Merchant City Inn Glasgow
"The Merchant City Inn(formerly Merchant Lodge Hotel) is superbly situated in the heart of Glasgow’s cultural quarter, The Merchant City. Great staff will ensure you have an excellent stay."
The Merchant City Inn(formerly Merchant Lodge Hotel) is superbly situated in the heart of Glasgow’s cultural quarter, The Merchant City. This comfortable 3 star lodge is situated in Virginia Street but only minutes away from the cosmopolitan excitement of Merchant City, the City Centre and the West End.
Not far from the hotel’s doorstep are pavement cafes, pubs, restaurants, tourist attractions and a plethora of shopping destinations. Surrounding attractions can be reached by either foot or taxi or Glasgow’s impressive selection of reliable and regular public transport.
The Glasgow hotel offers 40 guest rooms all comfortably attired and equipped with standard facilities. Choice of rooms includes single, twin, double, triple, quad and family sized. Guests can enjoy a fully cooked Scottish breakfast before embarking on their day in Glasgow.
There is no car parking at the hotel although secure parking is available 3 streets away -5 mins walk - at a specially negotiated rate of £6 for 24hrs or £3 overnight.
The Merchant City Inn in Glasgow offers great late deals and special offers on short breaks throughout the year.
Unless specified otherwise, prices are quoted per adult per night.
Childrens reductions are available, for more details see our terms and conditions.
The Merchant City Inn (formerly Merchant Lodge Hotel) has 40 rooms in total with a choice of single, double, triple, quad and family rooms. Every room is tastefully furnished and decorated. To make you feel more at home each room has the facilities you would expect of a hotel of this calibre. As standard, included are the following in all of the rooms:
:: Colour television
:: Direct dial telephone
:: En Suite bathroom
:: Hairdryer
:: Hospitality tray including tea and coffee making facilities
:: Iron and ironing board
:: Polished pine floor and matching pine furniture
:: Room service
:: Working desk
We all agree breakfast is the most important meal of the day and here at Merchant City Inn it is treated with the respect it deserves. Relax in the modern pine ambience and order your fully cooked breakfast from the friendly staff.
Breakfast is served from 7am to 8.45am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9.30am Saturday and Sunday. The time range permits you to enjoy breakfast and then fulfil your daily engagements.
Fruit juice, tea and coffee should wet your appetite whilst pondering over what tantalising smell from the kitchen will appeal to you most.Your breakfast is served as efficiently as possible after advising what your preferences are each day.
The hotel guarantees that when you leave our breakfast room you will be recharged and ready for your day ahead.
Glasgow oozes with energy and style from the heart of the city centre, around the cultural Merchant City area to the trendy West End. All around the River Clyde has been transformed and recently a new bridge nicknamed the “squinty bridge” provides another welcome vehicular access to the south side of the city.
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum attracts loads of visitors daily due to its captivating exhibitions. It is home to Salvador Dali’s Christ of St John of the Cross. It is situated in the city’s famous Kelvingrove Park and is directly opposite the fascinating Transport Museum.
In time the Transport Museum will be replaced with a Riverside Museum where the River Clyde meets the River Kelvin at Glasgow Harbour. Designers are working on what promises to be a fascinating exhibit of transport in Glasgow.
Due to its international status everything keeps evolving for the better in Glasgow. Glasgow is proud of its architectural heritage and throughout the city the design of Charles Rennie Mackintosh can be witnessed and enjoyed. Glasgow School of Art was designed by Mackintosh and The Lighthouse in the city centre is Scotland’s centre for architecture and design.
Shoppers flock to the city centre and its outskirts due to its unrivalled designer, exclusive and high street brands. Sauchiehall Street, Argyll Street and St Enoch’s Square are favourites for high street brand shoppers. Merchant City, The Buchanan Galleries and Princes Square have designer boutiques and all kinds of exquisite merchandise.
Directions to Merchant City Inn in Glasgow
By road:-
On the M8 (westbound), leave at junction 15 and follow signs to Glasgow Royal Infirmary which you should pass on your left hand side. Castle Street leads onto High Street and a right turn should be taken at Ingram Street. Travel straight on down Ingram Street and turn left at Glassford Street, then 1st right into Wilson Street, then immediately left into Virginia Street. The Merchant City Lodge is at the corner of Wilson Street and Virginia Street.
On the M8 (eastbound), leave at Kirkintilloch staying left. At first junction turn left and then first right at the traffic lights. At the next set of traffic lights turn right and travel in a south easternly direction down Castle Street turning right into Ingram Street. Travel straight on down Ingram Street and turn left at Glassford Street, then 1st right into Wilson Street, then immediately left into Virginia Street. The Merchant City Lodge is at the corner of Wilson Street and Virginia Street.
By subway:-
The nearest subway stations to the Merchant Lodge Hotel are Buchanan Street and St. Enoch’s(this one being slightly closer) . From Buchanan Street subway, pedestrians should head east for George Square and turn right at Frederick Street heading south until reaching Virginia Street. From St.Enoch’s subway station pedestrians should head east along Argyll Street turning left into Virginia Street. The Merchant City Lodge is at the right hand side of the Wilson Street junction.
By bus:-
From Buchanan Street Bus Station bus numbers 203, 240, 255, 262, 263 and 267 have a stop on Virginia Street. This should be confirmed at the station including exact times. First Glasgow: 0141 423 6600, Stagecoach: 0141 552 4961.
By rail:-
Glasgow’s 2 inner city railway stations; Glasgow Central and Queen Street are only a short taxi drive from the hotel.
Airports:-
Glasgow Airport, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA3 2SW.
Distance: Glasgow Airport is approximately 15 miles from the city centre.
Tel: 0870 040 0008, www.baa.co.uk
Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Aviation House, Prestwick, KA9 2PL.
Distance: Glasgow Prestwick is approximately 40 miles from the city centre.
Tel: 0871 223 0700, www.gpia.co.uk
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