Any recommendations for a 5 day trip to Glasgow in May?

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2. Kelvingrove museum is totally free, as is the Hunterian in Glasgow Uni. Round the corner from both these places is Ashton Lane which is a lovely area to grab scran and a drink. That’ll fill in a day for yous.

   Loch Lomond is close by, as is Arran if yous are wanting day trips.

   Folk are friendly as anything. When you get here if you ask for recommendations people will help.

3. Train to Largs, buy a Nardini’s ice-cream, 10.min ferry to Cambrae. Great day out, hire bikes and cycle round the island. Arran is slightly further but also doable.

   Kelvingrove museum and art gallery, museum of modern art.

   If you’ve never been to Edinburgh, do a day there. Stirling is another option by train.

4. nip up to loch Lomond if not too busy.

   Get a train out towards fort William as far as you want (4hrs all the way and £50 open return), but stopping at somewhere on that line is great. (tyndrum)

   if want to stay local then Pollok Country Park

5. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre tours. It’s basically a massive warehouse full of all the stuff there isn’t space to display in Glasgow’s museums, and they will show you around for free and tell you about the collections.

   There’s a similar one in Paisley too, less stuff but purposely designed to be visited and much easier to get to by public transport as it’s on the high street. It hasn’t reopened yet post-pandemic but it’s worth checking depending on when you’re going.

6. Make sure you have the legendary pizza crunch 🍕

7. Ashton Lane in the west end. Full of pubs and restaurants, quite hard to find if you don’t know about it.

8. [Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust](https://gvvt.org/) in Bridgeton.

   25/30 min walk out the city centre or a short bus journey and worth it if you like old buses and Glasgow transport history.