The whitewashed, red-tiled buildings are well preserved, such as the Town House, where witches were tried and held while awaiting execution.

The nearby ochre-coloured Culross Palace, built by wealthy coal merchant George Bruce in the late 16th century, is not a palace at all but a grand and impressive house, with lots of small rooms and connecting passageways, with wonderful painted ceilings, pine panelling, antique furniture and curios.

The palace garden has been recreated and planted with grasses, herbs and vegetables of the period surrounded by wicker fences.

In the centre of Culross is a memorial to Scotland’s most outstanding naval hero, Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald. The Culross Festival runs from the 1st to the 3rd of August and over the years has been attracting a high standard of artist.

The Festival includes opera, blues, folk, drama, comedy and dance and concludes with a medieval Burgh Fair on the village green in front of Culross Palace.

Historic Culross is one of Scotland's most picturesque towns.

Indeed visiting Culross is like stepping back in time. The National Trust for Scotland have been working for the past seventy years to restore the village to how it would have looked in the 16th century