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Distance: 5.31 mi
Elevation gain: 174 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 141 ft
Max elevation: 552 ft
TrailRank: 57
Min elevation: 180 ft
Trail type: One Way

Moving time: one hour 42 minutes
Time: 2 hours 49 minutes
Coordinates: 1385
Uploaded: May 4, 2022
Recorded: May 2022

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near Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)

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Glasgow. Walking tour of monuments

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and the third largest in the UK, behind London and Birmingham. It is situated on the banks of the River Clyde in the lowlands of west-central Scotland. It has approximately 600 thousand inhabitants, which constitutes 10% of the population of all of Scotland.

Like other European cities that transformed and often made their center ugly during industrial periods, Glasgow is undergoing a rapid process of conversion, pedestrianizing some of its most famous streets.

Glasgow with its factory heart is once again gaining the outlet to the River Clyde. In fact, the successive bridges that we find while we walk along its promenade allow us to enjoy a more open atmosphere. In the same way, muralism and graffiti artists put the counterpoint of color to a city that has lived under the mist of industrial dust for decades. Little by little, the image of the city, with the faded Victorian buildings reminiscent of New York in the second half of the 20th century, is recovering its tones, and Glasgow is betting on the future, with avant-garde proposals for modern architecture.

Its origin dates back to the 6th century, when Saint Mungo, transporting the body of Saint Fergus in a cart, decided to build a church right at the point where the oxen that pulled said cart stopped, calling the enclave Glasgu, in the 12th century it became St. Mungo's Cathedral.

In Victorian times, Glasgow was a royal city and was known as the second city of the British Empire. During the Industrial Revolution it was established as a great port for transatlantic trade.

In Glasgow, in the 16th century, the Clyde played an essential role in the trade of the time, where tobacco and cotton from the colonies and sugar from the Caribbean were major players, as it served as a bridge to Great Britain and Europe. A few centuries later, the city was filled with shipyards, coal mines and metal silhouettes, welcoming the Industrial Revolution and that industrialized image that defines it.

The characteristic gray color of Glasgow came with the crisis, in the 60s, at a time when investment in this industry stopped, Japan and Germany were tough competition and unemployment and alcohol were noticeable. Luckily, after the storm there is always calm and, nowadays, Glasgow speaks to us again about Victorian architecture, Art Nuveau and Mackintosh, shopping days and nights immersed in music, exhibitions, theater... Art emerges in all the pores of the city, flooding it with galleries, museums, murals..., demonstrating that it reaches where there is life, as in every corner of Glasgow.

The proposed route is a combination of a guided bus tour and a walking tour of the city center.

The main attraction of the city is its majestic Victorian buildings, but it is a city with a lot of cultural activity. A defining figure in Glasgow urbanism is the ill-fated architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a genius who left his mark on numerous Glasgow buildings in the early decades of the 20th century.

Glasgow is a university city. Founded in 1451, it is the fourth oldest of all English-speaking cities. In addition, it appears very well placed in the world rankings. This makes it a highly desired place for students and teachers from all over the world.

Its central building, designed by Gilbert Scott in a neo-Gothic style, is one of the most symbolic in Glasgow. There are guided tours (the cloister is spectacular) and many leisure and cultural options in the surroundings.

In the same university is one of the most interesting museums in the area, The Hunterian, which includes the Mackintosh House.

Kelvingrove Museum. One of the most visited museums in Scotland. It houses one of the largest collections of civic art in Europe, with a total of more than 8,000 works such as Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Salvador Dalí, works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Botticelli, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Rubens...

Its majestic neo-Gothic buildings will make you feel like the protagonist of the Harry Potter saga. You will also find it among the Outlander locations. The Cloisters, the cloisters, also known as The Undercroft, the Hunterian Art Gallery and the Mackintosh House, a reconstruction of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's home, are a must-see in this enclave.

Ashton Lane: the hipster corner of Glasgow. All kinds of pubs, restaurants and terraces await you here where you can enjoy pints and the best of Scottish cuisine. Dare to enter this and other alleys or lanes in this area, such as Hidden Lane, and let yourself be amazed by multiple bohemian shops that flood everything with color, independent film screenings, music...

