Attractions and Entertainment
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Chapter Arts Centre website
Market
Road, Canton, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2030 4400
Chapter offers an
everchanging programme of the best performance, films
and exhibitions from Wales and from around the world.
Chapter is the flagship for the contemporary arts in
Wales and is one of the largest complexes of its kind
in Europe. At this main site you'll find 3 theatres,
2 cinemas, a gallery, 2 bars and a café. |
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Riverside
Market website
Fitzhamon
Embankment, Cardiff
Weekly Farmers market
held Sundays until about 2pm. Great place to pick up
some real Welsh Food! |
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Victoria Park council website
Cowbridge Road East, Canton,
Cardiff
Victoria Park was
opened as the first official park in west Cardiff in
1897. It is laid out in classical Victorian style with
open air pool and is as popular today as it was when
it first opened. In the past, it use to house the small
Cardiff Zoo and the famous 'Billy the Seal' lived in
the park in the early 1900s, a statue marks his popularity. |
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Thompson's
Park council
website
Romilly Road, Canton,
Cardiff
One of Cardiff's oldest
parks which is also known as Sir David's Field. Given
to the City by Charles Thompson in 1911, it's a mixture
of gardens, woodland and open space. Also can be seen
is the delicate Peter Pan memorial statue. |
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Cardiff
City FC website
• unofficial
website • news
Ninian Park, Grangetown,
Cardiff • Tel (029) 2022 1001
Currently in the
Championship League (formerly Division 1), season runs
from late August to May. With the hopes of Premier status,
a new stadium is being built a few hundred yards opposite
on the old Leckwith moors and current athletics stadium.
Travel
information to Ninian Park from BBC Wales |
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Glamorgan
Cricket Club website
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
• Tel (029) 2040 9380
Season runs from
April to September. Most home matches are played at
Sophia Gardens, just outside the city centre, though
some matches are played at Swansea and North Wales. |
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Welsh
Institute of Sport website
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
• Tel (029) 2030 0500
Provides facilities
for both the Olympic athlete and those who may not be
quite so good.
(Copies of Key to the City™ available here) |
Eating and Drinking
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Le Gallois Welsh Restaurant
6-10 Romilly
Crescent, Pontcanna, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2034 1264
Award winning restaurant
serving quality Welsh and European cuisine created from local
produce. |
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La
Lupa Italian Restaurant
155 Cowbridge Road East,
Canton, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2022 3697
Very popular Italian
restaurant which delivers to its customers some of the
best Italian cuisine in the City. |
The Italian Way Italian
• 157 Cowbridge
Road East, Canton, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2039 6980
A bit smaller than La Lupa and
just next door. Also very popular.
Patagonia European
• 11 Kings Road, Canton, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2019 0265
Café style during the day, more formal in the evening for dinner. Highly rated for the quality of its food.
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Happy Gathering Chinese Restaurant
233 Cowbridge Road East,
Canton, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2039 7531
Excellent authentic chinese
restaurant, its popularity extends from the local chinese
population to the whole of Cardiff. Try the lunch time 'dim sum'. |
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Riverside
Cantonese Chinese Restaurant
44 Tudor Street, Riverside,
Cardiff • Tel (029) 2037 2163
Another great chinese
restaurant, excellent for evening dining. |
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Star Of Wales Indian Restaurant
438 Cowbridge Road East,
Canton, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2038 3222
Very good Indian restaurant,
huge portions filled with chunks of meat, its popularity
early evening proving that it's not just the after pub
diners who can enjoy a good curry. |
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Cardamom Indian Restaurant
442c Cowbridge Road East,
Canton, Cardiff • Tel (029) 2023 3506
Another great Indian,
voted Indian Restaurant of the year in 2004. |
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Pontcanna Cafés
Pontcanna Street, Pontcanna,
Cardiff
This street is full
of popular day time and evening cafés including Café
Brava, Diner 77 and the Cameo Club.
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Beverley
Hotel Pub
75 Cathedral Road, Pontcanna,
Cardiff • Tel (029) 2034 3443
One of the most popular
public bars in the area with beer garden in the front.
(Copies of Key to the City™ available here) |
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Robin Hood Pub
Severn Grove, Pontcanna,
Cardiff
Traditional local
Cardiff pub, popular with singer Charlotte Church.
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