Tour Dunfermline Abbey

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Davaar House Hotel and Restaurant, 126 Grieve St, Dunfermline, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Auld Toll Hotel, 121 St Leonards Street, Dunfermline KY11 3AS, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Pitbauchlie House Hotel, Aberdour Road, Dunfermline KY11 4PB, Scotland. Country style house set on 3 acres with ornate gardens. Central Scotland, 4 miles from Fourth Bridges. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

King Malcolm Hotel, Queensferry Rd, Dunfermline KY11 5DS, Scotland. Contemporary Hotel located 5 miles from Forth Road Bridge in residential area. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Pitreavie Guest House, 3 Aberdour Road, Dunfermline KY11 4PB, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Holiday Inn Express Dunfermline, Halbeath, Dunfermline KY11 8DY, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Keavil House Hotel, Crossford, Dunfermline KY12 8QW, Scotland. Traditional Country Hotel set in 12 acres of gardens and woodland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Premier Travel Inn Dunfermline, East Fife Retail Park, Wimbrel Place, Dunfermline KY11 8EX, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Rooms at 29 Bruce Street, 29 Bruce St, Dunfermline KY12 7AG, Scotland. Rooms at 29 Bruce Street is a boutique 17 bedroom hotel and entertainment complex. The Hotel offers affordable luxury and first class entertainment situated in the city centre of Dunfermline. All bedrooms have en-suite facilities, satellite tv, dvd players and high speed internet access.With adjoining nightclub and authentic Italian restaurant we believe we offer something to suit all tastes. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

The Queensferry Hotel, Saint Margaret's Head, North Queensferry KY11 1HP, Scotland. Find the best deal, compare prices and read what other travelers have to say at TripAdvisor.

Situated at the centre of Dunfermline in West Fife, Dunfermline Abbey stands on a ridge that falls steeply on the south and west to the course of the Tower Burn which flows through Pittencrieff Park.

The original Benedictine priory was founded in the 1070s by Queen Margaret on the site of an earlier chapel of the Celtic Church and in 1128 her son David I extended the building and increased its status by making it an abbey. The western part of the present building is the nave of the Abbey church built by David I between 1128 and 1150. The eastern end, with the tower bearing the words 'King Robert the Bruce', is the new parish kirk that was built on part of the ruins of the old abbey in 1818-21.

In medieval times the abbey became a major ecclesiastical centre and was the burial place of several Scottish monarchs including Malcolm Canmore, his wife Queen Margaret and Robert the Bruce whose tomb was rediscovered in 1818. Queen Margaret was canonized in 1250 and a chapel and shrine were built at the east end and centre of the abbey. Subsequently in 1303, the abbey was destroyed by Edward I of England who recognised the significance of the site as a focal point of Scottish nationalism. Partially rebuilt, it was further damaged during the Reformation in the 16th century.

The adjacent royal palace of Dunfermline grew out of the guest house of the abbey after its closure during the Reformation and was given as a wedding present to Anne of Denmark by her husband James VI in 1589. Prior to the Union of the Crowns in 1603 Anne of Denmark stayed here from time to time, and in 1600 her son, later to become Charles I, was born here.

Today there is a Dunfermline Abbey and Palace Visitor Centre.

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