Where to Stay in Cardiff
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Information about Cardiff
Cardiff is one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving capital cities in the British Isles, a compact and welcoming city that has transformed itself over recent decades from a post industrial port into a confident and culturally vibrant destination that surprises and delights in equal measure.
The city’s transformation is most visible at Cardiff Bay, where the former docklands that once made Cardiff one of the busiest coal exporting ports in the world have been reborn as a waterfront quarter of restaurants, galleries, theatres and public spaces of genuine quality and ambition. The Wales Millennium Centre, housing the Welsh National Opera and a constellation of other arts organisations, is a building of striking architectural confidence, its bronze steel facade and monumental inscriptions in Welsh and English announcing Cardiff’s cultural ambitions to the world. The Senedd, the home of the Welsh Parliament, sits nearby in a building of equal architectural distinction.
The city centre retains a Victorian and Edwardian grandeur that reflects Cardiff’s rapid growth during the coal boom of the nineteenth century. The covered arcades, among the finest in the British Isles, thread through the city centre in an elegant network of independent shops, cafes and businesses that give Cardiff a retail character quite unlike any other British city. Cardiff Castle and the nearby Castell Coch, both transformed by the extraordinary Victorian architect William Burges for the Marquess of Bute, are among the most flamboyant and fascinating historic buildings in Wales.
Roath, Pontcanna and the Canton districts offer a more neighbourhood feel, with independent restaurants, street food markets and a creative community that gives the city a depth beyond its civic centre. Llandaff, a short distance from the centre, has a cathedral of great beauty set in a village like close that feels remarkably peaceful given its proximity to the capital.
Whether you are looking for a waterfront break at Cardiff Bay, a city centre stay steeped in Victorian architecture, a cultural weekend of theatre and galleries or simply a warm Welsh welcome in one of Britain’s most liveable and enjoyable capitals, Cardiff is a city that never fails to deliver.
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