Short Breaks in Glasgow
Glasgow is truly a perfect venue for an exciting city short break offering a vast choice of cultural, sporting and entertainment options. The 'Style Mile', a square mile of glamorous high street and designer shopping, plus cafés and good restaurants will delight any serious shoppers and for later in the day, Glasgow's West End has a variety of vibrant bars and atmospheric night spots.
For art enthusiasts there is an impressive choice of important galleries spanning a wide range of artistic styles including, The Kelvingrove, housing 8,000 artefacts, among which is Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross; The Burrell collection which contains works by Rembrandt, Degas and Rodin; The Contemporary Art Gallery and The Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Glasgow Style Gallery. Glasgow has a rich history and this can be seen in its fascinating and various museums, such as the Riverside museum, home of the history of transport collection; The People's Palace social history museum; The St Mungo Museum or Religious Life and Art; The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour; the 18th century mansion, Pollock House, set in its own peaceful park land; The Hunterian Museum, with its wide ranging collection of artefacts from mummies to meteorites and from Roman artefacts to curiosities from Captain Cook's voyages of discovery.
Famous as a hub for live music, Glasgow has an exciting choice of live music venues: The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut where Oasis were discovered; The Queen Margaret Union and Barrowland, a converted ballroom are among the most popular. Bands such as Biffy Clyro, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Glasvegas and The Fratellis all grew out of the Glasgow music scene.
Glasgow has numerous sporting venues and the city will be host to the 2014 Commonwealth Games.