A private day trip to St Andrews, the real, genuine home of golf.
A private tour for your group only, to St Andrews — the genuine home of golf, its real Old Course, castle, and cathedral.
This is a private tour for your group only, to St Andrews — the real, genuine home of golf. Real stops include the Old Course, St Andrews Castle, and St Andrews Cathedral.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Hotel pickup in Edinburgh.
Genuine St Andrews Old Course.
Real historic landmarks.
8 hours, just your group.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private tour for your group only, to St Andrews — the genuine home of golf, its real Old Course, castle, and cathedral. This is a private tour for your group only, to St Andrews — the real, genuine home of golf. Real stops include the Old Course, St Andrews Castle, and St Andrews Cathedral.
Golf is believed to have been played on St Andrews' links since at least the early 15th century, making it one of the oldest and most widely recognised claimants to the title "home of golf." That status was formalised in 1552, when Archbishop John Hamilton granted the townspeople the right to play on the links — a right that, remarkably, still stands today, since the Old Course remains public land rather than a private club course.
The club now known as the R&A began life in 1754 as the Society of St Andrews Golfers, and was recognised as "Royal and Ancient" by King William IV in 1834 — the same moment the club grandly proclaimed St Andrews the Home of Golf. The course itself only became known as the "Old" Course once a second course, the New Course, opened alongside it in 1895; before that it was simply St Andrews' golfing ground.
St Andrews Cathedral, begun in the 1160s and finally dedicated in 1318 in the presence of King Robert the Bruce, was once Scotland's largest church at roughly 390 feet (119 metres) long — its ruined tower still dominates the town's skyline today. Nearby, St Andrews Castle began as the residence of the town's bishops in the late 1100s, was destroyed and rebuilt more than once during the Wars of Independence, and still preserves a genuine mine and counter-mine tunnel dug beneath its walls during a 16th-century siege — one of the only surviving examples of its kind in Britain.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.