Best of Fife Coastal Path 5-Day Gentle Tour (Hillwalk Tours)

The Fife Coastal Path is one of Scotland’s official Great Trails. It stretches from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Tay along the coast of the historic county and peninsula of Fife, which lies in the east of Scotland and within easy reach of Edinburgh.

As well as offering some of the finest coastal walking in Scotland, the trail passes award-winning beaches, woodlands, charming, historic little harbour villages, nationally important estuaries and wildlife reserves. The route has a gentle gradient throughout, however, although the gradient is gentle, the trail still offers plenty of contrast and parts of it can occasionally feel surprisingly remote.

Highlights of the route, aside from some stunning coastal scenery, include the charming, centuries old little harbours at Dysart and Crail and the historic town of St. Andrews, considered the ‘home’ of golf, with its world-famous courses. St Andrews also has Scotland’s oldest university, as well as the remains of a castle and what was once one of the largest cathedrals in the country.

The trail passes by several other internationally renowned golf courses and a variety of interesting castles, sea caves showing Pictish art and several geologically and archaeologically interesting sites. In addition, the walk passes through several nature reserves, such as the Cullaloe Nature reserve at Burntisland, the Dumbarnie Nature reserve, and the Kilminning Coast Nature Reserve (past Crail) and the Tentsmuir Nature reserve (past St Andrews and Leuchars).