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Cardiff Essential Guide 2015 CARDIFF THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE www.visitcardiff.com REACHING A ROCK STREETWISE INTO THE PAST CLASSIC & PROUD RHODRI MORGAN SHARES RADIO 1 DJ HUW STEPHENS DERI REED TAKES A HIS PERSONAL LINKS GETS TO THE HEART OF SIDEWAYS LOOK AT WITH HISTORY COOL CARDIFF CARDIFF FOR FOODIES ACCOMMODATION | ATTRACTIONS | DINING OUT | THEATRE | EVENTS | SHOPS 27 CONTENTS 22 CYCLING BETWEEN THE LINES 04 Olwen Moseley checks out Cardiff’s green and cultural credentials – by bike, of course. R EACHING INTO THE PAST 07 Rhodri Morgan shares his personal links with history. TICKING ALL THE BOXES 10 For Cardiff students, it’s all about the right choice at the right price – and staying in touch with the real world. BRY ONY’S BAY RUSH ST REETWISE & PROUD 14 At home on the water, white water guide Bryony 19 Deri Reed takes a sideways look at Cardiff for Rees finds a sporting haven in Cardiff. foodies – and adds his own special flavour. A ROCK CLASSIC HANDS -ON AND 16 BBC Radio One’s Huw Stephens gets 22 FAMILY FRIENDLY to the heart of cool Cardiff. Journalist Jenny Woolf visits Cardiff with her seven-year-old son – and gets a taste of the Capital. TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRES 26 The place to find all the up-to-date information you need. WHAT TO SEE & DO This document has been produced by Cardiff Council. 27 Cardiff is a city of attractions, sport, Designed by Escape To... Design Ltd 029 2089 1986 culture and entertainment. 56 10 14 27 10 22 8 14 WHERE TO STAY 46 Choose from 5* luxury accommodation to rooms on a budget. 16 TA KE YOUR PICK 56 Cardiff is just one of Wales’ holiday areas, each one with its distinct character. G ETTING HERE AND GETTING 60 AROUND Easy to reach from all over the UK, Cardiff is a very compact, 15 minute city. AREA MAPS 62 Maps of the Cardiff City region, City Centre, Cardiff Bay and Penarth. 1 WELCOME/CROESO WELCOME CROESO nce you visit Cardiff, we know you’ll nwaith y dewch i Gaerdydd – rydyn ni’n love our city. When you get here, the gwybod y byddwch chi wrth eich bodd Opeople of Cardiff will give you a very Ugyda’n dinas. Pan gyrhaeddwch yma, bydd warm Welsh welcome, so to give you a taste of trigolion Caerdydd yn rhoi croeso cynnes i chi, felly what to expect, we asked a few local people to tell i roi blas i chi ar yr hyn i’w ddisgwyl, gofynnon ni us why they love the capital of Wales. i rai pobl lleol y ddinas pam eu bod nhw’n dwlu ar Have a read of the guide for hints about where brifddinas Cymru. to go, where to eat and especially for what’s good Darllenwch ein canllaw am awgrymiadau ar ble i off the beaten track. So, get your skates on and fynd, ble i fwyta a chyfrinachau’r ddinas. come to visit us. We know you won’t Felly, dewch draw i’n gweld ni. Cewch chi ddim be disappointed. eich siomi. Enjoy your stay! Mwynhewch eich arhosiad! Nous sommes Wir wissen, dass Sie Cuando vengas a certains que vous Cardiff lieben werden, Cardiff, estamos aimerez Cardiff sobald Sie in unserer seguros de que te une fois que vous Stadt ankommen. encantará nuestra aurez visité notre ville. Vous Die Cardiffer werden Sie auf ciudad. Cuando llegues, la recevrez dès votre arrivée ihre besondere walisische gente de Cardiff te dará una un accueil à la galloise, très Art sehr herzlich willkommen cálida bienvenida galesa. chaleureux. Pour vous donner heißen. Damit Sie schon Para darte una idea de lo un aperçu de ce qui vous einen Vorgeschmack auf das que puedes esperar, hemos attend, nous avons ainsi erhalten, was auf Sie wartet, preguntado a unos cuantos demandé à quelques gens du fragten wir einige Einwohner, ciudadanos para que nos coin de nous dire pourquoi ils warum sie die walisische cuenten por qué aman la aimaient la capitale du pays Hauptstadt lieben. capital de Gales. de Galles. Wenn Sie den Leitfaden Echa un vistazo a la guía Le guide vous donnera des lesen, erhalten Sie Tipps, que te dará ideas sobre conseils sur les visites à faire et was sich lohnt zu besuchen, dónde ir, dónde comer y les endroits où vous restaurer, wo man gut essen kann und sobre todo, para conocer et vous aidera particulièrement insbesondere, was gut abseits los mejores lugares lejos à découvrir tous les petits vom Touristenrummel liegt. de las rutas habituales. Así secrets bien gardés de la ville. Also, machen Sie sich auf die que, no lo pienses y ven a Alors dépêchez-vous de nous Socken und besuchen Sie uns. visitarnos. Sabemos que no