Hotels In Glasgow City Centre

New Glasgow hotel offers service, value & style

A sleek new penthouse hotel has opened in the heart of Glasgow’s vibrant city centre.

The 30 bed Grasshoppers Glasgow boutique hotel offers modern luxury at affordable prices in a fantastic city centre location, just metres from bustling Buchanan Street, routinely named the best UK shopping street outside London.

With the accent on service, style and value, the new hotel will showcase the best of Scottish products.

The hotel is located on the sixth floor of the city’s landmark Caledonian Chambers building, overlooking Glasgow’s busy Central Station.

Over the past year, the top floor of the historic building has been converted into a sleek, contemporary hotel at a cost of £1.25 million, in a joint collaboration between hotelier Barrie Munn and Network Rail.

Grasshoppers Glasgow hopes to attract cost conscious business and leisure travellers who want to enjoy a touch luxury without paying over the odds. Single rooms are available from £70, and twin or doubles £80 per night.

All guests enjoy complimentary breakfast and free wifi internet access. Grasshoppers guests can enjoy 32” slimline LED TVs with SKY HD, featuring SKY Sports and SKY Movies in each bedroom.

The Scandinavian style bedrooms feature Caledonian oak floors, ash laminate furniture, specially designed and made for Grasshoppers, handmade king size beds with Egyptian cotton sheets, Grohe power showers and complimentary Arran Aromatics toiletries. The views from the bedrooms of Glasgow’s skyline are spectacular.

Each room is individually designed with handmade wallpapers and wood paneled walls, displaying engravings of Glasgow by local artist Ian McNicol.

The complimentary breakfast features the freshest Scottish ingredients, including eggs, bacon and sausages supplied by award winning Ramsay of Carluke, and freshly baked bread and locally supplied fruit and cheese, served in the hotel’s dining room, The Kitchen.

Evening meals are freshly prepared by one of Glasgow’s best delis, Roots and Fruits, and feature two and three course meals, priced £19.50 and £24.50 respectively. Meals include a variety of soup, salad, meat, fish and vegetarian dishes and a selection of desserts, fresh fruit and cheese.

Even the coffee is local, roasted and ground by Cardross based Home Ground Coffee Ltd.

Guests can help themselves to free tea, coffee and cakes throughout their stay. A range of readymade foods are also available for late arriving guests, ideal for travellers arriving after a long journey.

Glasgow Hotels Verus Self Catering Holiday Accommodation ...

Glasgow has grown and developed as a tourism destination. With more than 10,000 hotel bedrooms, conference facilities include the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, a wealth of visitor attractions and strong retail offering.

Selecting a serviced self catering rental apartment or a regular hotel room enables you to live just like a local whilst on your stay in this brilliant city. Stay in a self catering apartment, or sleep in a full service hotel – it’s your decision. Today there’s a perfect alternative that encompassed the best of both worlds and its called serviced apartments in Glasgow . It is a “home away from home” for countless guests. They are spacious and stylishly designed and uniquely crafted serviced apartments . Whether travelling on business or leisure this is the perfect alternative to the traditional self catering apartments and hotels, yet it’s got all of the comforts of home and full service.

A serviced rental apartment is a versatile personal space, within an atmosphere of comfort and freedom. Yet so accessable to all Glasgow city centre attractions, restaurants and nightlife, shops and to main Glasgow railway stations just as the hotels within the city centre.

Glasgow’s city centre remains to be the biggest and most successful shopping destination outside London and it is also the third most attractive overseas tourist and UK short break destination. The city centre features a vibrant nightlife where you can visit any number of dining places, pubs, clubs and cafes. For calmer pace there are 13 free museums and galleries to pick from and with over 70 parks and gardens spread across the city you’re certain to discover an activity that gratifies your personal desires.

Glasgow was also the UK’s City of Architecture and Design in 1999 and its architecture is certainly an attraction in itself, particularly its impressive Victorian structures and of course, the unique masterpieces of one of the city’s most celebrated sons, architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Ultimately when choosing a terrific place to stay in Glasgow, Scotland it is recommended to consider a serviced apartment over a hotel and a self catering because it offers all the comforts of a home while approximating its guests to all of the charm and flair that the city centre has to offer.

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