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Glasgow Gander Walking Tours

Glasgow is truly hidden gem, and Johnny’s tour is a must if you want to learn about the city, its past, and the incredible bounty it offers visitors. The tour was a full three hours, and Johnny’s enthusiasm and pace never slackened. He made a personal connection with each of the members of our group. The history of this city is layered like an onion, and Johnny brings it all to life.
We would recommend booking a tour with Glasgow Gander walking tours early in your visit, because once you have experienced the tour, you will be better able to prioritize what you want to go see. You will also, like us, belatedly recognize you can’t do this city justice in just one visit.
We can not recommend this tour strongly enough, Johnny is a lively and jovial walking archive of this outstanding city. A true Glaswegian ambassador to all visitors.

Excellent walking tour! Learnt a lot of Glasgow’s past and present history. Tour guide Johnny provides fantastic recommendations for the reminder of your stay. Highly recommend for anyone coming to Glasgow :)

If you are reading this, and you are unsure if you want to take the risk on a tour with fewer reviews than some of your other options on GetYourGuide - stop here and just book this one. I promise you won't be disappointed!

Among the top walking tours I have done across maybe a dozen cities/countries. At first glance, 3hrs might look long but I *urge* you to do this one. You'll see so much more of Glasgow from a real professional with kindness, empathy, and poise. Johnny is a passionate Glaswegian with deep, meaningful knowledge of the city and country - and was able to answer every question we threw at him with ease.

Johnny was a fantastic tourguide. His insights to the history, architecture, art, etc. of Glasgow were very interesting and Johnny captures everyone with his enthusiastic way of presenting the city. He also took as along some Hidden Gems you would probably not get to see on other tours. At the end of the tour, he sent us an extensive list with all kinds of suggestions, and everything we tried really was a great suggestion. We could spend a week here now if we had the time.
I would recommend this tour to everyone visiting Glasgow - we do a walking tour in every city we visit, but this was the best one we have ever experienced. Thanks a lot fir this great experience!

We had an absolutely amazing time on this tour! Johnny, the guide, did an incredible job at mixing historical, architectural, societal, and political information from way back in the Middle Ages all the way up until present day Scotland to make this a truly extraordinary experience. There were fun fact at every corner and he drew our attention to many hidden gems we otherwise would have passed without noticing. The little pub with the interior of the Queen Mary’s bar (or rather its replica from the international exhibition) and the old music hall were some of my favorite stops on the tour along with the story behind the Nelson Mandela Place in the city center. Johnny took a keen interest in where each of us were from and what we were interested in as well as providing endless insider tips on where to eat, drink, hear some music, spend a sunny or a rainy afternoon and so forth. Thank you for this wonderful tour, Johnny!

October 19 Private Tour