The Lighthouse
Event Space and Art Gallery
Merchant City, Glasgow
"best views of the city from the top of the mackintosh tower"(5 Tips)
"helical staircase to the top of the tower"(5 Tips)
"spiral staircase for panoramic view"(3 Tips)
"Really good views of the city centre and afar."(12 Tips)
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PINSO CREATIVE GRADUATES MAGAZINE.August 27, 2012Its a great place! its located in a nice wee alley with fantastic architecture! its also home to the Maklab, there's also a nice wee pub beside it Bar Soba! Check it out if just for the architecture!- George MacDAugust 21, 2014Really good views of the city centre and afar. One viewpoint is accessible by lift and the older actual Lighthouse structure is only by stairs. It seems to be closed off at times.
- Hotel IndigoNovember 28, 2012Climb the helical staircase to the top of the tower, where you’ll have magnificent vistas of Glasgow’s turrets, spires & glass-sheathed towers from floor-to-ceiling windows in the viewing gallery.
Sam HApril 1, 2015Love this space - worth a visit for the Mackintosh collection and the awesome spiral staircase giving you the best views of the city.
- AndyMay 3, 2017free entry; best views of the city from the top of the mackintosh tower (enter from level 3)
Ian McElweeJune 27, 2017Free with a nice view at the top. The spiral staircase is great for pictures.
JaggyNovember 18, 2011Lovely haven of peace - the Doocot cafe on fifth floor. Delicious soup. Cake, scones, coffee, sannies, etc.
- Nigel HosierJune 22, 2010Hidden away and no signs, but find the tower with spiral staircase for panoramic view of city for free (at least when we visited!) worth the climb.
This place has honestly got the slowest elevators in the world. Take the stairs or escalator as it will be infinitely quicker.
- Jack OsborneJune 20, 2013The Lighthouse is the renamed conversion of the former offices of the Glasgow Herald newspaper. Completed in 1895, it was designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
liberalia 🇭🇺BA Világegyetemista (semmi érdekes)July 13, 2019En abban a liftes kulturalis centrum szeruben voltam, a kilatas miatt erdemes felmenni.
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