One of the best cities in the world. Big enough to have everything you need. Small enough to feel cosy and friendly. Add to that amazing beaches and mountains all within an hour's drive.
This is great since I've been studying Cardiff Castle lately. Interesting fact: Cardiff Castle is directly south of Edinburgh Castle and directly west of Windsor Castle. So the three capitals of the UK, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London, all contain castles that are at a right angle at Cardiff Castle.
I'm from Cardiff and I recommend visiting Castle Coch just outside of Cardiff, St Fagans Folk Museum,the Natural History Museum which is in the city centre, and take a visit to the town of Penarth which has one of the last remaining victorian piers on its sea front.
The stunning red brick building is the Norwegian Church which has a Wiki page. Cardiff was truly an international city during the industrial revolution, the history of Welsh life at St Fagans is an awesome day out.
Great tips. I lived in Cardiff 15 years ago and the city has really changed in a good way. Another fun place to visit is the museum of Welsh life in st Fagans on the outskirts of the city and if you can travel further afield the big pit mi I get museum is a really interesting day out where you can visit an actual coal mine underground
@@samuelandaudrey Well at least,you could have a piece,and all I could was watching you eating & salivating! Lol.Thanx for the fun video of Wales & liking my comment! This video of you guys made me really want to go there someday!
The Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans, just outside Cardiff, free to get in as well, Castel Coch another just out side Cardiff at Tafs Wells, Big Pit in Blaenavon and the Rhondda Heritage Museum in the Rhondda, both about 20 miles from Cardiff
I must admit I don't normally like these videos, I find them just a tad cringy to hear others speak about your city. But, not the case for this video! I'm so happy you guys actually enjoyed yourselves, and staying somewhere just out of the City center like Pontcanna was such an amazing choice, then you get to see the little quirks our neighbourhoods have, such as the tiny market etc. Thank you for coming and giving us a good name! It's so refreshing! If you ever come back you should also check out Penarth, a short bus ride from the city center (across the water from the bay), they also have some amazing places to eat on the seafront x
Diolch for that. I also recommend the National Museum of Wales which has a stunning exhibition about evolution in Cymru and loads of top quality art. I also recommend watching Cymru play, the national football team. Based on the amount of football teams and players in Cymru, football is by far the national sport of Cymru. The singing and expression of Cymraeg culture at the games is top notch.
Excellent indeed, we will be there from London for a couple of days, prior to a train to Edinburgh. Extremely excited and will follow your tips 👍 thank you for ur pleasant and informative tour. I subscribed 😅
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All I need is a 5 minute bus, I live in Barry so I'd agree with you recommending, only on a sunny day tho, a nice walk down a steep hill and I'd recommend going to a place called the Ship, food their is Very Very Good
@@samuelandaudrey hmm, well if you visit again I’d definitely suggest checking out Castell Coch and the woodland around there, it’s a pretty beautiful place :D
While in Wales, do not miss THE TOP of Mt. Snowdon. But book ahead on the cog wheel train going up there out of Llanberis because it is almost always sold out on any given day. Snowdon Mountain Railway is 4.7 miles of true UK beauty to the summit of Snowdon in Snowdonia National Park. Then the nearby walled centro city of Caernarfon is very interesting too. Bob - in dry New Mexico, USA having moved here from Florida which ALL got totally whacked in the last couple of days.
Do also visit Castell Coch, just outside Cardiff, the National Museum and Gallery of Wales, and Southerndown beach, also not far from the city. Further afield in Wales, there's Tintern Abbery and the Wye valley, the Brecon Beacons, the beaches of Gower and Pembrokeshire, lovely mountainous Snowdonia.
