Fodor's Expert Review voco Grand Central Hotel

One of Europe's great Victorian hotels built when train travel was a luxury, this hotel located within Glasgow's historic train station deserves its name, as everything about it, from the magnificent marble-floor Champagne bar to the ballroom fully restored to its original glory, is grand. Original features have been carefully preserved, including the guest-room doors and windows. Many of the rooms (although not all) are spacious with high ceilings, decorated in muted colors, and papered in elegant designs. The luxurious semicircular Champagne bar overlooks the station concourse, providing some visual theater for the visitors to this often-crowded bar.