Our initial adventures saw us following in the well-trodden footsteps of countless other visitors.
Each of these was an exceptional experience I would recommend to anyone.
Scottish destinationchosen, I scoured the internet for a place to stay and came up with minimal options.
The following day, we drew the curtains on a world washed clean by a night of stormy weather.
Our first stop was Pittenweem, the village whose eccentric name had drawn us to the area.
The Pittenweem seafront is dotted with places to eat.
The kids were unable to resistNicholsons Sweets & Ice Cream Shopwith its glass jars of old-fashioned candy.
Ingredients are grown in the restaurants kitchen garden or sourced from across the East Neuk.
The key to the cave is available fromThe Cocoa Tree Cafe.
Immediately next door to Anstruther is the quieter village of Cellardyke.
As it turns out, sugar and salted sea air taste like freedom.
Boats in Crail Harbour in Scotland.Credit:Jessica Macdonald/Travel + Leisure
Exterior facade of Brackness House in Anstruther, Scotland.Courtesy of Brackness House
A scottie harbour art installation in Anstruther, Scotland.Jessica Macdonald/Travel + Leisure
Holding a crab in Pittenweem Harbour.Jessica Macdonald/Travel + Leisure
The lighthouse on the Isle of May, part of the Island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.Jessica Macdonald/Travel + Leisure
Chips Ahoy the chippy in Pittenweem, Scotland.Jessica Macdonald/Travel + Leisure
Puffins sitting on a cliff in Isle of May.Jessica Macdonald/Travel + Leisure
Tourists on kayaks in the Tidal pool of Cellardyke.Jessica Macdonald/Travel + Leisure
