, creating timely structures that represented nation states and transnational organizations around the world. In 1994, after the first Oslo Accord affirmed Palestine’s right to self-government, Kingelez created his Centrale Palestinienne (1994), a low-lying structure that supports a tower, all in the colors of the Palestinian flag. And for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, in 1994, he made a model for what looks like a glimmering casino with stars displayed evenly on its surface, representing the equality of the organization’s member countries.

Bodys Isek Kingelez, U.N., 1995. CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva. © Bodys Isek Kingelez. Photo by Maurice Aeschimann. Courtesy CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection.

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Ville de Sète 3009 (detail), 2000. Collection Musée International des Arts Modestes (MIAM), Sète, France. © Pierre Schwartz ADAGP; courtesy Musée International des Arts Modestes (MIAM), Sète, France

Kingelez’s international outlook is a point that Suzuki stresses. She wants to dispel what she sees as two of the misconceptions surrounding the artist: that he was self-taught, and that he was a visionary who lived in relative isolation. “Even though he didn’t have any formal art or architecture training, he was a university graduate, he spoke five languages,” she says, “and part of his secondary education would have included a study of industrial design. So while he wasn’t in a fine arts program, he was an extraordinarily well-educated and worldly person who had ideas about how things get made.”

It’s an emphasis that should be seen in light of the debate surrounding “Magiciens de la Terre,” the 1989 global survey of art that was billed as the first truly international art exhibition, which also launched Kingelez. It is credited with expanding the Eurocentric art canon, but it’s also charged with reinforcing old prejudices by reifying the binary between West and non-West, and crystalizing the romantic, exoticizing notion of the archetypal self-taught artist as being non-modern: the Other who alone is capable of channeling an ancient, authentic well of creativity.

Portrait of Bodys Isek Kingelez by André Magnin, 2012. © André Magnin. Courtesy of gallery MAGNIN-A, Paris.

“Some of us had issues with the way that some of [Kingelez’s] work was marketed from the beginning,” says Okeke-Agulu. He objects to the claim that accompanied “Magiciens”—and percolated outward—that “only non-educated African artists can make original work—that the originality of African artists is destroyed with academic training.”

It’s been nearly 30 years since “Magiciens,” but conversations around African art remain fraught. MoMA’s first solo retrospective for a black African artist may mark something of a welcome watershed moment for the institution, but it’s not without its conflicts. It brings the great pleasure and optimism of Kingelez’s work to American audiences and elevates his position in European and American markets, while the artist himself is relatively little-known in Kinshasa.

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Kimbembele Ihunga.,1994. CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva. © Bodys Isek Kingelez. Photo by Maurice Aeschimann. Courtesy CAAC – The Pigozzi Collection.

Without Pigozzi’s patronage, it’s easy to imagine that the artist would never have made it onto the MoMA’s walls; the high-profile collector has undeniably brought visibility to Kingelez’s work and played a crucial role in its preservation. But it’s difficult to separate that fact from the reality that the artist’s legacy goes under-recognized in his home country—Suzuki has yet to find a single example of an exhibition of his work held there.

Whether Kingelez’s exhibition will usher African art into MoMA’s canon in a deep, structural sense is another question. Can the artist’s intricate, utopian vision help pave a glittering path toward a more equal art world?

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[Duplicated:274064] A Guide to St.Andrews

Interesting Facts, Things to do, Places to See and Where to Eat in St Andrews

A seaside town north east of Edinburgh St Andrews is most famous for it’s golf courses and university.

Founded in the early 15thcentury, St Andrews was Scotlands’ first university and the 3rdoldest university in the English-speaking world. It continues to attract students from all over the world.

Sky Dive St Andrews

If you are visiting St Andrews at the end of July then the town has it’s own Highland Games. St Andrews Highland Games

The Old Course Hotel Spa

The Botanic Gardens have events for children scheduled throughout the year called Planet Botanic; activities include planting, den building, rock pooling and outdoor art. Botanic Gardens

The Cathedral was Scotlands largest medieval church. If you can face the climbto the top of the 33m tall St Rule’s Tower it is well worth it for the views over St Andrews and out to sea.

Retail Therapy

Surprising St Andrews has some really great independent shops, and not just ones that sell jumpers with diamond patterns and long socks.

For a designer fix head to Sam Brown Boutique for a great selection of womanswear, accessories and scented candles. Sam Brown

If you’re looking for tartan or cashmere head to Johnstons of Elgin for mens, womans and childrens clothing as well as luxurious throws and cushions. Johnston of Elgin

As you would imagine, a town with one of the most famous universities in the world is bound to have a good book shop, well, it has two actually.

For a fine selection of antiquarian and second hand books visit Bouquiniste Bouquiniste

The Sky Candle shop will ensure the scents of Scotland can be enjoyed long after the holiday ends. The Scottish collection includes Heather, Pine and Gorse scents. Skye Candles

For cheese lovers I.J Mellis has a great selection of artisan and farmhouse cheeses including locally made cheeses and very expensive French butter. Mellis Cheese

Food and Drink

Special events are held throughout the year including an evening Christmas market, flower arranging, festive menus etc.

