Glasgow
Travel Talk:
As Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow is famed for its culture, shopping and people. Spend your day exploring a wide range of fascinating free museums and galleries, enjoying the UK’s best shopping outside of London, and taking advantage of tips from friendly local people on the city’s hidden gems — then choose from 130+ weekly musical events for a special night out.
Today’s Itinerary
Breakfast
Breakfast will be at the hotel and is included.
Travel Tip:
The most important thing to do today is to Covid test to go home! We need to do the test over video conference using the Navica App and then upload our tests to the Verifly App.
George Square
George Square is the principal civic square in Glasgow. It is named after King George III. Laid out in 1781, today Glasgow Square is home to the headquarters of Glasgow City Council, and showcases an important collection of statues and monuments, including those dedicated to famous scots such as Robert Burns, James Watt, Sir Robert Peel and Sir Walter Scott.
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland and the oldest building in Glasgow.
Afternoon Tea: 12pm
The Willow Tea Rooms
The story of the Willow Tea Rooms inspiration began a long, long time ago… Kate Cranston, the famous Glasgow Tea Room Entrepreneur, and one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s biggest supporters, was born in her father’s hotel in George Square, Glasgow in 1849.
The Cranston family were avid supporters of the temperance movement and Kate’s brother Stuart gets the credit for opening the first Tea Room. He was a tea merchant and his enthusiasm for his product led him to have a kettle on hand in his shop to provide samples for his customers.
Glasgow Shopping
From high street brands to independent stores, Glasgow is the ideal place for a shopping city break.
Optional Excursions
Museum of Modern Art
GoMA is located in the centre of Glasgow. It contains four galleries, a library, gallery shop selling a range inspired by the Collection, plus a cafe serving barista-style coffee, light lunches and sweet treats.
Glasgow Necropolis
The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral. Fifty thousand individuals have been buried here. Typical for the period, only a small percentage are named on monuments and not every grave has a stone.
Dinner
Dinner will be in Glasgow.
Get Some Good Sleep!
Sweet dreams of Nashville! We are going home tomorrow!