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Details
Tourist Information Centre
11 George Square
Glasgow G2 1DY
Tel +44 (0)141 204 4400
Email:glasgow@visitscotland.com
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Each year thousands more visitors come to Glasgow, one of the top Scottish destinations and the 1990 Cultural Capital of Europe. Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city and it has a thriving entertainment scene with pubs, clubs and community centres. Glasgow’s cultural scene is world-renowned with a wealth of world class venues. We also have some great four and five star hotels who can offer amazing winter break prices.
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Short Breaks Lots of our visitors like to make the most of being in Scotland with a day trip to Edinburgh which is 45 minutes away and it takes less than 30 minutes to reach the world-renowned beauty of Loch Lomond. Short break deals in Glasgow start at just £55 per person per night.
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Accommodation
Booking Service
Tel + 44 (0)141 221 0049
Fax +44 (0)141 565 1001
www.seeglasgow.com
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Shopping The city also boasts the best shopping streets outside of London
with famous places names such as Argyle Street, Buchanan
Street and Sauchiehall Street. Boasting three large
malls, Buchanan Galleries, St Enoch Centre and
Princess Square make Glasgow the fashion capital of Scotland.
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Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport (GLA) is the busiest of Scotland's
three main international airports. It is just 15 minutes (some 12.5
miles) by car from Glasgow City Centre. Over 40 airlines serve
around 80 destinations. BAA recently announced they will
investment £290 million to transform Glasgow Airport into a
world-class gateway, deliver thousands of extra jobs, boost Scottish
business and tourism, and revolutionise the way people travel to and
from Scotland’s largest city.
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Glasgow
Airport
St Andrews Drive
Renfrewshire Scotland
PA3 2SWTel + 44 (0) 870 040 0008
www.glasgowairport.com
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National Rail
Glasgow has the largest urban rail network in the
UK outwith London, with rail services travelling to a large part of
the West of Scotland. Trains are run by First ScotRail, part of the
First Group that also runs the majority of bus services in the
country. There are two main railway terminals Central Station
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Central
Station
Gordon Street G1
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Queen Street Station
Queen Street G1
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Tel + 44 (0) 8457 48 49 50
www.nationalrail.co.uk
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Subway There are 15
stations in Glasgow, with 2 lines (inner and outer circle) serving
the west end, city centre, and south side of the city.
[map]
Bus Services Enquiries should be
directed to Traveline Scotland on 0870 608 2 608, 7.00am to 10.00pm,
seven days a week |
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Tel + 44 (0) 870 608 2608
www.spt.co.uk
www.travelinescotland.com
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callers from within UK should drop + 44 but dial 0 in brackets |
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For further reading see Glasgow info page on
wikipedia
click here |