THIS HISTORIC town in Scotland has been named one of the best places to visit this Easter by National Geographic.
A number of places across the UK have been listed by the magazine with spots like Wiltshire and the North Pennines range making the cut.
Introducing its ranking, National Geographic said whether you're after some fresh sea air or are looking to go rambling through the countryside, there are plenty of places to visit across Britain this Easter.
See the historic Scottish town named among the best places to visit by National Geographic
Discussing the history of the iconic location, the publication said that after the bones of the Syrian-born patron saint washed up on the Fife coast, Scotland's Pictish people built a small "wind-torn" town overlooking the sea.
As time passed, the fame of this relic was such that a bishop took up residency here and a "great cathedral" was commissioned.
Very quickly St Andrews became the "ecclesiastical capital" of Scotland, a title it would hold for centuries.
Today, the town's "ruined, roofless cathedral yawns at the heavens" while its medieval castle lies ruined, partly tumbled into the ocean.
The magazine adds that you'd be forgiven for thinking this would dent the appeal of St Andrews, but quite the opposite has happened.
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National Geographic told readers: "These skeletal remains give the town’s coastline a spectral beauty that’s best appreciated in winter, after the golfers that descend each summer have cleared out."
Another apparent draw of this Fife town is its spirits industry, which was once feared dead many years ago.
This heritage has "reawakened" with new whisky and gin distilleries "putting the region back on the map" in this regard.
