Perth in General

Perth is a big town (which likes to think it's a city, and in a colloquial speech is often referred to as a Fair City) on the banks of Tay, approximately 50 miles north of Edinburgh. It has good rail, coach and road connections to Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and towards the North. ===Perfect Centre?=== Another slogan, this one printed on the name signs as you enter the town is "the perfect centre" and, however much one might wish to question the "perfect" part of it, Perth is indeed a very central place in Scotland, pretty much right on the border between the Highlands and the Lowland/Central part, and between east and West. ...  Read the complete review

Perth - also known as the fair city. when I was younger i used to think that Perth was such a boring place - no decent shops and not much to do. It has a prison, football club, shoppping area, theatre but not much else. Lately i have visited Perth several times and each time I kie it more. the shops while not london or edinburgh have everything you need with their own "department store" - mcewens well worth a browse around. there are a lot of independant shops too. If you like eating out then Perth has a great deal of choice, my favourites include - wotherspoons for a cheap lunch and drink, Pacos just outside the theatre for a great place to ...  Read the complete review

****Thank God for the internet!!!! **** **Location** Perth is a large town located 30 minutes away from Dundee **Getting there** Perth is easy to visit by car, train or bus,and there is loads of nice views surrounding it. **Staying there** I haven't had any experience staying in a hotel or bed and breakfast since i live in Perth but there are loads to choose from. Beware if you are like me and love luxury hotels you will be disappointed as the best Perth offers is 3 star hotels.One being Ramda Jarvis plus there are two others that i know off. **Shopping** The main shopping street is the high street ...  Read the complete review

Perth is often forgotten about possibly due to its approximity to Dundee which is a better place for shopping but I prefer Perth because of its atmosphere and the feel of the place. When you go there you feel as if you are in a more friendly environment and it would be fai rto say that you feel safer than you would in other major cities. As I said before Perth probably isn't the best place for shopping when compared to Dundee butit does have its fair share of shops which are enough to keep the average shopper busy for quite a while. It also has a lot of small independent shops which you should check out, theres a few good bargains to be found in them. Parking in ...  Read the complete review

Visiting Perth as a tourist can turn out to be an adventure in the jungle. Once arrived in the train station in a city that looked completely deserted. No indications to where the information centre was, so I just walked along roads and roads until I could finally find it. Once there I waited for 15 minutes until the lovely lady decided it was time to deal with me, as the phone conversation with her friend was far too much interesting than her job. My intent was to book a room in a B&B to spend the night. When I told her what I wanted she called me crazy and she said I would never find anything in Perth for just one person, and that I would better off going back from ...  Read the complete review