A whole day could be spent in this street alone with its huge range of shops. The Buchanan Centre in Buchanan Street makes Castlecourt (Belfast) look like a corner shop. Here is everything. Shop for shirts. Look for lingerie. Scream for skirts. Drool over dresses. Shiver over shoes.

Half way up Buchanan Street an arched doorway beckons through into a huge open expanse of an Atrium stretching upwards for four stories. What was once a large court, surrounded by brick-faced offices that stored documents for the legal firms in Glasgow, is now a variety of small specialist shops and eating places. The Atrium is criss-crossed by scissors of escalators that rise without visible support through the space.

Princes Square, elegant with its Art Nouveau wrought iron, is a welcome haven populated by a plethora of tiny restaurants and intriguing nooks of shops. A great place to browse for an hour or two, or if it’s raining! The Rennie Mackintosh Museum nearby is worth going to if you’re at all interested in the Arts, especially considering the influence he had on design.

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