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Perth's
tourist office
is on West Mill Street (July & Aug Mon-Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 11am-6pm; April-June, Sept & Oct Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 11am-4pm; Nov-March Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; tel 01738/450600,
). While it's easy to walk to all the main attractions in the centre of Perth, an open-topped Guide Friday
tour bus
(June-Aug) loops around town stopping off at the sights on the outskirts, including Scone Palace.
There are B&Bs and guest houses all over town, notably on the approach roads from Crieff and Stirling. In the centre, Marshall Place, overlooking the South Inch, is the place to look; of the many possibilities along here Kinnaird House , 5 Marshall Place (tel 01738/628021, house.co.uk; ?40-50), offers a warm welcome in a lovely town house with well-equipped en-suite rooms. In an elegant Georgian terrace nearby is the Park Lane Guest House , 17 Marshall Place (tel 01738/637218, ; ?40-50). An SYHA hostel is housed in an impressive old 64-room mansion beyond the west end of York Place at 107 Glasgow Rd (tel 01738/623658, ; reception closed 10.30am-5pm; March-Oct). It's a fair walk from the bus station; if you've got a heavy rucksack you might want to take bus #7. You can camp in pleasant surroundings by Scone Palace (tel 01738/552323) on the outskirts of town, from where there are regular bus connections to Perth town centre.
Perth has an excellent collection of quality
restaurants
. For truly delicious wholefood lunches and home baking through the day head to the
Lemon Tree
, 29-41 Skinnergate; at the top end of the market are places such as
63, Tay Street
(tel 01738/441451), in a designer setting serving classy and expensive Modern Scottish fare; and there are the two award-winning
Let's Eat
restaurants - the original at 77 Kinnoull St (tel 01738/643377) has a lighter, livelier atmosphere but both this and
Let's Eat Too
at 33 George St (tel 01738/633771) serve innovative, top-notch and reasonably priced food. Other useful information
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