Things to See in Glasgow

A startling achievement, St Mungo's Museum is an audacious attempt to capture the world's major religions in an artistic nutshell. The attraction is twofold: firstly, impressive art that blurs the lines between religion and culture; and secondly the opportunity to delve into different faiths, an experience that can be as deep or shallow as you wish.

Amassed by wealthy industrialist Sir William Burrell before being donated to the city, it is housed in an outstanding museum, 3 miles south of the city centre. This idiosyncratic collection of treasure includes everything from Chinese porcelain and medieval furniture to paintings by Renoir and Cézanne. It's not so big as to be overwhelming, and the stamp of the collector lends an intriguing coherence.

Mackintosh's greatest building, the Glasgow School of Art, still houses the educational institution. It's hard not to be impressed by the precision of the design; the architect's pencil seems to have shaped everything inside and outside the building. The interior design is strikingly austere, and the library, designed as an addition in 1907, is a masterpiece.