Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
GLASGOW CATHEDRAL
Highlights
1
Necropolis
Elegantly crumbling graveyard
on a city centre hill behind the ancient
cathedral, with great views.
See p.190
2
Glasgow School of Art
Take a student-led
tour of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's architectural
masterpiece.
See p.191
3
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Splendid civic collection of art and artefacts in a
Gothic red-sandstone palace in the city's lively
West End.
See p.194
4
Clydeside
The river that made Glasgow: walk
or cycle along it, take a boat on it, cross a bridge
over it, or get a view of it from the new Riverside
Museum.
See p.198
5
Burrell Collection
An inspired and eclectic
art collection displayed in a harmonious
purpose-built museum in Pollok Park.
See p.201
6
“Glesga” nightlife
Sample the glamour and
the grit with cocktails at the
Rogano
followed by
a pint of heavy at the
Horseshoe Bar
.
See p.208
& p.212
7
New Lanark
A fascinating eighteenth-
century planned mill village set in a dramatic
gorge.
See p.219
HIGHLIGHTS ARE MARKED ON THE MAP ON P.180, P.182, PP.184
185 & PP.188
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