Glasgow (Greenock) Scotland

Can anyone recommend "don't miss" excursions or trips here? We are there from 8 am on the 29th to 2am on the 30th. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

:)Edinburgh castle including the Royal Mile if offer'd

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Can anyone recommend "don't miss" excursions or trips here? We are there from 8 am on the 29th to 2am on the 30th. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

:)Edinburgh castle including the Royal Mile if offer'd

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Wrong side of the country.

If you like architecture / art noveau you might want to take a look at Charles Rennie Mackintosh locations including Hill House which is at Helensburgh. He also designed some of the Glasgow College of Art and a tearoom in Sauchiehall Street in central Glasgow.

Can anyone recommend "don't miss" excursions or trips here? We are there from 8 am on the 29th to 2am on the 30th. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

you can get the train from Greenock into Glasgow and then look around the city.

I'd say Glasgow you could spend all day just roaming the streets and the batanical gardens are great .........I've spent a month there a few years back and didn't cover the sites. There is a double decker bus city tour ( from George's square ) about an hour without getting off and on that is reasonable.

Would definitely recommend the open top bus tour of Glasgow, visit the People's Palace social history museum (and delicious eatery in the Winter Garden!), the Tenement House, The Hunterian Museum and anything connected with Charles Rennie Mackintosh! There's good shopping to be had too! Alternatively if you are into vertically moving water, you might like to investigate the FALKIRK WHEEL!

Hello I am going to Glasgow and want to pick up something special for my grandkids two girls 8 & 2 and a boy 5. any thing you can recommend?

Thanks

I asked the tour desk if there were any excursions that a 7 year old would enjoy and she said to take a taxi to the highlands and go to a sheepherding farm where they have the shepard puppies and some wild falcons and such. I didn't do it because I could pry my son away from the ship. I was told it would be an hour by taxi each way and would run about 200 pounds ($ 300 US).

Kids gifts ........... anything tartan, candies such as Edinburgh Rock, Tablet or Macaroon, models of the Loch Ness monster, Scottish stories, 'mini' bagpipes, doll in highland dress, teddy bears/cuddlies with tartans, tam o'shanters etc

Can anyone recommend "don't miss" excursions or trips here? We are there from 8 am on the 29th to 2am on the 30th. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Inverclyde Tourist Group http://www.inverclydetouristgroup.co.uk has a booth at the pier in Greenock to assist tourists. This is a wonderful organization of volunteers that will make suggestions and offer FREE tours of their city and the surronding area. The only thing they ask is for a small donation to offset the price of petrol. We took a couple of their tours and had a delightful day in Greenook.

Click on the link below for information on how to find the Greenook video I posted on Youtube.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=926243

I think you will really enjoy meeting these people and taking their tours of Greenook.

Cruzer Two

Hello I am going to Glasgow and want to pick up something special for my grandkids two girls 8 & 2 and a boy 5. any thing you can recommend?

Thanks

I would recommend Kelvingrove Museum and Art Galleries

(free admission!) and also across the road is the Transport Museum

Kids love both these museums

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=4

Inverclyde Tourist Group http://www.inverclydetouristgroup.co.uk has a booth at the pier in Greenock to assist tourists. This is a wonderful organization of volunteers that will make suggestions and offer FREE tours of their city and the surronding area. The only thing they ask is for a small donation to offset the price of petrol. We took a couple of their tours and had a delightful day in Greenook.

 

Click on the link below for information on how to find the Greenook video I posted on Youtube.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=926243

 

I think you will really enjoy meeting these people and taking their tours of Greenook.

 

Cruzer Two

Thanks Cruzer Two, I'll look into your suggestions.:rolleyes:

www.glasgowtaxis.co.uk run tours from Greenock to many places of interest around the area in Scotland.

They are suitable for wheelchair passengers too as they are the London style taxis.