Table of Contents for
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Scotland

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  1. COVER
  2. Half Title
  3. CONTENTS
  4. DISCOVER SCOTLAND
  5. Welcome to Scotland
  6. Reasons to Love Scotland
  7. Explore Scotland
  8. Discover Itineraries
  9. Scotland Itineraries
  10. 7 Days On the North Coast 500
  11. Scotland for Outdoor Adventures
  12. Scotland for Wildlife Encounters
  13. Scotland for Spectacular Castles
  14. Scotland for Bookworms
  15. Scotland for Art Lovers
  16. Scotland for Music Lovers
  17. Scotland for Foodies
  18. Scottish Spirit
  19. Scotland for Families
  20. Scotland for Beachgoers
  21. Scotland on Screen
  22. A Year in Scotland
  23. A Brief History
  24. EXPERIENCE SCOTLAND
  25. Edinburgh
  26. Area Map - Edinburgh
  27. 2 Days
  28. Edinburgh’s Summer Festivals
  29. Quiet Escapes Edinburgh’s
  30. Edinburgh Castle
  31. The Royal Mile
  32. Calton Hill
  33. National Museum of Scotland
  34. Scottish National Gallery
  35. Experience More
  36. A Short Walk - New Town
  37. A Long Walk - Water of Leith Walkway
  38. Southern Scotland
  39. Area Map - Southern Scotland
  40. Culzean Castle and Country Park
  41. Abbotsford
  42. Experience More
  43. Glasgow
  44. Area Map - Glasgow
  45. 2 Days in Glasgow
  46. Glasgow’s Industrial Heritage
  47. Basilica di San Marco
  48. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
  49. Experience More
  50. Central and Northeast Scotland
  51. Area Map - Central and Northeast Scotland
  52. The Veneto and Friuli
  53. Scone Palace
  54. Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
  55. Stirling Castle
  56. Experience More
  57. The Highlands and Islands
  58. Area Map - The Highlands and Islands
  59. Highland Traditions and Culture
  60. Remote Island Getaways
  61. Ben Nevis
  62. Cairngorms National Park
  63. The Great Glen
  64. Isle of Skye
  65. Orkney Islands
  66. Shetland Islands
  67. Outer Hebrides
  68. Experience More
  69. A Driving Tour - Road to the Isles
  70. NEED TO KNOW
  71. Before You Go
  72. Getting Around
  73. Practical Information
  74. Scottish Vocabulary
  75. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND IMPRINTS
  76. Copyright
  77. Navigational Contents

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Glasgow’s

Industrial Heritage

Coal, iron and steam turned Glasgow from a prosperous merchant city into the British Empire’s greatest industrial centre. Although heavy industry declined in the 20th century, its legacy is still a source of pride.

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t Colossal Titan Crane and thrillseekers bungee jumping from the top

Clydebank Colossus

The towering giant steel structure of the Titan Crane is Glasgow’s gritty answer to the Eiffel Tower. Built in 1906 to hoist massive loads on to ships for export worldwide, visitors can now enjoy awesome views from the top-level viewing platform, or swing, bungee-jump and abseil from its giant boom 50 m (164 ft) above the river.

All Aboard Glenlee

Glenlee is one of the last great Clyde-built sailing ships. Meet volunteers in period costume and imagine what life was like as a voyager aboard this three-masted seafaring vessel more than a century ago. Launched in 1896 she circumnavigated the globe four times before being rescued from dereliction in 1992. The ship is now moored next to the futuristic Riverside Museum.

A Steam Cruise on the Clyde

Take a cruise aboard the Waverley paddle steamer to experience the age of steam first-hand. Built on the Clyde in 1947, the last seagoing paddle steamer in the world once carried Glasgow folk to ports like Ayr, Campbeltown , Rothesay and Helensburgh along the Firth of Clyde.

Sugar, Slaves and Tobacco

Glasgow has only recently started to come to terms withthe unsavoury sources of its early wealth. Much of the sugar and tobacco that enriched the city’s 18th-century merchants came from slave plantations in America and the Caribbean. When slavery was finally abolished in 1833, plantation oweners reinvested their windfall in the new industrial economy.

Did You Know?

Glasgow was a hub for manufacturing ships and armaments during the first and second world wars.