Welcome to the Cardiff Day Out section. Here you'll find Cardiff's best attractions, tours within the city, or around Cardiff Bay, key shopping areas and specialist markets, hidden away cafés and, for the adventurous, popular sport and leisure activities.
Cardiff has enough attractions to easily fill a weekend visit. From the Castle to the National Museum of Wales, from a day out to St Fagans or a stroll down to Cardiff Bay, you'll find it all here.
Here you'll find details of popular tours within the city and to Cardiff Bay. Also tours to neighbouring towns and counties. We also include information of cycle hire here so you can go and explore the city yourself!
Cardiff has a very compact shopping centre which since the opening of the new section of the Saint David's Shopping Centre seems to go on forever! We also include historic arcades, city markets, major stores and unique independent shops.
For a bite to eat during the day, Cardiff has plenty of unique cafés hidden away throughout the city centre. There are also plenty of chain coffee shops on the main streets but at the moment we only list the popular independent ones here.
From rugby to football, cricket to ice hockey, Cardiff is home to the nation's top sporting events. We include the most popular sports here as well as other leisure activities that you might find of interest.
Vandals 'destroying' popular Cardiff bike-sharing scheme - BBC News (10 Jul 2019) 
Cardiff's St Fagans wins 2019 UK Museum of the Year - BBC News (4 Jul 2019)
Cardiff Bay: Russell T Davies objects to zip wire plans - BBC News (13 Jun 2019)
Cardiff's Bute Park celebrates 70th anniversary - BBC News (30 Mar 2019)
Cardiff homelessness problem is the 'worst in decades' - BBC News (3 Mar 2019)
Homeless tents removed from Cardiff city centre - BBC News (8 Feb 2019)
£30m St Fagans museum Cardiff revamp complete - BBC News (18 Oct 2018)
Cardiff's House Of Fraser store will not close, says landlord - BBC News (28 Sep 2018)
Family's fight to save Cardiff's 'landmark' sculpture - BBC News (25 Sep 2018)
Spice drug concern in Cardiff as homeless use rises - BBC News (5 Sep 2018)
Cardiff's 'heritage homicide' must end to attract visitors - BBC News (19 Aug 2018)
Plan to revive 'jewel in Cardiff's crown' city arcades - BBC News (19 Jun 2018)
House of Fraser: A history in Cardiff - BBC News (7 Jun 2018)
Cardiff Bay's Mermaid Quay set for redevelopment - BBC News (10 May 2018)
Public tackle man with knife after Cardiff police chase - BBC News (17 Apr 2018)
Getting a handle on Cardiff's new bike sharing scheme - BBC News (26 Mar 2018)
Cardiff to get 250 cycles in public bike hire scheme - BBC News (19 Dec 2017)
Spice users in Cardiff filmed in 'zombie-like' state - BBC News (22 Sep 2017)
Cardiff billboard offensive images display after hack - BBC News (2 Aug 2017)
Newcastle men charged after Cardiff 'machete' incident - BBC News (3 Jul 2017)