Balgrove

The Fairmont Hotel is a luxury 5 star hotel set in 500 acres, it enjoys a hilltop position with views out to sea and over its’ two golf courses.

St Andrews Brewing Co

Mitchells Deli is well worth a visit, whether you just want a bottle of wine and some olives, a great selection of take out meals, amazing sandwiches, afternoon tea or a relaxed meal, you will find everything here. A mixture of traditional fair mixed alongside modern day classics, such as avocado on sourdough bread or Rose Harissa spiced Chicken wraps. A childrens’ menu is available and there is live music every weekend. A short wine list is available, plus local spirits and more local ale including the Drygate Disco Forklift Truck, Mango Pale Ale apparently brewed in Scotland!

Trip Advisor quotes: The Best Haggis in St Andrews” Mitchells

Strange Scottish Foods you are likely to come across on your travels

Cranachan is a dessert of cream and fresh raspberries mixed with Scottish oats and whisky – so slightly better for you than a tablet but not much!

Haggis – the most famous food to come out of Scotland and still a mystery to many people. It is a mixture of the heart, stomach or liver of a sheep or calf; minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and cooked while traditionally encased in the animal’s stomach though now often in an artificial casing instead. Traditional served with neeps and tatties (Turnips and potatoes mashed together) and gravy.

A more sophisticated dish is Balmoral chicken, a chicken breast stuffed with haggis, wrapped in bacon and served with a whiskey sauce.

Travel Tip created by Helen Thomas in association with Vacation Soup

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New Post has been published on https://vacationsoup.com/a-guide-to-st-andrews/

A Guide to St.Andrews

Interesting Facts, Things to do, Places to See and Where to Eat in St Andrews

A seaside town north east of Edinburgh St Andrews is most famous for it’s golf courses and university.

Founded in the early 15thcentury, St Andrews was Scotlands’ first university and the 3rdoldest university in the English-speaking world. It continues to attract students from all over the world.

Sky Dive St Andrews

If you are visiting St Andrews at the end of July then the town has it’s own Highland Games. St Andrews Highland Games

The Old Course Hotel Spa

The Botanic Gardens have events for children scheduled throughout the year called Planet Botanic; activities include planting, den building, rock pooling and outdoor art. Botanic Gardens

The Cathedral was Scotlands largest medieval church. If you can face the climbto the top of the 33m tall St Rule’s Tower it is well worth it for the views over St Andrews and out to sea.

Retail Therapy

Surprising St Andrews has some really great independent shops, and not just ones that sell jumpers with diamond patterns and long socks.

For a designer fix head to Sam Brown Boutique for a great selection of womanswear, accessories and scented candles. Sam Brown

If you’re looking for tartan or cashmere head to Johnstons of Elgin for mens, womans and childrens clothing as well as luxurious throws and cushions. Johnston of Elgin

As you would imagine, a town with one of the most famous universities in the world is bound to have a good book shop, well, it has two actually.

For a fine selection of antiquarian and second hand books visit Bouquiniste Bouquiniste

The Sky Candle shop will ensure the scents of Scotland can be enjoyed long after the holiday ends. The Scottish collection includes Heather, Pine and Gorse scents. Skye Candles

For cheese lovers I.J Mellis has a great selection of artisan and farmhouse cheeses including locally made cheeses and very expensive French butter. Mellis Cheese

Food and Drink

Special events are held throughout the year including an evening Christmas market, flower arranging, festive menus etc.

Balgrove

The Fairmont Hotel is a luxury 5 star hotel set in 500 acres, it enjoys a hilltop position with views out to sea and over its’ two golf courses.

St Andrews Brewing Co

Mitchells Deli is well worth a visit, whether you just want a bottle of wine and some olives, a great selection of take out meals, amazing sandwiches, afternoon tea or a relaxed meal, you will find everything here. A mixture of traditional fair mixed alongside modern day classics, such as avocado on sourdough bread or Rose Harissa spiced Chicken wraps. A childrens’ menu is available and there is live music every weekend. A short wine list is available, plus local spirits and more local ale including the Drygate Disco Forklift Truck, Mango Pale Ale apparently brewed in Scotland!

Trip Advisor quotes: The Best Haggis in St Andrews” Mitchells

Strange Scottish Foods you are likely to come across on your travels

Cranachan is a dessert of cream and fresh raspberries mixed with Scottish oats and whisky – so slightly better for you than a tablet but not much!

Haggis – the most famous food to come out of Scotland and still a mystery to many people. It is a mixture of the heart, stomach or liver of a sheep or calf; minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and cooked while traditionally encased in the animal’s stomach though now often in an artificial casing instead. Traditional served with neeps and tatties (Turnips and potatoes mashed together) and gravy.

A more sophisticated dish is Balmoral chicken, a chicken breast stuffed with haggis, wrapped in bacon and served with a whiskey sauce.

Travel Tip created by Helen Thomas in association with Vacation Soup

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