Walking Tours
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association (tel: (01786) 447 784; website: www.stga.co.uk) provides guides who give walking tours of the city or the surrounding area. Tours must be pre-booked. Itineraries and meeting points are flexible. Glasgow Guides (tel: (01355) 302 986) also provides guides who can be booked for city tours. Again, itineraries and meeting points are flexible.

Other tour operators include Spirit of Glasgow (tel: (0141) 586 5378; website: www.spiritofglasgow.co.uk), which runs a ‘Horror Walk’ (booking essential, times vary). Tours set off from various pre-arranged spots in the city, taking in Glasgow’s spookiest sights.

Bus Tours
Open-top bus tours covering the city’s main attractions are offered all year round by City Sightseeing (tel: (0141) 204 0444; website: www.scotguide.com). The ‘Glasgow City Tour’ tickets are valid for two consecutive days, so passengers can hop on and off at sites of interest along the route, which sets off from George Square.

The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society (tel: (0141) 946 6600; website: www.crmsociety.com) offers various weekend coach tours of the city and its surrounds, visiting all of the buildings associated with the architect.