St. Mungo's Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Glasgow, dates back to the 12th century and was dedicated precisely to St. Mungo, the patron saint and founder of the city, whose tomb was a place of pilgrimage in Europe. The magnitude of this Gothic-style construction is surprising, as is the fascinating crypt in which the tomb of the saint is found. The stained glass windows inside are actually from post-war UK times and this was the only medieval cathedral to survive the Protestant Reformation almost intact.

Also in this area is Glasgow Green, the oldest park in the city that currently hosts festivals, concerts and other events.

Very close to the cathedral, just behind it, the Necropolis awaits you. A Victorian cemetery whose tombs are authentic works of art. Nearby, you'll find the oldest house in Glasgow. Entering the walls of this house built in 1471 as part of the Hospital de San Nicolás, you can imagine what it would be like to live in a wealthy family at that time. If you visit it, don't leave without seeing its outside garden.

The Merchant City. Here is the true center of today's city, whose heart belongs to George Square, where the seat of the Glasgow City Council is located and where you can visit the Victorian Glasgow City Chambers. Multiple street musicians await you in its streets, enlivening your steps with their melodies, and the curious snack and hot dog shops that in the past functioned as police stations. The Gallery of Modern Art, the well-known statue of Wellington, who wears a traffic cone on his head, and the former Tobacco Lords warehouses, converted into pubs and restaurants, as well as shopping malls, cafes, classicist monuments, murals and multiple works of urban art and culture that will make you want to stay a little longer.

Enjoying views of Glasgow from a spectacular vantage point for free is possible from the tower of The Lighthouse, the Scottish Center for Architecture, Design and the City. And it is that this lighthouse, which has never acted as such, in addition to offering the possibility of enjoying all the splendor of the city, houses an interesting exhibition on the work of Mackintosh and is, at the same time, a center of conferences and artistic creation.

A place where you can have a great time with science is, without a doubt, the Glasgow Science Centre, made up of three main buildings: the IMAX cinema, the Glasgow Tower and the Science Mall. In the first you can enjoy movies in 3D and 2D and it is special for being the first cinema of its kind in Scotland. From the Glasgow Tower you will be fascinated by its height and it has a Guinness Record for being the tallest tower in the world capable of rotating 360º. At the Science Mall, science is exhibited in the form of interactive games, shows, a planetarium, educational spaces, interactive exhibits, and even health and healthy living exhibits.

RiversideMuseum. It will not only fascinate you for its amazing architecture. In it, you will witness how people have moved through the city over the centuries. Here you will find all the means of transport you can imagine and many more. Cars, motorcycles from the early 20th century, trams, subway cars, horse carriages...

People's Palace. In the past it was a cultural center for the people who lived in that area of Glasgow, which was, at that time, the most disadvantaged in the city. At that time, it had a reading and games room on its lower floor, a museum on the first floor and a gallery of paintings on the next. But, in 1940, his role changed. From that moment it became the museum of social history of Glasgow and in it you can learn about the different historical events that took place in the city from 1750 to the present.

Glasgow Botanic Garden. Here there are multiple greenhouses with surprising species, among which the Kibble Palace stands out, with a magnificent Victorian style, and its Palm House. Of course, spring and summer are the best times to enjoy it in all its splendor.

Urban Art Route. Multiple murals full of color, realism, originality and creativity flood the streets of Glasgow. If you have time during your visit to Glasgow.

Clydeside Distillery. Here you will learn a lot about the manufacturing process of single malt whiskey, as well as the history of this product, so appreciated by the Scots. At the end of your apprenticeship, you will be able to enjoy an authentic Scotch whiskey tasting.

Walk along the third longest river in Scotland, the Clyde. Along the way, you'll come across unique buildings such as the BBC Headquarters, the Clyde Auditorium, also known as the Armadillo, and the SSE Hydro. The bridges that cross it will not leave you indifferent, highlighting the Tradeston Bridge, the Clyde Arc and the South Portland Stree.

The very steep slopes make us believe that we are in San Francisco. There are downtown areas that, because of the alleys, remind us of those in southern Manhattan. The producers have transferred some films and series located in the United States there to be able to shoot at better prices without compromising the aesthetics.

All the routes carried out in Scotland