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Above: GoMA
(Gallery of Modern Art) is housed in a grand neo-classical building in Royal Exchange Square and is the second most visited contemporary art gallery outside of
London. Top right:
Shoppers bustle on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street
A short walk uphill from the art school is the Tenement
House, which gives a real taste of what it was like to live in a typical Glasgow close. The home to Miss Agnes Toward for over 50 years, the flat remains virtually unchanged from the day Miss Toward moved into it in 1911, so you really are taking a step back to another century. There are many more sides to Glasgow. Pollok
is just one of the city’s 90-plus parks. With riverside walks, the Palladian Pollok House and gardens, and the unsurpassable Burrell Collection, it’s a taste of the countryside just a short bus ride from the city centre. For another change of scene, you can take to the water and head in style ‘doon the watter’ on the Waverley, named after Sir Walter Scott’s first novel and the last seagoing paddle steamer in the world since 1972. Glasgow really is a multi-faceted city, locals welcome
visitors and take justifiable pride in the treasures their city has to offer. More than 25 years after the phrase was coined, it is truer than ever to say that Glasgow’s miles better.
8 For further information about what to do and where to stay in Glasgow,
www.seeglasgow.com. Tourist Information Centre, 11 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DY. Tel: (0141) 204 4480.
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Visit Glenlee, now a museum ship at Glasgow Harbour
Albion Street, discover three
excellent and stylish restaurants in the Merchant City, all on the same street. Cafe Gandolfi
(Tel: (0141) 552 6813; www.
cafegandolfi.com) is a Glasgow institution; its sister restaurant
Gandolfi Fish (Tel: (0141) 552 9475;
www.cafegandolfi.com) is
just a couple of doors down, and next to that is the Italian Caffe
(Tel: (0141) 552 3186; www.
theitaliancaffe.co.uk).
Boat Trips, go to the Isle of Bute and visit the stunning arts and crafts Mount Stuart house and gardens (Tel: (01700)
503877;
www.mountstuart.com),
or go in style by excursion on the paddle steamer Waverley (Tel:
0845 130 4647; www.
waverleyexcursions.co.uk).
Glenlee, Glasgow Harbour. Glenlee is a three-masted baldheaded steel-hulled barque. She is now a museum ship at
The ultra-modern Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
Yorkhill Quay, known as The Tall
Ship. Tel: (0141) 222 2513;
www.glenlee.co.uk.
Loch Lomond Seaplanes,
a spectacular way to view Loch Lomond and the Trossachs from the air. Tel: (01436)
675030; www.lochlomond
seaplanes.com.
The Merchant City Trail,
city centre. A walking guide takes you back to the time of the Tobacco Lords and gives you a real taste of 18th-century Glasgow.
www.glasgow
merchantcity.net.
The People’s Palace and Winter Gardens, Glasgow
Green. Social history of Glasgow on display and a beautiful cafe in the restored Winter Gardens.
Tel: (0141) 287 4350; www.
glasgowmuseums.com.
The Ubiquitous Chip, 12
Ashton Lane. Named Scottish Restaurant of the Year in 2009
by The Good Food Guide. Choose
formal dining or or relax in one of the three bars. Tel: (0141) 334
5007;
www.ubiquitouschip.co.uk.
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