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| Cardiff Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see photo_13 o.trevino Cardiff became the capital of Wales in 1955, but it has risen to the occasion pretty fast. The town is getting a real European capital like atmosphere and is very much alive and kicking. The area near Tiger Bay is completely being renovated there is a new Opera house. Cardiff is maybe more English than Swansea, but you have to be more Welsh than the Welsh if you let this fact stop you from enjoying yourself in this vibrant city! ___________History Edit This Cardiff's Roman History Cardiff was inhabited by Prehistorical settlers, but things didn't really get going until the Romans invaded England at the beginning of the first century CE and helped themselves to a sizable portion of what is now England and most of Wales. They built the first Cardiff castle in AD43, on the site of the present castle at the top of St Mary Street. The Welsh name for Cardiff, Caerdydd, dates from this period - coming from the name of the Roman General Aulus Didius - "Caerdidi", meaning "the Fort of Didius" Cardiff's Norman History Nothing much really happened of significance for the next 1000 years, until the Normans invaded England in 1066, before the turn of the century, Cardiff Castle was being rebuilt on it's Roman foundations and a small town grew up around it. The Industrial Revolution Cardiff stayed a small town until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In the 1790s, a canal was built linking Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil, and soon after a port was built. This marked the being of a massive explosion in population in both towns; an when Merthyr finished expanding in size, Cardiff had just begun, recieving coal from all the South Wales valleys, reaching its peak in 1913. Cardiff was granted city status in 1913, and in 1955 it was declared that it would be the Capital of Wales. __________Getting There Edit This [Add Global transport mode] By Air Edit This Cardiff is served by its own international airport, situated around 15 miles to the south west of the city centre - next to the small village of Rhoose in South Glamorgan. It is linked to the city centre via a bus link into the city's main bus station. There is also a shuttle bus to Roose Cardiff International Airport railway station, from where hourly trains leave for the city centre. This service leaves Platform 1 (with a final destination of Caerphilly). There is also a service into the small town of Bridgend, via Llantwit Major from Platform 2 (also more.. type: By Air World66 rating: [rate it] By Rail Edit This Cardiff Central - Caerdydd Canolog Cardiff has one main railway station which is served by intercity and interegional trains. Unsurprisingly this is called "Cardiff Central" or "Caerdydd Canolog" (to give it its Welsh title) It has 7 Platforms - Platforms 0,1 and 2 generally serve interegional trains which travel to such places as (although this list is not exhaustive) Manchester Piccadilly, Nottingham, Crewe, Portsmouth Harbour, Exeter, Gloucester, Penzance, Bristol Temple Meads and Newcastle upon more.. type: By Rail World66 rating: [rate it] By Road Edit This Cardiff is well served by road links to other parts of South Wales and the South West of England. Connections to North Wales are less well served. From the West (Swansea and Bridgend) Cardiff is bordered to the north by the M4 motorway - this generally marks the border between where the valleys stop and the city begins. The M4 links West London continuously to just outside the west of Swansea. One should exit the M4 at Junction 33 for a speedy dual carriageway (A4232) into Cardiff Bay and easy access to the south side of the more.. type: By Road World66 rating: [rate it] By Sea Edit This Not generally reccomended - There is no passenger ferry service into Cardiff; although freight will leave from time to time. There is however, a "River Bus" which links Penarth, Cardiff Bay and Cardiff City Centre (along the River Taff), which runs in the freshwater lake which was formed when the barrage in Cardiff Bay was built in the 1990's. This is generally used for tourist purposes - it can be quite useful to get around the city and also for the odd adventurous commuter from Penarth. There are also the occasional "pleasure steamers" more.. type: By Sea World66 rating: [rate it] __________Museums Edit This [Add Museum] Museum of Welsh Life Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: St. Fagans tel: 029 2057 3500 National Museum & Galleries of Wales Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Cathays Park tel: 029 2039 7951 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards (Welsh Cavalry) Regimental Museum Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Cardiff Castle, Castle St tel: 029 2022 2253 Council of Museums in Wales Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: The Courtyard, Letty St tel: 029 2022 5432 Welch Regiment Museum Edit This Address=The Black & Barbican Towers Cardiff Castle And Grounds type: general World66 rating: [rate it] tel: 029 2022 9367 ___________Bars and Cafes Edit This [Add Bar] The Slurping Toad Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Trinity St tel: 029 2066 6566 Tynant Inn Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Tynant Rd Morganstown tel: 029 2084 3009 The Golden Cross Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Hayes Bridge Rd 283 tel: 029 2039 4556 Owain Glyndwr Edit This Nice Welsh atmosphere with lots of good beer and food. Feels like a pub in the country allthough it is smack in the centre of the capital. type: general World66 rating: [rate it] Inncognito Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Park Place 29 tel: 029 2041 2190 The Canal Boat Inn Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: North Rd Blackweir 35 tel: 029 2034 1410 Bridge Inn Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Cowbridge Rd West 2 tel: 029 2055 3726 Butchers Arms Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: High St Llandaff tel: 029 2056 1898 Sam's Bar Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: St. Mary St 63 tel: 029 2034 5189 Traders Tavern Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: David St tel: 029 2023 8795 The Exchange Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: City Rd 76 tel: 029 2043 5921 The Village Inn Edit This type: general World66 rating: [rate it] address: Croescadarn Rd Pentwyn tel: 029 2054 2011 |