Alamo Guest House

Top choice in Glasgow


The Alamo may not sound like a peaceful spot, but that's exactly what this great place is. Opposite Kelvingrove Park, it feels miles from the city's hustle, but several of Glasgow's best museums and restaurants are right at hand. The decor blends antique furnishings and modern design, with excellent bathrooms, and the owners will make you very welcome.

The superior rooms are a sumptuous sight to behold and may be a cheap upgrade at quiet times. Breakfast is abundant and events such as whisky tastings are regularly offered.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Glasgow attractions

1. Kelvingrove Park

0.17 MILES

On both banks of the meandering River Kelvin, a tributary of the Clyde, this West End park is popular with dog walkers, foot commuters and canoodling…

2. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

0.2 MILES

A magnificent sandstone building, this grand Victorian cathedral of culture is a fascinating and unusual museum, with a bewildering variety of exhibits…

3. Kelvin Hall

0.3 MILES

Opened in the 1920s as an exhibition centre, this enormous sandstone palace, renovated and reopened in 2016, is a mixed leisure-and-arts space. In…

4. University of Glasgow

0.32 MILES

Though founded in 1451, the city's first university has only been located here in the West End since the 1870s. Its imposing sandstone neo-Gothic main…

5. Hunterian Museum

0.34 MILES

Housed in the glorious sandstone university building, which is in itself reason enough to pay a visit, this quirky museum contains the collection of…

6. National Library of Scotland

0.34 MILES

In Kelvin Hall, this outpost of Edinburgh's National Library of Scotland hosts a small exhibition and a digital archive of maps and audiovisual material…

7. Mackintosh House

0.43 MILES

Attached to the Hunterian Art Gallery, this is a reconstruction of the first home that Charles Rennie Mackintosh bought with his wife, noted designer…

8. Hunterian Art Gallery

0.44 MILES

Across the road from the Hunterian Museum, and part of the same bequest, this art gallery incorporates Mackintosh House as well as a good selection of…