Glasgow through the ages: An audio tour discovering the city's humble beginnings

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 the way, you’ll see: A herb garden filled with medicinal plants Street art that tells the story of the city A roundabout on which stands the steeple of a building once used as a prison A greenhouse of exotic plants in the shape of an upside down ship

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   Glasgow Cathedral

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   The tour starts by the cathedral.

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   St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art

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   The tour passes by the museum.

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   Provand's Lordship

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   The tour passes by Provand's Lordship.

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   Stop 4

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   The tour stops briefly at the Garden.

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   Stop 5

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   The tour passes by the statue.

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   Stop 6

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   The tour passes by the bar.

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   Stop 7

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   The tour passes by the Trongate Steeple.

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   Stop 8

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   The tour passes by the bar.

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   Stop 9

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   The tour passes by the High Court.

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    Glasgow Green

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    The tour goes through the green.

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    Stop 11

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    The tour passes by the arch.

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    Sir William Collins Fountain

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    The tour passes by the fountain.

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    Glasgow 2014 Monument

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    The tour passes by the monument.

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    Stop 14

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    The tour passes by the monument.

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    James Watt Statue

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    The tour stops briefly at the statue.

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    Stop 16

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    The tour passes by the People's Palace.

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    Doulton Fountain

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    The tour ends by the fountain.

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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