Life in Medieval Perth

Guided Walk with Sabrina Willekens

Join Sabrina on an entertaining stroll through the city centre of Perth and explore stories and remnants of the city’s fascinating past. Discover how people in early and late Medieval Perth lived, get to know some of their characters and stories and dive into selected aspects of ordinary and not-so-ordinary life and anecdotes of the town’s vibrant history. You will meet some well-kent famous and infamous names and make new acquaintances, be touched by happy and shocking stories, and see some of the remaining traces of bygone life still visible in today’s cityscape.

Hailing from Berlin in Germany, Sabrina Willekens has been resident in Scotland for over 20 years, obtaining valuable experiences, qualifications and insight into the Scottish tourism product, heritage, history and education on her path to becoming a Heritage Interpreter. Her passion for delivering an exciting, engaging and true product for heritage sites has been guiding her approach towards developing and delivering attractive content for the German- and English-speaking heritage tourism market with her own company, Pavo Interpretation.

With almost ten years of experience as personal interpreter in English and German for Scottish heritage and a burning passion to deliver knowledge through entertaining an engaging storytelling, Sabrina has developed high-energy guided storytelling tours around properties and townscapes. Sabrina’s engaging delivery of content through applied storytelling methods have enhanced encounters with Scottish attractions for visitors from all over the world for years, including Stirling Castle, Scone Palace, Perth Museum and Perth city’s history. The walk is about 1 mile at a leisurely pace.