Glasgow

Glasgow for every travel style

Glasgow is brimming with adrenaline this summer as the city prepares to host the Commonwealth Games (glasgow2014.com). But while cheers will ring out from Ibrox to Cathkin Braes, there are plenty of other reasons to explore Scotland’s largest and most spirited city. Here's how to match the best of Glasgow to your own travel style.

24 hours in Glasgow

Glasgow may not have Edinburgh’s stately good looks, but as the culture capital of Scotland, it has personality to spare, plus a singular charm that you’ll remember for far longer than your brief visit.

Start off your day in the East End at Glasgow Cathedral, a magnificent example of Gothic architecture and the only mainland Scottish cathedral to have survived the Reformation intact; the city’s patron saint, St Mungo, is entombed here. If the weather’s fine, take a stroll through the park-like Necropolis, where Glasgow’s wealthy industrialists were buried beneath elaborate memorials on a hill overlooking the city. Or hit the nearby St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Life & Art, which presents the cultural and artistic history of all of the world’s major faiths in two large galleries, including an exhibit devoted to religion in Scotland.