Dunfermline with a population of just under 40,000 was a former city of fife and is know as the historic capitol of Scotland. The Abbey, founded around 1070, is one of the the most popular attractions in Dunfermline with it being the burial place of Robert the Bruce and also several other royal figures. Dunfermline is an ideal tourist base to explore fife and is also less the 20 miles from Edinburgh.