Glasgow Afternoon Tea Experience

In Scotland, as in the rest of the UK, afternoon tea is an unavoidable ritual. The hot beverage is accompanied by sandwiches, Petit Fours (small French pastries), cupcakes and scones, rolls that are filled with butter and jam.

You can enjoy all this on a city tour in a classic double-decker bus. The route, if taken in its entirety, lasts about an hour and a half and the following is a list of the main stops:

• Gallery of Modern Art: hosts temporary and permanent exhibitions of contemporary art.
• Cathedral: erected from the 12th century onwards, it is notable for its Gothic architecture and dark stonework.
• Riverside Museum: the Museum of Transport, housed in a riverside building designed by Zaha Hadid. Inside are locomotives (flagships of the city's industry), motorbikes and much more.
• Glasgow Tower: Scotland's tallest building (127 metres high) and a 360° rotating observation deck.
• Kelvingrove Art Gallery: a gallery with more than 8000 works of art. The most famous is "Christ of St. John of the Cross" by Salvador Dalí.

The itinerary includes some design masterpieces, such as the Clyde Arc Bridge (a spectacular curved design bridge that crosses the River Clyde at an angle), the SEC Armadillo (a multi-purpose building with an exterior structure reminiscent of this animal) and the SSE Hydro events arena designed by Norman Foster.

Art and history enthusiasts have the opportunity to visit Glasgow University (the fourth oldest in the UK), the City Chambers (the City Hall, completed in the late 19th century), The Hunterian art gallery and the Doulton Fountain, a terracotta fountain representing four former colonies of the UK: Australia, Canada, India and South Africa.