Attractions in Cardiff

Animal Wall

Wall of carved animals designed by William Burges, moved to its place west of the castle entrance in the early 1930s.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

BayArt

Art gallery and workshop space in Butetown, in the streets behind the waterfront.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Bishop's Palace, Llandaff

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Bute Park (Parc Bute)

Parco e arboreto di 130 acri (53 ettari) che un tempo facevano parte dei terreni di Cardiff Castle.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Cardiff Arms Park

Rugby ground beside the Principality Stadium, home of Cardiff Rugby, and host of the 1958 Empire and Commonwealth Games.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Cardiff Bay Barrage

Barrage across the mouth of the bay between Queen Alexandra Dock and Penarth Head, operated by Cardiff Harbour Authority.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve

Reserve of about 8 hectares beside the bay, opened for wildlife in 2002 after the barrage was built.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Cardiff Castle (Castell Caerdydd)

Mura romane, un mastio normanno e interni vittoriani nel centro città; il sito del castello racconta 2,000 anni di storia.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Cardiff City Stadium

Football stadium in Leckwith, home of Cardiff City and of the Wales national team.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Cardiff International White Water

White-water rafting centre at the International Sports Village, built to an Olympic standard.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Cardiff M.A.D.E.

Gallery and arts space in Roath showing work by local artists and makers.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Cardiff Market (Marchnad Caerdydd)

Mercato coperto vittoriano nel centro della città, noto anche come Cardiff Central Market.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Castell Coch

Castello neogotico del 19° secolo sopra Tongwynlais, costruito sul sito di un castello normanno e gestito da Cadw.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Cathays Cemetery

One of the UK's largest cemeteries at 110 acres, listed on the Cadw register of historic parks and gardens.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Cathays Park and Alexandra Gardens

Civic centre of early 20th-century public buildings around a central garden, Alexandra Gardens.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Chapter Arts Centre

Arts centre in Canton, opened in 1971, with cinema, theatre, exhibitions and a café-bar.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

City Hall

Grade I listed Edwardian Baroque city hall in Portland stone, opened in 1906 as part of the Cathays Park civic centre.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Coal Exchange

Renaissance Revival trading hall of 1888 that became a hub of the world coal trade; now the Exchange Hotel.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Firing Line Museum

Regimental museum of the Queen's Dragoon Guards and the Royal Welsh, inside the Cardiff Castle grounds.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Insole Court

Grade II* listed Victorian Gothic mansion of 1855 in Llandaff, built for James Harvey Insole, with gardens and a café.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Llandaff Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf)

Cattedrale e chiesa parrocchiale della Chiesa in Galles a Llandaff, sede del vescovo di Llandaff.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Mermaid Quay

Waterfront development opened in 1999 with restaurants, bars, cafés and shops, and the waterbus stop in front.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Museum of Cardiff (Amgueddfa Caerdydd)

Museo gratuito sulla storia della città, nell’edificio della Old Library, classificato Grade II*.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Museum of Welsh Cricket

Museum of the history of cricket in Wales, at the Sophia Gardens ground.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

National Museum Cardiff (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd)

Museo e galleria d'arte gratuiti, con mostre che vanno dall'arte contemporanea ai dinosauri, parte di Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Norwegian Church Arts Centre

Edificio religioso simbolo di Cardiff Bay, oggi centro artistico con vista sul lungomare.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Oriel Canfas

Gallery in Canton run by an artists' co-operative, with studios and changing exhibitions.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Pierhead Building (Adeilad y Pierhead)

Edificio del 1897 tutelato di Grade I a Cardiff Bay, costruito come sede della Bute Dock Company.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Pontcanna Fields and Llandaff Fields

Adjoining parks of 157 and 70 acres on the west bank of the Taff, with tree-lined avenues and the Taff Trail.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Principality Stadium (Stadiwm Principality)

Stadio nazionale del Galles, con tetto retrattile e una capienza abituale di 73,931 posti, a pochi minuti a piedi da Cardiff Central.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Roald Dahl Plass

Bowl-shaped public space named after the Cardiff-born author, in front of the Wales Millennium Centre.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Roath Park (Parc y Rhath)

Parco con un lago di 30 acri (12 ettari), 1,3 miglia (2,1 km) di perimetro, su un’ex torbiera a nord-est del centro.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Senedd

Sede del Senedd (Parlamento gallese), l'organo eletto che legifera per il Galles, sul lungomare di Cardiff Bay.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Sophia Gardens cricket ground

Test cricket ground on the River Taff and home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Spillers Records

Record shop founded in 1894 and described as the oldest in the world, now in the Morgan Arcade.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

St Fagans National Museum of History (Sain Ffagan)

Museo all'aperto gratuito sulla vita gallese, con edifici storici, una fattoria e un parco alla periferia di Cardiff.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

St John the Baptist Church

Grade I listed parish church; apart from the castle, it is the only medieval building left in the city centre.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Techniquest

Centro scientifico a Cardiff Bay con esposizioni interattive, un teatro della scienza, un planetario e un laboratorio.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Temple of Peace

Non-religious civic building by Sir Percy Thomas in Cathays Park, the Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

The Gate Arts Centre

Community arts centre on Keppoch Street in Roath, with a programme of dance, music, theatre, singing, visual arts and writing.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Victoria Park

Victorian park of nearly 20 acres in Canton, created in 1897-98 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, with a paddling pool.

• Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff, Cardiff

Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru)

Centro nazionale delle arti del Galles a Cardiff Bay, su un'area di 7.5 acri (3 ettari).

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Wartime Shelters at Cardiff Castle

Tunnels in the castle walls used as air-raid shelters in the Second World War, part of a castle visit.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

Welsh National War Memorial

First World War memorial by Sir Ninian Comper in Alexandra Gardens, unveiled in 1928.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Womanby Street

One of Cardiff's oldest streets, with a name of Norse origin, which once linked the castle to its quay; now a street of music venues.

• City centre and Cardiff Castle, Cardiff