Grampian Hotel

Ever changing Vistas

by scottishvisitor

From bright blue skies to broodng clouds = this place is beautiful in all weathers. The mountains can be shrouded in cloud or snow capped with wpnderful blue skies. Perthshire is breathtakingly beaufitful

Meikleour Beech Hedge

by weewatty

Often not quoted in guidebooks to the area is the Meikleour Beech Hedge, pretty well known locally though.

Well its basically a big muckle hedge, infact the tallest in the world. And thats about that, but heres a bit about it anyway:

It was planted around 1745 by Robert Murray Nairne and his wife Jean Mercer of Meikleour, shortly after this he was killed fighting the English (a thing us Scots done alot in the past) at the Battle of Culloden. Reaching 120 feet at its tallest point it must be a whore of a job to trim.

Anyway, stop off at the layby, see it, take a photo then claim to your friends you have seen 'the Tallest Hedge in the World'. How more wordly can you get?? ;-)

Its found on the Perth to Blairgowrie road, just after crossing the River Tay if driving from Perth, about 11 miles from the city.

Perth Museum & Art Gallery

by scotlandscotour

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Free!

One of the oldest in Scotland. Amongst the boring stuff you'll find some amazing bits that bring Perthshire History and Archaeology to life.

Opens 10.00 - and well worth 2 hours.

A good option should it rain (hardly ever in Perth but sometimes)

The Fair City

by zizkov

Perth, known as the fair city, is a bridge between the Highlands and the Lowlands. Like a few other places, it has had a spell as capital of Scotland, and the neighbouring Scone Palace was the traditional site for the crowning of Scottish royals. Historically a market town, but now subject to the ravages of modern commerce like any sizable place, it still retains a genteel charm; and the rolling countryside of South Perthshire is some of the loveliest in Scotland.

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I visit occasionally, my latest visit being prompted by a striking picture of the tower in Kinnoull Wood on the pages of leffe3. I didn't know anything about this before, so, being a nice autumn day, I decided to jump in my car and find out.

Perth has had several names in the past, including Saint Johnstoun - now the name of the local football team.