Where a car takes you from Glasgow
These are the day trips from Glasgow on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Loch Fyne (Cairndow) Loch Fyne, west of Glasgow, is oyster country; the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar at Cairndow shucks its own oysters and smokes salmon at the loch head
- Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran, reached by train and ferry from Glasgow, is a larder on one island: Arran cheese in Brodick, malt whisky at Lochranza and island pr
- Troon (Ayrshire) Troon is a working Ayrshire fishing harbour 40 minutes from Glasgow, where MacCallums Oyster Bar on the quay serves the day's oysters and langoustine
- Callander and the Trossachs Callander and the Trossachs, an hour north of Glasgow, sit on the Highland edge; Mhor 84 on the A84 cooks its own farm produce and Mhor Fish fries the
- Loch Lomond (Balloch and Luss) Loch Lomond is Glasgow's nearest loch, a short train to Balloch or drive to Luss, where loch-side inns like the 1705 Drovers Inn serve fish and chips
Booking a car in Glasgow
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 11.13 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Green Motion, Hertz, Keddy
- Pick up at
- Glasgow Airport · Glasgow City Centre, Glasgow Central Station · Glasgow Central Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.