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Sample Tours

Some tours I particularly enjoy:

THE ‘ALLEYWAYS AND BYWAYS’ OF CARDIFF AND SURROUNDING AREA

• Explore Cardiff’s nooks and crannies with their inner secrets; the city's imposing Civic Centre; Cardiff's domination of the global coal industry as the world’s largest coal exporting port to today’s regenerated Cardiff Bay.   Discover the ‘Rolls Royce’ of the UK’s fine-porcelain industry; the world’s largest export mint; Wales’ largest castle; a romantic fairy tale castle nestling in the woods just north of Cardiff; the picturesque Llandaff village and imposing Cathedral; how Wales’ social history is brought to life at an award-winning museum.

A HIDDEN GEM - THE RURAL AND IDYLLIC VALE OF GLAMORGAN

• Just west of Cardiff, the most southerly county in Wales focuses on agriculture, wine-making, gin distilling and the Glamorgan Heritage Coast with its impressive Jurassic coast.  Explore the site of early Celtic Christianity that includes the UK’s oldest seat of learning.  Take in prehistoric burial chambers and a charming Georgian market town.  Tour an Edwardian garden and exotic arboretum, and learn about Wales’ very own ‘Great Escape’.  

WALES - THE WORLD’S FIRST INDUSTRIALISED NATION

• Celebrate Wales’ extraordinary industrial heritage, with its impressive cultural and social legacy, and a truly unique character and sense of community.   Take in an UNESCO World Heritage Site in ‘The Big Pit’ and surrounding industrial landscape.  Discover Wales’s ‘Angel of the North and the birthplace of the NHS.  Explore Wales’ iron industry, cradle of the UK’s Industrial Revolution and a remarkable centre of innovation.

DELVE INTO THE RUGGED BEAUTY OF MID WALES’ HINTERLAND

• the rolling expanse of the Brecon Beacons with its whisky-tasting opportunity; visit Europe’s largest rural affairs festival and the famous Dambusters’ training site; feed Wales’ national bird – the majestic RED KITE; uncover the story of the 13thC ‘Welsh Braveheart’ and notable Victorian entrepreneurs;  meet the skilled craftsmen making a wedding gift fit for Britain’s future King; discover Wales’ ancient capital, seat of its first Parliament, and the splendour of a medieval Castle with celebrated Baroque gardens; enjoy Wales’ iconic narrow-gauge railways that inspired the perennial children's favourite  ‘Thomas the Tank'

THE BIRTHPLACE OF UK TOURISM – THE MAJESTIC AND AWE-INSPIRING WYE VALLEY & MONMOUTH

5. The Gateway to Wales is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, dominated by the ethereal grandeur and beauty of Tintern Abbey; visit a world-famous literary festival; explore the site of the first stone castle in Wales;  learn about a ‘Musical Hogwarts’, a unique residential recording studio.  Take in the rich history of a new Welsh city, Newport, and the renowned ancient Roman fortress of Caerleon and Celtic town of Caerwent. 

THE GARDENS AND STATELY HOMES OF SOUTH EAST WALES

• Visit Wales’ finest example of Edwardian Gardens with an exotic arboretum.  Tour the UK’s most outstanding example of a Stuart Restoration House.  Explore one of Wales’ best family attractions north of Cardiff -  a unique example of Tudor defensive features that came into its own during the Restoration period. 

CASTLES OF MID AND SOUTH EAST WALES

• Cardiff Castle with its rich history has dominated the City Centre landscape for centuries.  Visit Wales' largest castle, second only to Windsor, famed for its impenetrable defences and leaning tower.   Enjoy a romantic, fairytale Castle combining vivic Victorian architecture with untold wealth - nestling in forests north of Cardiff.  Explore Wales's first stone Castle, and the grandeur of medieval castle in mid Wales, with its celebrated Baroque gardens