This was our 2nd stay at Balbirnie and this is one of my favourite sites, it is a very shaded site enclosed by trees, you can get the sunshine but just for part of the day as blocked by trees, depending on which pitch you are sited on, so take this into consideration if your a sunworshipper.   It is located next to Balbirnie Park itself great for walking & dogs, a 2 min walk gets you into Markinch Village where you can purchase the necessities,  a short ride to Glenrothes takes you to the larger stores for your big shop.  St. Andrews is worth a visit for the beach alone our dogs were comatosed after our day out there,  Anstruther is a lovely little place and of course dont miss out on the fish & chips,  a visit to Elie is also worth thinking about park in the beach side park, and a walk along the coast line is lovely there are old ruins to see and the rocky coast line is Black and looks volcanic,   there are plenty of Parklands in this area also worth a visit,  Leven is also a nice place to see whilst in the area,  the Kingdom of Fife is a lovely area to visit, with or without children as i am sure there is something here for everyone. We will most certainly be back,  Sam & Andy are 2 of the nicest wardens we have had the pleasure in meeting, just great down to earth people, hard working, a conscientious workers care a great deal about the caravanners requirements.