Guidebook for Cardiff

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Guidebook for Cardiff

Food Scene

Great Coffee and on the doorstep
18 locals recommend
Coffee#1 Pontcanna
217 Cathedral Rd
18 locals recommend
Great Coffee and on the doorstep
Great reputation and the closest City Center restaurant, fantatstic range of Gins too !
50 locals recommend
The Potted Pig
27 High St
50 locals recommend
Great reputation and the closest City Center restaurant, fantatstic range of Gins too !
Local with good Ales (CAMRA) and The Burger is outstanding.
15 locals recommend
The Cricketers
66 Cathedral Rd
15 locals recommend
Local with good Ales (CAMRA) and The Burger is outstanding.
Great local food and good ale selection but alway book ahead for a reservation
27 locals recommend
The Conway
58 Conway Rd
27 locals recommend
Great local food and good ale selection but alway book ahead for a reservation
Great breakfast place, very local and also turns into a Bistro at night where you can take your own wine with you!
23 locals recommend
Brava Cafe
71 Pontcanna St
23 locals recommend
Great breakfast place, very local and also turns into a Bistro at night where you can take your own wine with you!
The café provides park users with hot and cold refreshments, a beautiful seating area, and views of the herbaceous border. It is popular with families with children as it is the closest café to the woodland balance trail – great for the young or young at heart
Summerhouse Cafe
Bute Park
The café provides park users with hot and cold refreshments, a beautiful seating area, and views of the herbaceous border. It is popular with families with children as it is the closest café to the woodland balance trail – great for the young or young at heart
A tapas bar and restaurant serving food and drink typical of northern Spain in the heart of the Welsh capital.
25 locals recommend
Curado Bar
2 Guildhall Pl
25 locals recommend
A tapas bar and restaurant serving food and drink typical of northern Spain in the heart of the Welsh capital.
Great burgers and hot dogs is worth a trip if you've got the car
Caerphilly Mountain Snack Bar
Mountain Road
Great burgers and hot dogs is worth a trip if you've got the car

Drinks & Nightlife

Local late restaurant and late night wine bar open until 2am but you need to be inside BEFORE 10pm as a strict members only access after 10pm!
17 locals recommend
Cameo Club - Pontcanna
3 Pontcanna St
17 locals recommend
Local late restaurant and late night wine bar open until 2am but you need to be inside BEFORE 10pm as a strict members only access after 10pm!
This place is multi-dimensional with cafe style restaurant, great range of beers, family freindly until 9pm and also has a cinema, art exhibitions and live music events.
112 locals recommend
Chapter Arts Centre
Market Road
112 locals recommend
This place is multi-dimensional with cafe style restaurant, great range of beers, family freindly until 9pm and also has a cinema, art exhibitions and live music events.
Tramshed is a music and arts venue in Cardiff, Wales, located in a Grade II-listed building that was once the old tram depot for west Cardiff. The newly redeveloped venue opened to the public in October 2015
50 locals recommend
Tramshed
Clare Road
50 locals recommend
Tramshed is a music and arts venue in Cardiff, Wales, located in a Grade II-listed building that was once the old tram depot for west Cardiff. The newly redeveloped venue opened to the public in October 2015
Within 10 minutes walk to the City Center, this offbeat, brick-walled bar with themed rooms serves craft beers and ciders and creative burgers.
34 locals recommend
Tiny Rebel Cardiff
25 Westgate St
34 locals recommend
Within 10 minutes walk to the City Center, this offbeat, brick-walled bar with themed rooms serves craft beers and ciders and creative burgers.
'BAR OPEN' events - welcome all**. Courtyard is a people, child and dog friendly venue - they only ask that all children and pets are accompanied by an adult when in attendance. BAR OPEN's 12noon and serves till 10pm, check website for which weekends their open.
17 locals recommend
Pipes™ (Artisan Brewery)
183A Kings Rd
17 locals recommend
'BAR OPEN' events - welcome all**. Courtyard is a people, child and dog friendly venue - they only ask that all children and pets are accompanied by an adult when in attendance. BAR OPEN's 12noon and serves till 10pm, check website for which weekends their open.
As its name suggests, CaféJAZZ is an establishment founded on a love of hosting the best jazz sounds new and old, local and international. At CaféJAZZ you can be sure of a warm welcome, friendly and high quality service and delicious food at good prices - and all of this whilst enjoying live performances from some of the world's finest jazz musicians.
Cafe Jazz
21 St Mary St
As its name suggests, CaféJAZZ is an establishment founded on a love of hosting the best jazz sounds new and old, local and international. At CaféJAZZ you can be sure of a warm welcome, friendly and high quality service and delicious food at good prices - and all of this whilst enjoying live performances from some of the world's finest jazz musicians.

