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DELEGATE EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF MEET / CWRDD Meetcardiff.com 02 DELEGATE EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF 03 EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF FOOD & DRINK FOOD & MASTERCLASSES URBAN FORAGING IN ONE OF • Several bars offer cocktail making BRITAIN’S LARGEST INNER CITY classes. The Alchemist offers a 60/90 GREEN SPACES DRINK minute class for up to 12 delegates. Explore Bute Park in the city centre • Barista classes at 200 Degrees and learn about the park’s plant, flower offers delegates a history of coffee, and mushroom species during this the journey from bean to cup, the foraging course. workings of the coffee machine. • Cocktail, ale and gin master classes COOKERY CLASSES are available for pre booked groups Sian Roberts from Loving Welsh Food at the Botanist and Cardiff Tasting Tour runs classes • Gin Tasting at Chapel 1887 includes featuring Welsh recipes including a talk on gin making and ‘show and the famous Welsh cakes. Alternative tell’ with some of the botanicals classes: Cornerhouse Cookery commonly used and tastings. Or Whitchurch, One Mile Bakery run by Cardiff Gin Club, a rustic pop up gin a former rugby player now a baker. bar. Fwrness, the award winning Welsh pizza company who have a stall in CITY OF ARCADES Cardiff Market, also have a pop up Cardiff is famous for its wonderful pizza van and offer pizza making Victorian arcades featuring demos. independent businesses such as cafes, bars and shops. Taking this a step NEW GREEN FOOD TOUR Hensol Castle, a Grade 1 building dating FARM SAFARI, COOKING SESSION further the Morgan Arcade can be Run by Loving Welsh Food, this coach/ from the 17thCentury and located 15 AND VINEYARD TOUR turned into a quirky dining room for walking food tour visits a variety of minutes from Cardiff, has opened a • Travel to the beautiful Heritage Coast 150 guests along with G&T bar using venues in and around Cardiff that distillery, restaurant, visitor experience outside Cardiff for a tractor tour at the Arcade’s stunning architecture as a actively promote sustainability by and gin school in the castle basement. Slade Farm Organics followed by backdrop. providing eco-shopping possibilities Delegates can enjoy a tour, talk on afternoon tea in the lovely farmhouse and using local food as much as history of gin and a tasting. There garden. BREWERY TOURS possible. The tours are available for is also the option of a hands-on gin • A cooking session can be run Small independent brewers are groups of up to 15 people and are making experience; distil and label your alongside the tractor tour at Slade appearing in our cities and Cardiff is no available in English, Welsh, French, own unique bottle of gin. Hensol Castle Farm organics. Group members can exception. Book into one of Cardiff’s Spanish, Italian and German. has a range of spaces for up to 300 compete to make the best Welsh micro breweries or take a Cardiff Craft delegates for meetings and up to 240 cakes or Glamorgan sausages! Beer Tour. Examples of breweries for dining. • The area has a number of high quality include Crafty Devil, Pipes Crafty Beer vineyards which can be incorporated Canton, Tiny Rebel’s Tap House and St WELSH CUISINE & CULTURE TRAIL in an itinerary. Canna’s Ale House. An interactive day out with Welsh food and drink suitable for groups 20-60 By increasing the number of CLINK RESTAURANT delegates. activities more delegates can also be Choose an acclaimed restaurant venue • Talk on Welsh food, food heritage and accommodated and split into groups. with a difference at Cardiff Prison! current trends followed by tastings • Welsh Cuisine & Culture Quest – a WELSH BANQUETS AT CARDIFF food hunt CASTLE • Lunch of Welsh tapas 04 DELEGATE EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF 05 EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF ADVENTURE & ACTIVITIES ADVENTURE & SUPERBOWL CARDIFF TASTING TOUR Cardiff’s Superbowl is located next to Walking Tour with Loving Welsh the Principality Stadium and offers ten Food visiting producers and retailers ACTIVITIES pin bowling, laser quest for groups and including tasting and 2 course lunch. a basement bar. Includes the famous Cardiff Market, a thriving Victorian market with food BAY BLAST & VISIT TO FLAT HOLM stalls including Ashtons fish stall which ISLAND sells laverbread and cockles and a Boat trip with guide along coast for great choice of cafes and street food up to 55 delegates and stop off at Flat outlets. Holm Island, a few miles off Cardiff Bay. SOPHIA GARDENS CRICKET MUSEUM PRINCESS KATHERINE Sophia Gardens Stadium is a cricket Boat transfers from Bute Park city and corporate venue with its own centre to Bay as an alternative to cricket museum. A visit can include a coach duration; 30 minutes, capacity tour of the museum. 