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You should have popped to Roath park there` a boating lake beautiful gardens and the memorial to Scot of the Antarctic his ship left Cardiff on his tragic mission to the South Pole also if you could have gone to Barry Island its only 30 minutes by train
You've got taste. Cardiff is a brilliant city. And only about 60 miles from where I live too! By road or rail it would take 1 1/2 hours to get there from my place. You need a bit of work pronouncing places names beginning with "Ll", like Llandaff for example!You can get to see rugby games in Cardiff in February and March each year - there is the annual Six Nations tournament between England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy. Also there's Autumn Internationals in November and December, each year (except Rugby World Cup years, next one 2019 and then 2023 and every 4 years after that), where Wales play 4 games against mostly Southern Hemisphere sides, like New Zealand, Australia and South Africa for example
I go there every October. A hobby of mine is running, and I take part in the cty's annual half marathon which is every October. It's the UK's second biggest half marathon, with 25,000 people taking part last year
St Fagans National Museum of History is a must see. It has a collection of buildings that have been relocated from different parts of Wales and rebuilt. The ages of the buildings range from many hundreds of years old to much more recent ones. It's only a short ride from the city centre by bus and is free to get in. museum.wales/stfagans/
Yay you came to Wales, It's so beautiful and green and we have so many great castles and beaches. We are off to New York soon so will be watching your New York video again. Shame the Dr Who Experience has now closed :(
Thank you! We sure enjoyed our time in Wales. Had we been healthier we would have explored more castles and beaches. Oh, that is exciting to hear! Hope you have a great time in NYC :)
Was wondering where are you guys from and will you go back thier in the future to make videos or visit ?? Love your videos , both of you are so lucky to travel the 🌎 ! ✌✌
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Hi guys.... Nice video... I plan to visit Wales next week but unable to find enough information about how to get around in Wales ... Basically what is the public transport like ? Please could you help? Thanks
You would be extremely lucky to rock up in Cardiff a couple of days before an international rugby match and expect to get a ticket, at least through official channels. However, if you're prepared to wait around in the street outside the main entrance until right up until kick off, it's quite common for latecomers with a spare ticket to try and sell it, and as they're running late you can pick one up for around 20 quid, in fact one time I saw someone just give a ticket away for free. Avoid the professional ticket touts though, their prices will stay high.
I can't believe this. I've been binge watching your channel ever since watching a video on Budapest and loving your advice and here I find not only have you been to Cardiff, not only were you staying in my neighbourhood of Pontcanna, you were staying a stone's throw from where I lived at the time! (King's Road) You lucked out with Pontcanna, I'm biased but it's the best place to live in Cardiff in my experience. Sad to report that since your visit, Y Mochyn Du has closed and the Dr Who experience is gone, but there's a lot for you to come back and see that you may not have seen first time around. Y Mochyn Du was good for a 'pub grub' experience, but there's a tonne of great restaurants in the area such as Milkwood, Dusty Knuckle, Bully's and Heaney's, as well as Canna Deli for an authentic Welsh food experience. In the city centre there's some things you missed such as the National Museum and City Hall. Near Pontcanna there's also Insole Court and Thompson's Park which are nice spots for pics and relaxing, and Chapter Arts Centre for a more artistic/creative side of Cardiff. I'd recommend hiring a car to get around the surrounding areas so you can get a little further out to visit The Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagans (recently renovated), the beach at Southerndown (Dunraven Bay), the historic town of Llantwit Major, and the "fairy tale castle" at Castell Coch. My wife and I are dog walkers as well, so I'm super bummed that we didn't bump into you for the short time you were in town, we would definitely have shared the dog love! Also, lastly, if you feel like you've done Cardiff, please don't think that's all Wales has to offer. Head up to Gwynedd and see what Y Gogledd have to offer. It's so beautiful up there and the people are so lovely that I think you'd really enjoy it, but you really do need a car to get around up there and have to be prepared to drive on very small roads! Some great places to see up there are Caernarfon, Conwy, Llanrwst (google Tu Hwnt I'r Bont Tearooms and you'll fall in love), Betwys-y-Coed and Portmeirion... but even that's just a taster. So happy you came to Wales!
Thank you very much! Sorry to hear about Y Mochyn Du! We loved Pontcanna and found locals so friendly the entire time we visited. We had a great meal and it was our first time trying many delicious Welsh dishes. I hope we can come back someday to explore more of Wales!
Thank you so much for all your recommendations. It is complete - places and restaurants - I’m visiting your Cardiff at the moment and what you recommended is just what I wanted, better than the tourist information.
@@clarajackson7079 No worries Clara! A couple of those restaurants closed during the pandemic, but some new ones have popped up too. Enjoy Cardiff, it's a wonderful city!
@@kinopiko01 they're just the normal high street ones really with a couple less famous ones. Safe bet without a doubt but hardly the best food the city has to offer. You'll find that out of the main shopping malls.
@@samuelandaudrey No worries. My recommendations, food-wise, are battered sausage, rissole, which you can get at chip shops and Welsh cawl and rarebit.
The restaurant they visited called barkers was very poor and massively over priced ...£ 2.99 for a CAN.. yes CAN of water ... full breakfast was £9 ... didn't include tea and was small ... 4000 beans to make up for the lack of sausages
I would love to visit Cardiff one day I only knew about some popular cities in UK but I was curious to read and watch about Cardiff after I have seen RAchel from X factor , she is from there , have U seen her by any chance