Sightseeing

You can cycle and or walk along the river Taff for 10km to visit Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales.
168 locals recommend
Castell Coch
168 locals recommend
You can cycle and or walk along the river Taff for 10km to visit Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales.
Cardiff’s waterfront offers heaps to do – funky bars, playgrounds, boat trips and attractions. ... Top things to see and do in Cardiff Bay. Cardiff’s waterfront offers heaps to do – eateries, boat trips and cultural attractions.
111 locals recommend
Bae Caerdydd/Cardiff Bay station
Bute Street
111 locals recommend
Cardiff’s waterfront offers heaps to do – funky bars, playgrounds, boat trips and attractions. ... Top things to see and do in Cardiff Bay. Cardiff’s waterfront offers heaps to do – eateries, boat trips and cultural attractions.
376 locals recommend
Cardiff Castle
Castle St
376 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people
328 locals recommend
St Fagans National Museum of History
328 locals recommend
St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum in Cardiff chronicling the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people
Within walking distance, the New Theatre in Cardiff is Wales' number one venue for the best in drama, musicals, dance, children's shows and pantomime.
54 locals recommend
New Theatre
Park Place
54 locals recommend
Within walking distance, the New Theatre in Cardiff is Wales' number one venue for the best in drama, musicals, dance, children's shows and pantomime.
Within walking distance through the park, the National Museum Cardiff is the museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales.
221 locals recommend
National Museum Cardiff
221 locals recommend
Within walking distance through the park, the National Museum Cardiff is the museum and art gallery in Cardiff, Wales.
22 locals recommend
Sherman Theatre
Senghennydd Road
22 locals recommend

Getting Around

£5 bus to Cardiff Central
23 locals recommend
Cardiff Airport
23 locals recommend
£5 bus to Cardiff Central
£15 by National Express Coach
72 locals recommend
Bristol Airport
72 locals recommend
£15 by National Express Coach
Aquabus operates an hourly boat service in between Cardiff Castle grounds in the city centre to Mermaid Quay in the Bay. The boat is suitable for passengers with wheelchairs, pushchairs and bikes.
Aquabus
9 Ocean Buildings
Aquabus operates an hourly boat service in between Cardiff Castle grounds in the city centre to Mermaid Quay in the Bay. The boat is suitable for passengers with wheelchairs, pushchairs and bikes.
Hire of two wheel bikes that can be used throughout Cardiff, the Bay and the whole Taff Trail.
7 locals recommend
Pedal Power
Dogo Street
7 locals recommend
Hire of two wheel bikes that can be used throughout Cardiff, the Bay and the whole Taff Trail.

Parks & Nature

28 locals recommend
Pontcanna Fields
42 Fields Park Rd
28 locals recommend
181 locals recommend
Bute Park
North Road
181 locals recommend
14 locals recommend
Llandaff Fields station
14 locals recommend
11 locals recommend
Cooper's Field
11 locals recommend

Entertainment & Activities

Science Discovery Centre in Cardiff Bay with 120 hands-on interactive exhibits, a science theatre, planetarium, and a lab.
91 locals recommend
Techniquest
Stuart Street
91 locals recommend
Science Discovery Centre in Cardiff Bay with 120 hands-on interactive exhibits, a science theatre, planetarium, and a lab.
Football
77 locals recommend
Cardiff City Stadium station
Leckwith Road
77 locals recommend
Football
Rugby
11 locals recommend
Cardiff Blues
Westgate Street
11 locals recommend
Rugby
Cricket
46 locals recommend
Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground
Sophia Walk
46 locals recommend
Cricket
30 inutes drive away BikePark Wales is the UK's first full scale mountain bike park in the heart of the South Wales valleys, built by riders for riders.
128 locals recommend
Bike Park Wales
128 locals recommend
30 inutes drive away BikePark Wales is the UK's first full scale mountain bike park in the heart of the South Wales valleys, built by riders for riders.
17 locals recommend
Vue Cardiff
Wood Street
17 locals recommend
324 locals recommend
Principality Stadium
Westgate Street
324 locals recommend
54 locals recommend
Doctor Who Experience
54 locals recommend
At only £4.00 per person the Cardiff Visitor Pass offers lots of good discounts and can be ordered online without the need to actually visit the tourist information centre.
7 locals recommend
Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre
7 locals recommend
At only £4.00 per person the Cardiff Visitor Pass offers lots of good discounts and can be ordered online without the need to actually visit the tourist information centre.