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Live tours in Glasgow

Explore Glasgow, United Kingdom, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Necropolis and The Clydeside on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

18 live tours From 18,00 €

Explore Glasgow live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. The West End is worth asking about: Victorian terraces around the university and the Botanic Gardens.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Glasgow Cathedral A rare Scottish mediaeval cathedral that survived the Reformation largely intact.
  • Glasgow Necropolis A Victorian hillside cemetery overlooking the cathedral.
  • The Clydeside The riverbank where Glasgow's shipbuilding industry once dominated the world market.
  • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum A red sandstone museum holding art and natural history under one roof, free to enter.
  • Riverside Museum A Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum on the banks of the Clyde.
  • Mackintosh at the Willow A tearoom on Sauchiehall Street designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
  • University of Glasgow A Gothic revival campus founded in 1451.
  • Buchanan Street The city's main pedestrianised shopping street.

Neighbourhoods

  • The West End Victorian terraces around the university and the Botanic Gardens
  • Finnieston a former industrial riverside strip now full of restaurants
  • Merchant City the old merchants' quarter, its warehouses converted into flats and shops

Food to know

  • Cullen skink
  • Scotch pie
  • Tunnock's teacake
  • Irn-Bru
  • Chicken tikka masala

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Local guides in Glasgow

Good to know about Glasgow

Do I need to be in Glasgow to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Glasgow, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.3 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer English; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.