90. TREETOP ADVENTURE GOLF BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS Mini golf in a jungle setting in Cardiff Places such as Wales Millennium city centre. There are two 18-hole Centre, National Museum Cardiff, New courses and catering can be organised Theatre, Senedd the Welsh Parliament, for groups of up to 60 delegates. BBC Wales, Cardiff City Stadium and Sophia Gardens Stadium all offer PLAY CRAZY GOLF AND DINE AT PAR organised pre-bookable tours for 59 groups. The basement crazy golf venue with bar and restaurant level in Cardiff city centre PRINCIPALITY STADIUM TOUR has newly opened with backing of Depot This iconic stadium and home of Welsh Cardiff and footballer Gareth Bale’s 11s rugby offers bespoke tours with a company. Space extends to 18,000 sq CARDIFF INTERNATIONAL WHITE FUN ACTIVITIES rugby legend; minimum number 15. ft site and the venue has a private area WATER A variety of fun activities can be which can be exclusively hired. This world-class white water rafting packaged including large inflatables, CARDIFF ARMS PARK TOUR venue with high ropes walk and other catapults, fat suits and bungee jumps, Join Karl Kruger Williams for a behind- activities is perfect for corporate and group photos of the day and a prize the-scenes tour of the world famous team building activities. for the winning team member. Other Cardiff Arms Park, taking in the history- activities include Team sport Indoor packed Trophy Room, hospitality NO FIT STATE CIRCUS Karting. boxes, changing rooms. Tour duration Cardiff is home to the acclaimed No 75 minutes and finishes in the Fit State Circus, who can provide ESCAPE ROOMS Clubhouse with a pint of Brains beer. a range of activities to enhance a Adventure Rooms with up to 14 function. Learn more about which themes including Mad Scientist for up GHOST TOURS Cardiff venues can accommodate to 40 delegates. There are also Escape Walking tour in the city centre or at St circus entertainment including aerial Rooms at Play at Pins alongside ten pin Fagans Natural History Museum on the performances. bowling. outskirts of Cardiff 06 7 EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF CREATING EDUTAINMENT DELEGATE WELLBEING HERITAGE TOURS CULTURE AND NATURE Delegates can take time out of their • Trees and Arboretum Walk exploring A number of Cardiff’s fascinating There are a number of venues which conference in Cardiff city centre and the park’s 41 ‘champion trees’. heritage buildings and sites offer offer a cultural experience for groups experience ‘forest bathing’ or shinrin- • The fascinating heritage of Bute Park guided tours including Cardiff Castle but also back to nature experiences yoku as part of their conference located adjacent to Cardiff Castle. (general tour, Clock Tower Tours). including St Fagans National Museum programme. Located right in the city • Bute Park Honey Bees – Meet the of History and Dyffryn Gardens (NT). centre and next to Cardiff Castle, Bute beekeepers and discover the Bute STORY OF COAL Park is just a few minutes stroll from Park honey bee story. Cardiff was once the world exporter TOURS OF ROYAL MINT Cardiff’s city conference venues and of coal. Learn about the international Discover the 1100 year old history of hotels. Cardiff Bay Tours can organise story of Welsh coal and the people coin making at Royal Mint Experience, bespoke Bay trails from Bay venues who mined it at the Welsh Mining located 30 minutes from Cardiff. A range of themed walks can be pre- to refresh, invigorate and interest Experience. Tour led by ex miner 90 booked with duration 45 minutes. delegates. Wellness and wellbeing minutes duration. Combine with a • Revive, Refresh, Reconnect is just classes are held at various venues in walking tour of Cardiff visiting the one example of a themed walk in Cardiff from Hotel spas to National Pierhead Building, the former Coal Bute Park which can be packaged for Museum Cardiff to open air in parks. Exchange and the Museum of Cardiff. conference clients 08 DELEGATE EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF 9 EXPERIENCES IN CARDIFF ENTERTAINMENT SPORTING EXPERIENCES Cardiff punches above its weight with Tickets and corporate hospitality 6 stadia and a range of top class sport packages can be organised for including rugby, cricket, footballand ice delegates at each stadium venue. PACKAGES hockey. • Principality Stadium home of Welsh • Cardiff City Stadium home of Cardiff rugby City Bluebirds Following a day’s intense conference BOOK YOUR OWN CLUB VENUE programme, Cardiff offers a range of Bootleggers in Womanby Street, well ideas for evening entertainment. known for its local music scene can be hired for a corporate party. Alternative DEPOT CARDIFF club venues include Clwb Ifor Bach. Depot is a large flexible venue space and the home of Bingo Lingo- an ROOFTOP PARTY VENUES outrageous take on the traditional Juno Lounge, Wellfield Road for 50 game of bingo. It accommodates guests. Jacob’s Market. The Botanist. conferences looking for an unusual Lab 22 rooftop terrace. • Sophia Gardens Stadium home of • Viola Arena home of Cardiff Devils ice Glamorgan Cricket hockey team venue, street food dining, and bespoke delegate entertainment experiences ENTERTAINMENT VENUES such as Club Tropicana and a cinema.