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Glasgow’s ever-so-swanky hotel and restaurant is also home to a top-level spa with a wide range of beauty treatments, relaxation pools and areas and a team of therapists on hand to help you unwind.

In a city overflowing with the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, this tea room overlooking Buchanan Street stands as a tasteful shrine to his impeccable design work. Not only that, but they have over 25 varieties of loose-leaf tea, the perfect accompaniment to a fancy cake or pastry in the afternoon.

‘Shopping mall’ seems like too tawdry a name for upscale boutique haven Princes Square, the peacock-topped destination halfway down Buchanan Street. It’s a fashionista paradise, home to names like Kurt Geiger and Vivienne Westwood, with a healthy handful of eateries on the premises should you need to recharge after dropping a bomb on the latest couture.

They have a store in the opulent Princes Square arcade, but we’d recommend visiting the café premises of this top-drawer chocolatier; all the better for enjoying an espresso along with your freshly purchased Belgian chocs. The Kimble’s team also specialises in traditional Scottish sweets and some devilish concoctions including chilli truffles and rose and violet creams – a delectable alternative to the local sweet shop.

With the towering Cineworld megaplex just down the street servicing the city’s mainstream needs, the GFT caters for more refined cinematic tastes, showcasing the latest indie awards contenders from the UK and abroad. The in-house café-bar, always buzzing with the chatter of well-informed cinephiles, is a great place to linger pre or post-screening.

One of the leading venues in the fancy-pants Merchant City quarter, the Metropolitan cocktail bar is a place where even the most ubiquitous of Prohibition beverages has been given a glitzy makeover as the Beverly Hills Iced Tea. Sip in style.

There’s no shortage of theatres in Glasgow, but if you want one with an assured touch of class, the 1867 Theatre Royal is your best bet. The home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, it also hosts touring productions, musicals, gigs, stand-up and kids’ shows, and its new rooftop bar-restaurant makes it the perfect venue for a dinner-and-a-show night out.

Perhaps the most mercantile of Merchant City venues, The Corinthian Club occupies the former headquarters of the Glasgow Ship Bank, from which the Tellers Bar and Brasserie derives its name. Book a table for a delicious cut from the grill, or sip a swanky kir royale at the bar.

Housed within Blythswood Square, one of the Townhouse chain of boutique Scottish hotels, The Salon bar has sophistication in its very DNA. Show up early in the day for a tasteful afternoon tea, or wait until later and sample a range of inventive cocktails, complete with hand-cracked ice, freshly squeezed juices and house-made syrups.

With more than 30 jewellers housed under its iron-framed glass roof, the Argyll Arcade pitches itself as Scotland’s answer to Hatton Garden. Even if you’re not in the market for some wearable bling, it’s a swagnificent place to while away an afternoon.