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The City boasts some of the best restaurants and specialty shopping in Scotland - Perthshire has so much happenning all year, that it would be difficult to list all the events in this website. If you click here, you can go to Perthshire's website and see for yourself what activities you can participate in.
The city of Perth is surrounded by fertile ground and beautiful scenery, which helped to captivate many including Sir Walter Scott. He described it whilst approaching from the south. 'The town of Perth with its two large measures or inches, its steeples and towers; the hills of Moncrieff and Kinnoul faintly rising into picturesque rocks, partly clothed with woods; the rich margin of the river studded with elegant mansions; and the huge Grampian Mountains, the northern screen of this exquisite landscape'.
Perth was founded in 1210 and served as Scotland's capital until the mid 1500's when King James I was murdered. The city is of great antiquity, situated on the banks of the river Tay and is an important communications junction between the Lowlands and Highlands of Scotland. It is the centre for livestock trading with the annual Aberdeen Angus Show and Perthshire Agricultural Show.
Sadly, the city lost all four of its monasteries during the Reformation when John Knox's sermon in St Johns on 11 May 1559 resulted in wide spread rioting throughout Scotland.
The city centre is nestled between two large parklands (North Inch and South Inch) and the spire of St John's Kirk rises high above the city. The streets are well proportioned and have a distinctly Georgian air. The city's rectangular street pattern suggests it may have once been a Roman camp. It is clear that there was Roman activity in the area but Perth's name came from the first township, the Celtic Abertha, established by King Kenneth Macalpine in the 9th century. Swept away in a great flood in 1210, it was replaced by a royal burgh, founded by William the Lion, where Perth now stands. The city offers the visitor a wealth of shopping outlets, theatres, galleries, and accommodation. Wide open spaces and parks ensure a quality of life for the locals and have won awards including, Britain in Bloom and Beautiful Scotland in Bloom. |
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