Europe Free Travel UK (XI) The most famous town in the history of Scotland - St Andrews

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Leave the hotel early this morning and take a 1-hour drive to one of the most famous towns in Scottish history: St Andrews.

Located on the east coast of Scotland, the administrative district of Fife, St. Andrews is one of Scotland's historic towns and the religious capital of the Kingdom of Scotland during the Middle Ages. A place with a lot of history and stunning views.

In this small town with a population of less than 20,000, it has a history of more than 600 years, one of the oldest universities in the UK, the University of St Andrews. Half of the town's population is made up of university faculty and staff, and the university occupies most of the town's buildings, where you can feel the deep cultural heritage and strong academic atmosphere.

St Andrews is not only home to Scotland's oldest university, but also the birthplace of golf and is known as the "home of golf". It is also famous all over the world.

Facing the sea on three sides, St Andrews is one of the most beautiful seaside towns in Scotland. 令人沉醉的海滩，是奥斯卡‬佳片《烈火战车》的主要拍摄地。 Whether you're a keen fan of academic pursuits, a traveller who wants to experience British culture first-hand, or a stroll along the beautiful St Andrews Beach, every moment will enchant you.

The town is lined with ancient buildings, basically maintaining the structure of the medieval ancient city, when you walk on the street, you will feel that you have traveled to the Middle Ages, and taking a photo here is an old photo.

There are many attractions here, some of which have been washed away by the long river of history, but you can still feel the precipitation of history while visiting. Images of the past may come to mind. In addition, as the birthplace of golf, St. Andrews is also a pilgrimage place for golf enthusiasts.

The usual visitors to St Andrews visit the university, the Old Stadium, the cathedral, the castle and the beach. So do we.

1.University of St Andrews,

A top public research university founded in 1413, it is located in the ancient town of St Andrews on the east coast of Scotland, the birthplace of beautiful golf, only 30 minutes from Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The first university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxbridge, it is a world-renowned teaching and research centre.

It is a university favored by the royal family in the United Kingdom, and Prince William and Princess Kate also studied at this university, met and fell in love here.

The school's strengths include social sciences such as psychology and theology, as well as physics, computer science, etc., and art history is the university's trump card, among which: business and management research is ranked first in the UK. At the same time, the school also has the top three student satisfaction rates in the UK, and is the top 1% of the world's top universities.

The University of St Andrews has produced five Nobel laureates, including two Nobel laureates in chemistry, one Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize.

The University of St Andrews has a long history and many famous alumni, such as James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Marat, a French politician, Edward Jenner, the father of immunology, the Duke of Cambridge (Prince William) and his wife Princess Kate. 15% of the school's students are from North America, the highest proportion in the UK, and more than 30% of the total number of international students from more than 100 countries come to visit.

We mainly visit the university's Faculty of Letters.

2. St. Andrews Old Course

圣安‬德鲁斯‬老球‬场‬（Old Course）是圣安德鲁斯现有的6个高尔夫球场中最著名的，它的存在让世界上的高尔夫球手的信仰有了皈依，吸引着全世界的球迷来到这里感受GOLF的历史与魅力。 It is a dream place for golfers from all over the world.

It is the birthplace of golf and has a history of more than 600 years. The first Open Golf Championship has been held on the course for 26 years since 1873, and every year thousands of golfers from all over the world flock to the old course to see it. Known as the "God-created course", it is said that the terrain is naturally formed, and the 18-hole rule of the standard golf course comes from here, and it is the proudest old course, which spreads out in the shape of a sheep's pole along St. Andrews, with scary bunkers and strange wind directions. Many early Scottish professionals, including Tom Morris Sr. and Tom Morris Jr., had been caddies at St Andrews in their early years. It is the only designated venue for the All England Open. There are still many golf enthusiasts who play and practice here.

There is an equally noble stadium in the United States. It is the St. Andrews Golf Club in the United States. Its name is copied from St. Andrews in Scotland. The original intention of the founders was to take a similar name, hoping that golf in the United States would develop as rapidly as Britain.

3, St. Andrews' Cathedral was once known as the greatest building of the Middle Ages in Scotland, due to war and the invasion of time, only ruins remain, we can still glimpse the glory of the past in the few buildings.

The gates of the two spires of the ruins of the church have become landmarks of St Andrews, as well as the adjacent St Andrews Castle, built in 1127 to house St Andrew's remains. Ruins of St Andrews Castle, which has been destroyed and rebuilt many times, is now in ruins, and the ruins of St Andrews Castle sit next to the picturesque shores of St Andrews, standing on St. Andrews Castle offers stunning views of the coastline.

4, West Sands

St Andrews is Scotland's great place to see the sea, a short walk from the Old Course, across a humble trail and into the wide West Beach. The delicate sand, gentle waves, cirrus clouds in the sky, and the sea breeze on the surface make people can't help but run after the waves. The beach here is brown, the sea is deep blue, and the sea is calm, which has a British melancholy style compared to the traditional hustle and bustle of the blue sea and sands.

The sea here is different from the sea I have seen before, it is too gentle and quiet, there is no sound of ebb and flow, and there is no wind like the usual seaside.