on an hour long walk at a gentle pace through the heart of this most compact of city centres you can hear countless stories of a town long gone and see the clues that remain.
City Hall stands in the heart of Cardiff. It is the centrepiece of one of the world’s finest civic centres, an area of impressive buildings, landscaped gardens and broad tree-lined avenues.
The Great Orme Tramway has been delighting visitors since it opened on July 31st 1902. An engineering marvel of its age, it's still the only cable-hauled tramway still operating on British public roads.
Spectacularly set in the beautiful Tywi valley of Carmarthenshire, Aberglasney Gardens have been an inspiration to poets since 1477.
The Woodland Gardens around Picton Castle extend to about 40 acres. This is home for a feast of wild flowers, ancient oaks, beeches and many other mature trees intermingled with a unique collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolia, camellias, myrtle, embothrium and eucriphia bred over 40 years.
Situated in the heart of Cardiff’s elegant civic centre, today the National Museum Cardiff houses Wales’s national art, natural history and geology collections, as well as major touring and temporary exhibitions.
The perfect place to start your visit to Cardiff!
Just 50 minutes from Cardiff by boat experience the unique environment of Flat Holm Island. Rich in wildlife and steeped in history.
Enjoy a close-up view onto a wonderful cliff-side nesting colony, with binoculars and telescopes provided. You'll be able to watch guillemots, razorbills and puffins all raising their young, while live television pictures give you an even closer view of the nests!
The Wales Coast Path is the longest continuous coastal path in the world. Along its length there are hundreds of harbours, coves, inlets – and, of course, beaches. But which one will be your favourite?
St Mary’s Church restored to the city the name of the first monastic church to be built in Cardiff in 1080.