Linmara Holiday Cottage - Elie, Fife, Scotland
Year-round self-catering accommodation
Childhood home of Famous Scottish Golfer & Course Designer, James Braid
A friendly and flexible business run by the Morris Family offering holidays from 3 weeks to 3 days!
Linmara is a quaint, whitewashed cottage located in the picturesque seaside village of Earlsferry near St Andrews in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, only 2 minutes from a mile of sandy beach. It sleeps up to 6 people and includes linen & towels, logs, travel cot and high chair. Discount can be given to couples and late bookings.
Linmara cottage is a perfect base for golf, water-sports, tennis, walking, boat trips, horse riding, cycling, museums, castles and gardens.
Arrive on holiday and park your car! Elie is walking or cycling distance from Linmara Cottage and provides amenities such as bakery, post office, pharmacy, grocer, delicatessen and gift shops.
Elie boasts its own 'micro climate' with little rain and plenty sunshine so your Summer can be as relaxed or as active as you wish throughout the day. Take advantage of the long evenings to view the amazing sunsets.
Winter brings you the choice of a walk in the bracing North Sea air or curling up in front of our real log fire enjoying a hot chocolate or a wee dram of Scotland's national drink.
For those interested in golf trivia, Elie's most famous golfer and golf course designer was James Braid, who won the Open Championship on five occasions around the turn of the century. The son of an Elie estate forester, lived in 'Linmara' on Earsferry High Street with his parents.
Ideal accommodation for golfing in St Andrews.
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