World City Guide

Tours of the City

Walking Tours
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association (tel: (01786) 447 784 or 451 953; website: www.stga.co.uk) provides guides who give walking tours of the city or the surrounding area. Tours must be pre-booked. Itineraries and meeting points are flexible. Glasgow Guides (tel: (01355) 302986) also provides guides who can be booked for city tours. Again, itineraries and meeting points are flexible.

Other tour operators include Mercat Tours (tel: (0141) 586 5378; website: www.mercat-glasgow.co.uk), which runs a ‘Horror Walking Tour’ (booking essential, times vary).. Tours set off from various pre-arranged spots in the city, taking in Glasgow’s spookiest sights.

Bus Tours
Open-top bus tours covering the city’s main attractions are offered all year round by Scotguide/City Sightseeing (tel: (0141) 204 0444; website: www.scotguide.com and www.city-sightseeing.com). The ‘Glasgow Tour’ tickets are valid for 48 hours, so passengers can hop on and off at sites of interest along the route, which sets off from George Square. There is also a 24 hour hop-on, hop-off ticket.

The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society (tel: (0141) 946 6600; website: www.crmsociety.com) offers various weekend coach tours of the city and its surrounds, visiting all of the buildings associated with the architect.

Other Tours
The P S Waverley (tel: 0845 130 4647 or (0141) 221 8152 website: www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk), the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer, explores the Firth of Clyde. Departures are from the Science Centre (Jun-Aug only).