The city centre gets very rowdy at weekends, and accommodation options fill up fast, mostly with groups who will probably roll home boisterously some time after 3am. If you prefer an earlier appointment with your bed, you'll be better off in a smaller, quieter lodging, or in the West End. Booking ahead is essential at weekends and in July and August.
You want central? This is central. Overlooking George Sq, the massive Victorian building constructed for the Tobacco Lords is now a top luxury hotel blessed with helpful and attentive staff.
Popular with business travellers and ideally located for attractions along the riverfront, rooms are very modern, compact and chock-a-block full of gadgetry (modern conveniences), although not all that spacious, reflecting their functional nature.
A cut above other chain hotels of this ilk, Glasgow's version of the Marriott is a very fine one with excellent facilities for business travellers, or those who really want a decent bit of pampering (and like having doors opened for them at every.
The Quality Hotel is a down-to-earth, charismatic option right on Central station. Inside, everything is in huge proportion, the corridors are endless and the chandeliers baroque.
Only in Glasgow could such a hip, exclusive hotel emerge free from pretensions.
This Merchant City favourite is an atmospheric pub-restaurant with four stylish rooms upstairs. They are all quite distinct and colourful. Room 1 is the best and largest, but all are comfortable, and the location is great.
Enjoying a peaceful location by a park, yet just a block from Sauchiehall St, this smart little place has rooms that are compact but boast stylish colours and comfortable beds.
Right by the train station, this modish but affordable hotel has soft white, fawn, and burgundy tones in its compact but attractive rooms, located above a popular bar and eatery.
Ready to party? You should be, you're in Glasgow now.
Solid old refurbished guesthouse, offering value for money.
With hundreds of beds, this mammoth hostel is handily close to the station and centre.
The string of cheapish guesthouses along the western end of Renfrew St are a mixed bag but offer a tempting location right by the Sauchiehall nightlife and a block or so from the College of Art.
Want to be pampered? Then look elsewhere.
