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Glasgow 13 Museums
all free, From Sir Roger the elephant to Rembrandt's
A Man in Armour, and 1950's trams to medieval
tapestries, there is something for everyone
at Glasgow Museums. Hop on the Mackintosh
Experience Bus Tour and explore the home city of the
creative genius Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Glasgow is the second largest shopping centre in the
UK. You can shop at many major UK high street
stores, smaller boutiques, department stores and a
wide variety of specialty shops, including craft and
antique shops to suit every taste and interest.
Glasgow is our largest city, though not the
capital, it assumes it is sometimes, and it does
have the best football team here; Glasgow Celtic! I
do like going to Glasgow, but only two or three days
at a time, after all I am more a country boy really.
The architecture is very good, restaurants and pubs
galore! Some of my favourite pubs include The Scotia
Bar, Stirrup, Failte, Oran Mhor,
Rab Ha's,
Horseshoe, The Uisge Beatha, Clutha Vaults and
Bairds. Restaurants are everywhere, my current
favourite is Kubla Khan.
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If you are in Glasgow the second Saturday in August; THE WORLD PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS is a must see! Why not consider this tour? See over 250 pipe bands, come with us to our tent and meet the pipers and drummers, Paul McLean is the manager of the Denny & Dunipace Pipeband.
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GLASGOW PUBS;
Waxy
O’Connor’s,
located between Buchanan Street and Queen Street
Station, is handy for a town-centre pint of Guinness
(or Murphy’s), but it goes a step beyond the usual
Irish pub. Once inside it opens out into a
labyrinthine hobbit-hole of cosy nooks…
trees! Molly Malones just
off Sauchiehall Street, offers
live music twice a week and apparently has the best
Guinness in Glasgow. The soda bread, smoked haddock
chowder is perfectly creamy with generous chunks of
fish and potato. Glasgow does have a few Irish pubs!
The Scotia Bar one
of the oldest pubs in Glasgow -established 1792.
Serving great value lunches and a variety of
draft beers There are live bands from
Wednesday through to Sunday but if you fancy a
song yourself, guitars can be provided.
(0141) 552 8681 Stockwell Street, its a grand
wee bar, it does get a bit busy at times, but I
have always enjoyed myself there, be warned;
locals drink there and may talk your head off!
http://scotiabar.net
Another great pub
www.horseshoebar.co.uk
"a dinner dripping
with pure 'Glesga' culture"
The pie has been a
traditional lunchtime snack / meal with thousands of
Glasgow patrons of The Horseshoe Bar in Drury Street
for some considerable number of years. It's the
natural choice with a pint.
Live music five nights a week, acoustic
and folky, but with a smattering of
rock'n'roll, the Clutha Vaults is
a dark, low-ceilinged, traditional
Clydeside boozer (pub) gets densely
packed on weekend evenings, its got a
grand atmosphere and sense of
memorabilia chronicling the city's
history -- from sketches of the busy
19th-century Broomielaw to concert
posters running from the 50s to the
present day. Don't be deterred by the
horrible exterior. Gaelic for 'water of
life', Uisge Beatha boasts over
110 whiskies behind the bar at any one
time and a few crusty regulars in front
who might well have sampled them all,
the bar staff wearing kilts and the
wine-dark walls resplendent with stag's
heads and oil paintings of 17th century
gentlemen.
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 Sauchiehall Street, which features, among other things, pre-Christmas stalls, stands and an outdoor market, and Argyle Street, running parallel to each other and joined by Buchanan Street which runs from north to south. Along these main streets are shopping malls such as the Sauchiehall Street Centre, the Buchanan Galleries, the stylish Princes Square, the St Enoch Centre, and the bright and sunny Argyle Arcade. There is also the weekend Barras market, in the city's east end and a stone's throw south from St. Mungo's Cathedral. The Barras is one experience never to forget, where else can you buy a left handed hammer, a pair of vases with one missing, a broken mirror? Marvel at the outstanding works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh including the House for an Art Lover in Bellahouston Park and Scotland Street School located south of the river in the Kinning Park area of the city and right in the heart of the city you can see his works at the Willow Tea Rooms in Sauchiehall Street. Alexander Greek Thomson was another who managed to add his signature to the face of the city that many would be proud of. One of his finest works is the Caledonia Road Church at the Gorbals and closer to the City you can find the Buck's Head Building on Argyle Street. At the east of the City Centre you will be able to see the outstanding medieval Glasgow Cathedral at Cathedral Square where you can also see the Saint Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art which, contrary to its appearance was built in the 1990s. Other notable places to see, City Hall, The Peoples Palace, the open top bus tour, the science museum, all a great day out. NOT EVERY CHIPPY DOES THE DEEP FRIED MARS BAR! |
