Glasgow Highlights & Kelvingrove

Get a panoramic overview of Glasgow’s one-of-a-kind cityscape enroute to your tour of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, itself a major architectural masterpiece. From the pier, the drive along the River Clyde’s south bank shifts from pastoral to metropolitan as central Glasgow’s medieval, Victorian and Art Nouveau skyline comes into view. Having passed numerous top landmarks like statue-heavy George Square and austerely enormous Glasgow Cathedral, you’ll arrive at this excursion’s main attraction. From the outside, sprawling Kelvingrove presents enough sandstone, spires and turrets to rival any Victorian showplace anywhere. Inside, it presents a wildly comprehensive collection arranged in themed galleries. Admire canvasses by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Monet, Van Gogh and Picasso. Wonder at dinosaurs, suits of armor, ancient Egyptian treasures, Charles Rennie Mackintosh chairs, even a Spitfire suspended from the roofbeams. Your guide will lead a walk through the rooms focused on Scotland and its most famous characters, costumes, arms and artworks. But feel free to go it solo and explore the many other galleries where paintings, archaeology, anthropology, armaments, history and design are celebrated. Be on the lookout for Dali’s ultra-famous Christ of St. John of the Cross, and Sir Roger the Elephant, late of Bostock and Wombwell’s Menagerie.

• Wear layered clothing; include a light raincoat or umbrella.
• Flat, comfortable walking shoes are recommended.
• Bring a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen as needed.