Tours of the City
Walking Tours
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association (tel/fax: (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 and prices start at around 72 for a half-day tour. Itineraries and meeting points are flexible. Glasgow Guides (tel: (01355) 302986) also provides guides who can be booked for city tours. Prices start at 30 for one and a half hours and again, itineraries and meeting points are flexible.
Other tour operators include Mercat Tours (tel/fax: (0141) 586 5378; fax: (0141) 586 5378; e-mail: info@mercat-glasgow.co.uk; website: www.mercat-glasgow.co.uk), which runs a 90-minute ‘Horror Walking Tour’ daily at 1930 (May-October). Tours set off from the tourist information office, on George Square, taking in Glasgow’s spookiest sights and costing 6.50 (7.50 with a drink – to settle the nerves).
For self-guided tours, an audio guide (website: www.walkabout-tours.com) is available for hire from the tourist information office in George Square and Market Street, all year round.
Bus Tours
Open-top bus tours covering the city’s main attractions are offered all year round by Scotguide (tel: (0141) 204 0444; fax: (0141) 248 6582; website: www.scotguide.com). The ‘Glasgow Tour’ costs 7.50 (concessions are available) and 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. From April to October, Guide Friday (tel: (0141) 248 7644; website: www.guidefriday.com) offers a one-day hop-on, hop-off ticket for 7.50.
The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society (tel: (0141) 946 6600; fax: (0141) 945 2321; website: www.crmsociety.com) offers various weekend coach tours of the city and its surrounds, visiting all of the buildings associated with the architect. Prices of 212 (double) or 254 (single) include two nights’ accommodation in a three-star hotel.
Other Tours
The P S Waverley (tel: (0845) 130 4647; fax: (0141) 248 2150; website: www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk), the world’s last sea-going paddle steamer, explores the Firth of Clyde. Tours can be anything between one hour and 40 minutes to 16 hours, costing from 9.95 to 39. Departures are from the Waverley Terminal, Anderson Quay (June-August only).
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Tours of the City