WEST END WALKS OF GLASGOW
£5 PER PERSON FOR TOUR OF THE WESTEND
Our Walking Tours offer you a wonderful way to experience the city close up.
If you enjoy walking and are reasonably fit and healthy then a Glasgow walking
tour is a great way to find out all those little places that would take you an age
to discover on your own.
Why save cash on a cheapflight ,cheap room then through away on an expensive tour.
Glasgow's West End refers to the bohemian district of cafés, tea rooms, bars, boutiques, upmarket hotels, clubs and restaurants in the hinterland of Kelvingrove Park, the University of Glasgow, Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, especially on the area's main thoroughfare, Byres Road, and on Ashton Lane. The area is popular with tourists, and contains many hotels, including the prestigious One Devonshire Gardens, which has accommodated a number of celebrity guests on visits to the city.
The West End includes residential areas of Hillhead, Dowanhill, Kelvingrove, Kelvinside, Hyndland, and, to an increasing extent, Partick. However, the name is increasingly being used to refer to any area to the west of Charing Cross. This includes areas such as Scotstoun, Jordanhill, Kelvindale and Anniesland.
LORD BOB
The West End is bisected by the River Kelvin which flows from the Kilsyth Hills in the North and empties into the River Clyde at Yorkhill Basin.
The spire of Sir George Gilbert Scott's Glasgow University main building (the second largest Gothic Revival building in Britain) is a major local landmark, and can be seen from miles around, sitting atop Gilmorehill. The university itself is the fourth oldest in the English-speaking world. Much of the city's student population is based in the West End, adding to its cultural vibrancy.
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Please tell all walkers they must have wet weather gear or prepare
to get soaked.There is a lot of walking involved, but it will be walked
at a pace to suit party .
This is a fellow travelers view of his home city.
Great exercise wear suitable clothing and comfy shoes
Walks for 1 to 6 people developed around the interests of our visitors.
Glasgow West End: Pat's guide to what's best in the West
Glasgow West End: Pat's Guide is a community site promoting this brilliant part of Glasgow. Find out what's on locally, learn about the restaurants, shops, pubs, galleries - including the wonderful Kelvingrove - the architecture, people, places and lots more.
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WHAT THE LONELY PLANET THINKS OF OUR CITY
The travel guide Lonely Planet has confounded the sceptics who disparage the city for its hard-drinking, violent reputation by claiming it is one of the world's top 10 cities for visitors - on a par with Chicago, Lisbon and Mexico City. Glasgow, which is hosting the Commonwealth games in 2014, now boasts alumni such as the actor James McAvoy, pan-fried scallops caught off the nearby coast, and "defining experiences" such as cruising down the Clyde by powerboat and "adding your voice to the Hampden roar" at the city's international football stadium.
"Forget about castles, kilts, bagpipes and tartan," the travel firm's Best in Travel 2009 guide states.
"You come for the cocktails, cuisine and designer chic (plus the legendary native wit) ... Scotland's biggest city has shaken off its shroud of industrial soot and shimmied into a sparkling new designer gown." Glasgow is the only British city included in the top 10, an accolade embraced by Steven Purcell, leader of the city council. He yesterday helped to unveil plans by the Dubai-based Jumeirah hotel group to build a so-called "six-star" luxury hotel in the city - a 26-storey tower which will boast 160 guest rooms and suites and 85 serviced apartments.
Bairds Walks can provide a personal 'meet and greet' service points at your hotel, Central Station, Queen Street Railway Station and Buchanan Bus Station.
WHERE TO MEET FOR START OF WALK
On Sauchiehall street where it says 17