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Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Glasgow, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Glasgow, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Glasgow are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Glasgow. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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Table of Contents
Glasgow’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day in Glasgow
Introduction
One City, Two Halves
Cultural Capital
People Make Glasgow
A Brief History
A Place of Pilgrimage
Tobacco and Cotton
Industrial Purpose
Victorian Glasgow and Bust
Renaissance
Referenda and Future prospects
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Pre-Industrial Glasgow
Cathedral Square
Glasgow Cathedral
The Necropolis
The East End
The Breweries
Glasgow Green
The People’s Palace
The Merchant City
Trongate
Candleriggs
Ingram Street
Glasgow Central
George Square
The Gallery of Modern Art
Buchanan Street
Nelson Mandela Place
Buchanan Galleries
Centre West
Sauchiehall Street
St Vincent Street
Charing Cross
The West End
Kelvingrove
Glasgow University
The Hunterians
Byres Road and around
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Clydeside
Riverside
SEC Complex
Pacific Quay
Southside
Bellahouston Park
Pollok Country Park
Other notable parks
Hampden Park
Excursions
The Trossachs
The Clyde Valley
Islands of the Clyde
Bute
Arran
What To Do
Entertainment
Live Music and Theatre
Clubs and Pubs
Sport and Recreation
Spectator Sports
Golf
Biking
Hiking
Boating
Fishing
Pony Trekking and Riding
Skiing & snowboarding
Bagpiping
Cooking Classes
Shopping
What to Buy
Family-Friendly
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
When to Eat
What to Eat
Breakfast
Soups and Broths
Main Courses
Afternoon Tea and Dessert
What to Drink
Restaurants
Central Glasgow & Merchant City
West End
East End
Southside
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airports
B
Bicycle hire
Budgeting for your trip
C
Car hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
Customs and entry requirements (see Visas)
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies
G
Getting there
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
Language
LGBTQ travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening hours
P
Police
Post offices
Public holidays
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Tourist information
Transport
Travellers with disabilities
V
Visas and entry requirements
W
Websites and internet access
Y
Youth hostels
Recommended Hotels
Central Glasgow & Merchant City
The West End & Clyde
Southside
North of the City


Glasgow’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Kelvingrove Park
Quintessential Victorian park, containing the renowned Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The architectural legacy of the modernist movement’s pioneer is all around. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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Culture and nightlife
Cutting-edge theatre, bustling arts centres, lively music venues and nightspots to suit many a taste. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Glasgow Cathedral
A 12th-century cathedral surrounded by the city’s oldest buildings, and the burial site of St Mungo. For more information, click here .



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Whisky
A distillery overlooking the Clyde, and numerous bars filled to the rafters with whisky. For more information, click here .



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University of Glasgow
Captivating cloisters and imaginative exhibitions at the university’s Hunterian Museum. For more information, click here .



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George Square
A great place to relax on a sunny day, surrounded by central Glasgow’s best shopping and dining. For more information, click here .



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Scottish football
Old Firm rivalries, international matches and plenty of other teams make Glasgow the home of Scottish football. For more information, click here .



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Riverside Museum
Family-friendly transport museum in Zaha Hadid’s impressive riverside building. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
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Loch Lomond
The jewel of the Trossachs, surrounded by pretty villages and hiking trails. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day in Glasgow



9.00am

Glasgow Necropolis
Get a sense of Glasgow’s rich past as well as a good view of the city from the vantage point of the Glasgow Necropolis. Wander among the tombs of the city’s revered past citizens and keep an eye out for tombs designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Alexander ‘Greek’ Thompson and others.


10.30am

Tron Gate
Discover Victorian Glasgow in the form of the grand monuments and statues on Glasgow Green and learn about the city’s industrial past at the People’s Palace. Stop for a cup of tea in the museum café or grab a pint in one of Glasgow’s oldest pubs, The Saracen Head, on Gallowgate.


12.00pm

Explore Merchant City
Cross over from Tron Gate into the dynamic and historic Merchant Quarter, past the old 18th century sandstone buildings and warehouses that have been transformed into gin bars, glamorous restaurants, stylish boutiques and concept stores. Look out for the huge Badminton, Billy Connolly and Fellow Glasgow Residents murals that adorn several buildings.


1.30pm

Lunch
Have a burger heaped high with fillings at Maggie Mays or stop in at one of the cafes of Merchant City, like McCune Smith, for a craft coffee and a light bite to fuel up for the second half of the day. Then head towards Glasgow Central, stopping in at the Gallery of Modern Art on the way.


3.00pm

Shopping in Glasgow Central
Start out in George Square, surrounded by its grand public buildings, and indulge in some sho