GLASGOW TRAVEL GUIDE | Top 20 Things to do in Glasgow, Scotland

Join us for this travel guide to Glasgow, Scotland as we highlight 20 of the best things to do in Glasgow including visiting distilleries, trendy restaurants, hopping pubs, fascinating museums and more attractions.

This is our second time visiting Glasgow, UK and our city guide is a combination of footage from our visit this year and last year. Glasgow has a thriving food scene (both Scottish food and International) and we give you a thorough food tour as we bite our way around the city.

In terms of major attractions Glasgow (Glaschu) doesn't have many iconic places to visit as nearby Edinburgh; however, I feel one of the advantages it has over Edinburgh is that the city is more spread out and each neighborhood has a distinct character.

One of our favorite places to visit was the University of Glasgow which has a campus that would make Harry Potter proud. Whether we were visiting breweries or distilleries or having seafood for lunch or dinner we found no shortage of things to do in Glasgow, Scotland.

Now let's explore Glasgow (Glesga) together!

20 Things to do in Glasgow City Tour | Scotland Travel Guide:

Intro to Glasgow, Scotland - 00:01
1) Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum - 00:29
2) University of Glasgow campus tour - 01:34
3) Drygate Craft Beer Brewery 'through the glass tour' - 02:11
4) Drygate Bar & Kitchen for Scottish pub food for lunch - 03:00
5) Barras Art and Design for Scottish seafood lunch at A’Chailltain - 03:50
6) Tour the Glasgow Distillery Co for Makar Gin on the southside - 05:06
7) Drinks at The Drugstore Social bar on Finnieston, Glasgow - 05:56
8) Gin, martinis and oysters at The Finnieston - 07:11
9) Aged steak at Porter & Rye restaurant in Glasgow - 07:43
10) Cafe Gandolfi for breakfast in Glasgow, Scotland - 08:53
11) Glasgow Botanic Gardens - 09:07
12) Buchanan Street for shopping in Glasgow - 09:27
13) The Willow Tea Rooms for afternoon tea in Glasgow - 09:39
14) Visiting Hairy Coos in the Southside - 09:47
15) House for an Art Lover in Bellahouston Park - 10:15
16) Glasgow Cathedral (High Kirk of Glasgow) - 10:22
17) Necropolis Victorian Cemetery - 10:26
18) Glasgow Green for recreation and leisure - 10:36
19) People's Palace and Winter Gardens - 10:41
20) The Crafty Pig restaurant in Glasgow for pulled pork sandwiches and milkshakes - 10:45
Outro to Glasgow, Scotland - 11:48

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Our visit Glasgow travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide (Scottish and International), top sightseeing tourist attractions and the city by day including visiting distilleries, breweries, churches and museums and Glasgow by night for pubs and entertainment. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Glasgow tourism brochure, Glasgow itinerary or Glasgow, Scotland city tour.

20 Things to do in Glasgow, Scotland travel guide video transcript:

In today’s video we’re going to be showing you around Glasgow, Scotland. This is a city that we visited last autumn and then again this summer, and on both visits, we ate like kings and queens because it turns out, Glasgow is a great destination for foodies.

Since we never got around to making a travel guide on our first visit, today we’re going to be combining the footage from both of those trips to show you some of the best things to do in Glasgow and also some of the best places to eat and drink it. So let’s get started!

And that’s a wrap for our visit to Glasgow, Scotland. We loved our two visits and we’d gladly return for a 3rd. This is an amazing city for foodies and there are so many great bars, restaurants, breweries, and distilleries to visit.

Also FYI - if you’re already visiting Edinburgh, Glasgow is just a short 50-minute train ride away, and it’s a city with its own unique vibe.

If there are any other fun things to do in Glasgow that you’d like to share with travellers, feel free to leave your suggestions in the comments below. Wishing you happy travels!

This is part of our Travel in Scotland video series showcasing Scottish food, Scottish culture and Scottish cuisine.

We cooperated with Visit Scotland for part of this project.

[samuelandaudrey]

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[nicole_gemmell]

I'm from Glasgow, it makes me so happy to see people love the city and explore, glad you both had a good time x

[steveperry]

Probably the greatest city I've ever visited where the people are so friendly, funny, quirky, bit rude, warm, genuine, loud, and lovable, all in one go!

