Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde, in the West Central Lowlands. With its 599 650 inhabitants, it is the largest city of Scotland, and it is a big industrial city.
There are lots of things to see and to visit in Glasgow. So, I am going to present you the main visits to do.
To visit Glasgow, I advise you to do the City Sightseeing Glasgow tour which is a bus that takes you in all the main districts of Glasgow. During the ride, a person tells you the history of Glasgow and its monuments, the translation in French is available. The first bus leaves at 9.30 am and the last bus at 4.30 pm. The price is £12 (if you book online) for 21 stops, you can stop when you want and take another bus after.
Bus City Sightseeing Glasgow
You don’t have time to do all the stops but you can stop at the main places.
First, you can get off at the stop number 2, the Glasgow Cathedral. The entry is free and you can visit the cathedral freely.
Then, you can get off at the stop number 11, SECC. At this stop you can visit the Glasgow Science Centre which contains the Science Mall, a planetarium, Scotland’s biggest-screen IMAX cinema and a Science Show Theatre. The price for the Science Mall is £9, it’s £3 more if you want to visit also the planetarium, and £3.50 more to visit the Glasgow Tower next to the Science Centre.
The Science Centre comprises 3 floors of over 250 science-learning exhibits. It includes interactive exhibits and live laboratory experiences. In the Science Show Theatre there are live science shows with bangs, flashes, flames, crashes and explosions.
The Glasgow Tower is 127 metres high and can rotate at 360 degrees. It is the tallest freely-rotating tower in the world.
After, you can go to the next stop, the Riverside Museum. The Riverside Museum is a museum of transport where you can see old trains, bus, vintage cars, motorbikes and bicycles. You can also walk in an old street of Glasgow with shops dating from 1895 to the 1980’s.
Outside the museum you can visit a sailing ship named the Tall Ship and see how the sailors lived. The entry for the museum and for the boat is free.
Riverside Museum
Riverside Museum
To finish, I advise you to get off at the stop number 16, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The Kelvingrove is a huge museum with a wide range of objects and collections: exhibitions about natural history, arms and armours, paintings, sculptures… The entry for this museum is free too.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Enjoy !
