"Dundee - City Of Discovery" a Dundee Travel Page by lynmur

A great place 10 mins drive from the centre of Dundee, full of shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants. People come back here year after year because its so nice. We are lucky enough to live 5 mins walk from here. Its very handy!!!
On a lovely summers day, you can get an ice cream from Vissochi's and sit on the beach looking for the dolphins that swim in the River Tay each year. Either that or I can highly recomment having a drink on one of the many pub's pavement seating areas. you might even bump into us!!
The first week of July hosts the Broughty Ferry Gala week with lots of things going on each day and night for both the adults and the kids. The Childrens Window Guessing Competition is especially popular and not just with the Children.
Just across the river is St Andrews - the home of golf. We are located 15--20 mins drive from St Andrews and 10 mins from Carnoustie - perfect for any golf lovers.

A small port and residential suburb to the East of Dundee, Broughty Ferry is situated on the north bank of the Firth of Tay opposite Tayport in Fife to which it was formerly linked by ferry. Once a fishing village and ferry port, Broughty Ferry developed as a residential and resort town during the 19th Century when many of its fine villas were erected by jute industrialists from Dundee. Incorporated with the City of Dundee in 1913, it has a fine seafront, harbour and esplanade. Guarding the mouth of the Tay estuary, the 15th century Broughty Castle overlooks the harbour. Built in 1498, the castle was restored during the 19th century and now houses a museum featuring displays on Dundee's maritime history.
You can visit the castle for free try - www.dundeecity.gov.uk/broughtycastle/main.htm or www.cometobroughty.co.uk for more information

The name of the city is thought to have derived either from the Celtic ‘Duntaw’ - the hill on the Tay – or from the Iron Age fort on top of Dundee Law called ‘Dun Diagh’.
The Tay Railway Bridge is just over two miles long and still remains the longest in Europe. The section closest to Dundee was completed in 1887, to replace a section that was destroyed in 1879 by a storm.
Dundee maintains a spectacular position on the Tay Estuary and is dominated by a dormant volcano called “The Law”. It is the highest point in Dundee, offering a great view over the city and the surrounding area.

Dundee was the home port of the Antarctic exploration ship RRS Discovery, the historic vessel which took Captain Robert Scott to Antarctica. The Discovery, carefully restored, is now the centrepiece of an award-winning tourist and visitor centre at Dundee’s waterfront. see www.rrsdiscovery.com for more information

Dundee was once among the world’s leading whaling ports. The ready availability of whale oil in Dundee led to the establishment of the jute industry in the city in the 1830s. The oil was used to soften the rough jute fibres. Dundee soon became the centre of the world’s jute industry.
Verdant Works, an award-winning site and former jute mill, tells the story of Dundee’s important jute and textiles history. At one time there were as many as 43,000 people employed in the textiles industry in Dundee.

Dundee is also famous for its Journalism with the DC Thomson & Co Ltd (DCT) headquarters still in the town centre (which is where Scott and I work) DCT produce the local papers - the Courier and Evening Telegraph and also world famous comics like the Beano and Dandy.

In May 2006 Dundee is hosting the Radio One Big Weekend - a huge free music festival.
Dundee has its own famous Jazz festival in July and a Flower and Food Festival in September which see's some famous chef's turning up to cook up some great food.