[grantingtherant]

Glasgow is up there with Tokyo, Santiago, Seattle, and Stockholm for my favorite cities I've visited. It's amazing for introverts and the people here are fun and easy to talk to

[eaglestirreth]

I lived here for 62 yrs...All my life !! It looks great.. when they filmed this and showed Glasgow in such a great light !!

[Kawasakininja]

This actually got me emotional. Thanks for visiting my city! I was born and bred here and my heart will always be in Glasgow. Such a special city that welcomes everyone and anyone with open arms.

[gabriellaberman]

I’m missing Glasgow a lot right now. I live in Melbourne, Australia, but my dad and his whole family live in Glasgow. I haven’t been able to visit since before COVID, so I’m living vicariously through YouTube

[Pollandland]

Love that the first picture is of the statue with the traffic cone on its head. Anytime that cone gets taken off it is replaced by a random person almost immediately. Favorite thing about Glasgow to be honest.

[mharxman]

I wanna visit Scotland one day, I’ve heard people there are so nice and friendly! ❤️

[ItsjustMorgan]

I’m traveling to Glasgow at the end of April and this makes me even MORE EXCITED!!! 😍😍😍

[RussellChapman]

Great video guys. Welcome to my country. I can recommend anybody visiting Scotland to go to a restaurant which specializes in seafood and order the biggest mixed seafood platter you can. I know good fresh seafood can be found in many countries, but what I do have to say is that the cold clean water of the north Atlantic produces amazing quality. I know some are sqeamish about eating fresh oysters but those which come from the Scottish islands have the purest, cleanest taste of the ocean I have had anywhere.

[Ravenful]

Guys a must do in Glasgow is having a pizza at Paesano restaurant! Absolutely delicious!😍

[anthonyholroyd]

Glasgow is amazing for food, drink, music, art and architecture.

If you do return I cannot stress enough (as someone who was born in the west end of this city - my first house was across great Western Road from the botanic gardens) check out some of the reseraunts and cafés on Byres Road and Aston Lane.

Also take the short train rides either south to Largs (Nardinis do the best icecream) or northwest to Balloch and the shores of Loch Lomond.

You could also try the subcrawl (but only if your gin, whisky and beer tasting experiences in Scotland have turned you into seasoned drinkers).

The glasgow subway is a circle with 15 stations. You start at a pub near one, have a drink, get on the subway, get out at the next stop, nearest pub, drink, repeat.

15 stations. Good luck :P

[opqrrg]

It has been enaugh to spend a few month in there to fall in love with this magic city and with the rest of Scotland as well!!
Very nice peaple and incredible landscape!!
I hope i'll return soon!!

[Grant]

Glasgow is such a great place to eat and drink. Love it!

[CJW-Media]

You paint the city in a great light, there’s places you’ve mentioned that I’m going to try, didn’t know they were there! I live about 10 miles outside the city, but work in it every day, too many tourists bang on about Edinburgh and don’t give Glasgow a chance, great video 👍😁

[bhaskariyer]

Great Video. Glasgow is a more modern city compared to Edinburgh which has lot of historical sites like medieval forts, palaces.... remnants of Scottish monarchy. I would highly recommend doing a free tour of City Chambers located near George Square which was built like a palace with imported marble and tiles from all over the world. It has amazing architecture and history about city's glorious past, serving as an industrial hub in the heydays of British Empire. Also don't miss using the subway as it is very convenient and economical way to travel to all city attractions.

We didn't stay long enough to explore or visit other places but you must include Glasgow in your itinerary if you are visiting Edinburgh. It is only 45 minutes from Edinburgh and you can easily catch your train back to London from here. To do justice to all the marvelous sights in Scotland, ideally spend 3 days in Edinburgh and 2 days in Glasgow.

[euminxniumthescottishone]

Woah I didn’t expect this video to teach me something about my own city but I did! Thanks

[CeeJay-jyxb]

It's so weird to see what other people think of Glasgow and Scotland thanks for the video

[edwardthejust]

I visited Glasgow about a decade ago, and really liked the vibe. Thanks for the update. I will have to visit again. Loved the food and drink!