Glasgow Rocks
October 17, 2008 at 11:25 AM Lawrence Hall 18 comments
It’s official: Glasgow is great. The Dear Green Place has only gone and made it into the Lonely Planet‘s Top Ten list of best cities for visitors.
Not only that but it was the sole UK city to be included. Even better, it beat Edinburgh! Bring it on.
Of course, this news comes as no surprise to me – being a local lassie, I know how fantastic Glasgow is.
The city is blessed with stunning architecture, a surprising amount of greenery, first-class theatres, galleries and museums, an easy-peasy subway system, and absolutely fabulous shops, sweetie.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
And, contrary to popular belief, the West Coast of Scotland diet doesn’t consist purely of deep-fried Mars bars.
Nope. You can actually have whichever type of chocolate you want fried in batter – although your more discerning diners will find plenty to scintillate their delicate taste buds, too.
The other wide-held notion of Scots enjoying a tipple or twenty is, however, almost universally true – my own favourite spot for this is the West End’s Ashton Lane, a wee piece of drinking and dining heaven that makes my heart sing…even when I’m sober.
Ashton Lane
But – and I reckon this is where Glasgow’s greatness really lies – local people have such a deep-rooted sense of pride in their city that they’ll go out of their way to make sure visitors receive a warm welcome.
Glasgow: it’s pure dead brilliant, by the way.
Suggestions please on which cities you’d include in your Top Ten list for visitors…
Entry filed under: General. Tags: Architecture, Glasgow, Lonely Planet, scotland.
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1.
Lee | October 17, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Berlin
Stockholm
Porto
Rotterdam
Barcelona
NY
Sienna
Venice
Madrid
Bristol
2.
Mike O'Flynn | October 17, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Barcelona, Sapporo, Dubrovnik, New York, Montreal, Tokyo, Galway, Manchester
3.
Luke Todd | October 17, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Newcastle Upon Tyne
4.
Toasted Teacake | October 17, 2008 at 12:22 PM
It really depends on what you’re after but all of the following have something of interest:
Brighton
London
Manchester
St Ives, Cornwall
Sydney
New York
Valencia
Bangkok
Mission Beach, Queensland, Oz
Vientiane, Laos
5.
Nick | October 17, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Scunthorpe
Grimsby
Hull
Redruth
Gosport
Wester Hailes
Dagenham
Bridgend
Toxteth
Peckham
6.
Mark | October 17, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Tokyo
Barcelona
Maui
Prague
Miami
Toronto
7.
Elvio | October 17, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Funchal (Madeira island)
Cape Town
London
Cyprus
New York
Lisbon
Amsterdam
Madrid
Budapest
Venice
8.
John | October 17, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Adelaide
Belfast
Berlin
Florence
Las Vegas
Oxford
Reykjavik
Salzburg
San Francisco
Singapore
9.
Mikeyreds | October 17, 2008 at 1:49 PM
The Capital of Culture – Liverpool
10.
Teaspoon | October 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Brighton & New York.
11.
Chris | October 17, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Mumbai
Stockholm
Berlin
Glasgow
Brighton
San Francisco
Madrid
Boston
Valencia
Dubrovnik
Cardiff
Florence
12.
Jonathan | October 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Osaka
Sydney
London
Manchester
Tokyo
13.
Chrisb | October 17, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Rio
Brighton
New York
San Francisco
Sydney
Perth
London
Hanoi
Kuta
Bangkok
14.
Nick (short dumb one) | October 17, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Calcutta (all human life is there)
Rome
Cairo
Jerusalem
Prague
Freetown (Sierra Leone)
Nairobi
London
Cambridge (UK)
Boston (Mass)
PS Sorry Brighton & Hove…
15.
Joss | October 18, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Top Five I’ve Visited:
Paris
New York
Sydney
Cannes
Barcelona
Top Five I’d Like to Visit:
Cape Town
San Francisco
Quebec
Berlin
Chicago
16.
Ben | October 20, 2008 at 10:02 AM
mmm top 10:
1: NEW YORK & MADRID (joint first)
3: Paris
4: London
5: Amsterdam
6: Mexico City
7: Munich
8: Cardiff
9: Grenoble
10: Barcelona
17.
Sarah | October 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Top so far…
San Francisco
London
New York
Auckland
Cairns
Melbourne
Glasgow
Brighton
I need to go more places…
18.
LEDGY | November 8, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Glastonbury (becomes a city in June)
New York
Paris
Glasgow
Cape town
Auckland
Singapore
Sydney
Amsterdam
Male (Maldives)