te rejoindre, vous ne serez Wir wissen, dass Sie nicht defraudará. pas déçus! enttäuscht werden. ¡Disfruta de tu estancia! Nous vous souhaitons un Genießen Sie Ihren Besuch! agréable séjour parmi nous! 3 CYCLING BETWEEN THE LINES OLWEN MOSELEY CHECKS OUT CARDIFF’S GREEN AND CULTURAL CREDENTIALS – BY BIKE, OF COURSE Words: CHARLES EDWARDS Olwen’s images: FFION MATTHEWS lwen Moseley is course leader of what the city is like. Old and new alongside in Graphic Communication at each other.” Cardiff Metropolitan University It’s a convenient starting point for visitors and she likes to look beyond the because Pedal Power is where you can go to hire obvious. You can follow Olwen’s the bikes, near the Swalec Stadium at Sophia OCardiff journey on foot, by bike – or you can miss Gardens. the best bits and go by bus, taxi or car. “If I visit First stop on Olwen’s cycle tour is Cardiff’s a city I want to see the main attractions but I’d shopping arcades. Victorian and Edwardian, they also want to find the underbelly of it. A bike helps are ‘spectacular’ for her. Olwen will park her bike you do that by taking you through all the bits the then walk through the arcades to Cardiff Central tourists miss, giving you a glimpse for the life of Market and on for coffee in the Hayes. the city,” she says. She warms to the theme: “The Corner House Olwen’s tour starts in Bute Park, on a route in is great because it has a good vantage point on the shadow of the Royal Welsh College of Music the plaza outside Cardiff’s new library. It’s a and Drama. “As you cycle through the park, you crossroad in the centre of town, with real life are almost in the heart of the city. Past the Taff about it. You could be in any European city there, river making its way out to Cardiff Bay alongside looking out at the world going by.” your trail, past rugby games on the fields, there’s The look and feel of the city are important to music drifting out from the rehearsal rooms at Olwen. She is director of the Cardiff Design the college. Ahead of you appears the Castle, Festival which celebrates design in the city for from nowhere, it’s magical. This is a real picture two very busy weeks in October. Her advice is: “Look up. Look beyond the shop fronts and in the spaces in between, you will see where a city has come from.” In Cardiff, that means especially raising the eye line in St Mary Street and The Hayes, where the Old Library, housing the Cardiff Story museum holds pride of place, facing back towards the new library, which has great views from its upper floors. The bike means Olwen can roam all over the city “If there were a good exhibition on at the National Museum, I’d go there or I would ▲ head to Chapter.” 1 John Burges’ stone animals on the castle walls. 2 Olwen outside the RWCMD. 3 Cardiff’s oldest arcade, Royal Arcade 1858. 1 4 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD). 5 Cardiff Castle viewed from Bute Park. 15 CREATIVE 2 3 4 5 15 6 Cardiff Festival. 7 The Norwegian Church. 8 BBC Cymru Wales’ Roath Lock studios. 9 Wales Millennium Centre. 10 Cardiff Bay boardwalk. It is a short ride to City Road/Albany Road areas, where G39, The Sho Gallery and Milkwood 7 give a contemporary take on the art scene. Back towards town, William Burges’ architecture in Museum Place and the castle’s animal wall stand out. The next stage of Olwen’s Cardiff Odyssey takes her to Cardiff Bay, either on the bike or by boat, using the water taxi that runs in season from Bute Park, past the Millennium Stadium, to the bay. “You get a different perspective on the city from the river, whether you cycle along it or float on it,” she says. “In some places the city turns its back on the river, so you see her warts and all. In others, you catch her full glory. It’s great fun!” 6 8 9 10 Once in the Bay, Olwen is drawn to the different architectural styles and ages of the Norwegian Church, the Senedd, Wales Millennium Centre and the Pierhead Building. “I would go to Craft in the Bay, have lunch, pop in for a peek at the Coal Exchange, then head for the barrage and cycle across to Penarth.” There, she will find Ffotogallery at Turner House and Penarth Pier. 6 HERITAGE REACHING INTO THE PAST RHODRI MORGAN SHARES HIS PERSONAL LINKS WITH HISTORY Words: ED TOWNSEND Rhodri’s image: FFION MATTHEWS s a local resident 40 years ago, Rhodri Morgan rolled up his sleeves and painted walls to help turn the abandoned ACanton High School into Chapter Arts centre.
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