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breast of guinea fowl costs £16.25. Make sure that you
book in advance.
Thurs-Sat only 6.30-9.30pm.
Café Tabou
4 St John's Place
T
01738 446698.
For
moderately priced food try this cafe,
with its menu of
French classics - the fish of the day is £11.90 - and
pleasant street-side seating.
Mon 10am-3pm, Tues-
Thurs 10am-9.30pm, Fri & Sat 10am-9pm, Sun
noon-3pm.
Deans at Let's Eat
77-79 Kinnoull St
T
01738 643377,
W
www.letseatperth.co.uk.
Serves innovative dishes like
slow-cooked pork trotters with cider and cream (for
£17.95), in a relaxed space, with a focus on Scottish
ingredients.
Tues-Sat noon-2pm & 6.30pm-9.30pm.
Kerachers
168 South St
T
01738 449777,
W
kerachers-
restaurant.co.uk.
Although it's best known for its elegant
fish dishes, Kerachers also does good veggie mains,
including a mixed mushroom risotto (£16.90).
Wed-Sat
6pm-late.
PUBS
Old Ship Inn
Near the High St on Skinnergate
T
01738
624929.
The long-established
Old Ship Inn
serves real ale
(pints from £2.70) and basic pub grub.
Mon-Thurs
11am-11pm,
Sat
11am-midnight,
Sun
12.30pm-11pm.
Twa Tams
79 Scott Street
T
01738 580948.
Has a good
beer garden as well as regular live music, and also serves a
range of cheap meals (two mains for £9.99 Mon-Thurs &
Sun).
Thurs-Sat 11pm-midnight, Mon-Wed & Sun
11am-11.15pm.
SHOPPING
Farmers' Market
King Edward Street
W
perthfarmersmarket.co.uk.
This market takes place on
the first Saturday of every month, with around 40 stalls selling
local produce from home-baked cakes to freshly butchered
venison.
First Saturday of the month 9am-2pm.
Provender Brown
23 George St
W
provenderbrown
.co.uk.
Perth's best deli, where you can buy everything
from Isle of Mull cheeses to Scottish craft beers (from
£2.45 a bottle).
Mon-Wed & Sat 9am-5pm, Thurs & Fri
until 5.30pm.
Strathearn
STRATHEARN
- the valley of the River Earn - stretches west of Perth for some forty
miles to
Loch Earn
, a popular watersports spot located just to the north of the
Trossachs. he Roman general Agricola was here around two thousand years ago, trying
to establish a foothold in the Highlands; later the area was frequented by Bonnie Prince
Charlie and Rob Roy, both bound up in the north-south struggle between Highlands
and Lowlands. Today the main settlement in the valley is the well-heeled town of
Crieff
,
which, despite its prosperous air, has some hints of the wilder Highland countryside
close by, notably around the popular
Glenturret Distillery
.
Blackford
he village of
BLACKFORD
, just west of Gleneagles, is famous for its high-quality spring
water. his, coupled with an abundance of locally produced barley, made Blackford the
perfect place to brew beer, and in 1488 James IV demanded that ale made from the
village's water be served at his coronation. hese days the water is bottled and sold
under the Highland Spring brand around the UK.
St Serf's
Dunning • April-Sept daily 9.30am-5.30pm; Oct-March access by arrangement • Free •
T
01764 684497
In the quiet village of Dunning, five miles east of Auchterarder on the B8062, is
St Serf's
, a rugged church with a Norman tower and arch, which houses the
magnificent
Dupplin Cross
, reckoned to be the finest surviving carved Pictish stone.
Dating from the early ninth century, it was made in honour of Constantine, the
first king of the Picts, who also reigned over the Scots of Dalriada (Argyll). he
combination of Pictish and Christian imagery - intricately carved Celtic-knot
patterns, depictions of animals and warriors - illustrates the developing relationship
between king and the Church.
