Join me on this self guided audio tour through the oldest part of Glasgow.
We’ll start at Glasgow Cathedral, where we’ll meet St Mungo, the city’s patron saint, and learn about Glasgow’s humble beginnings 1,500 years ago. We’ll bustle along Glasgow’s High Street next, where a small city had started to take shape 900 years later, in the 1400s. It was busy with the thousands of pilgrims who came to worship at the shrine of St Mungo. In the 1700s, there were Tobacco Lords on the High Street, and Glasgow had become “the cleanest and beautifulest and best built city in Britain,” according to one English visitor. (He did add, “London excepted,” but in Glasgow we like to forget about that.)
On ...
Highlights
From 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
Lifetime access to this tour in English
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food/Drink
Meeting Points
Departure
Glasgow Cathedral
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Return
Doulton Fountain
Itinerary
1
Glasgow Cathedral
The tour starts by the cathedral.
2
St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
The tour passes by the museum.
3
Provand's Lordship
The tour passes by Provand's Lordship.
4
Saint Nicholas Garden
The tour stops briefly at the Garden.
5
William III (& II)
The tour passes by the statue.
6
Old College Bar
The tour passes by the bar.
7
Tolbooth Steeple
The tour passes by the Trongate Steeple.
8
The Tolbooth Bar
The tour passes by the bar.
9
High Court of Justiciary
The tour passes by the High Court.
10
Glasgow Green
The tour goes through the green.
11
McLennan Arch
The tour passes by the arch.
12
Sir William Collins Fountain
The tour passes by the fountain.
13
Glasgow 2014 Monument
The tour passes by the monument.
14
Glasgow
The tour passes by the monument.
15
James Watt Statue
The tour stops briefly at the statue.
16
People's Palace
The tour passes by the People's Palace.
17
Doulton Fountain
The tour ends by the fountain.
Glasgow through the ages: An audio tour discovering the city's humble beginnings
Glasgow City
About
Join me on this self guided audio tour through the oldest part of Glasgow.
We’ll start at Glasgow Cathedral, where we’ll meet St Mungo, the city’s patron saint, and learn about Glasgow’s humble beginnings 1,500 years ago. We’ll bustle along Glasgow’s High Street next, where a small city had started to take shape 900 years later, in the 1400s. It was busy with the thousands of pilgrims who came to worship at the shrine of St Mungo. In the 1700s, there were Tobacco Lords on the High Street, and Glasgow had become “the cleanest and beautifulest and best built city in Britain,” according to one English visitor. (He did add, “London excepted,” but in Glasgow we like to forget about that.)
On ...
Highlights
From 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
Lifetime access to this tour in English
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food/Drink
Meeting Points
Departure
Glasgow Cathedral
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
