Glasgow Backpackers Lodge
Glasgow, Scotland

Theatres,live music venues,nightclubs ,street cafes and coffee shops,2nd hand bookshops and record stores all catering to the student market abound in and around our quarter of the city.Glasgow per head of population has more students than any other city in the British Commonwealth and do they know how to party ?

Well it's all on our doorstep and yet we are in a quiet residential/office area so despite being close to the action ,you will still get a good nights sleep on our superior fully sprung mattresses and comfortable beds in warm spacious dorms and family rooms,quads and twins. The choice is yours.

Booklovers apart from scouring the numerous 2nd hand and antiquarian bookstores ,can immerse themselves in what was for over a century the worlds largest public reference library ,across the road AND PARTICIPATE in Radio Scoylands 2011 book lives,pick up a free book for your journey ,pass it on and watch where the book goes ,you could end up on radio from San francisco to sydney charting the travels of the book as well as your opinion of it.
Towards the end of the year the results will be broadcast although weekly updates are broadcast on radio every Monday,participants just fill an email address in the cover and sign in on the radios website.

We have a no of groups staying here from various gig venues as well as the theatre lists ,a large repeat booking ratio and a dedicated army of weekend out of towners from all around the place who regularly come in for their fix of live gigs so please book early ,especially at weekends.