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.
Cardiff's hidden canal uncovered as new city district takes shape - BBC News (8 Sep 2022) 
Cardiff vandalism: Snoopy sculptures to be moved - BBC News (29 Apr 2022)
Nextbike resumes in Cardiff after vandalism and thefts - BBC News (16 Jan 2022)
Nextbike: Bike share scheme suspended due to theft and vandalism - BBC News (9 Nov 2021)
Bute Park: Hundreds march against vandalism at Cardiff beauty spot - BBC News (18 Sep 2021)
Violence in Cardiff's Bute Park 'dark and sinister' - BBC News (13 Sep 2021)
Bute park: More than 50 trees destroyed in vandalism - BBC News (10 Sep 2021)
Cardiff's Castle Street to reopen to cars in the autumn - BBC News (17 Jun 2021)
Covid: Police pledge to break up crowds at hotspots - BBC News (24 Apr 2021)
Covid: Party held in Cardiff Bay despite restrictions - BBC News (2 Apr 2021)
Empty streets on Boxing Day in lockdown Wales - BBC News (26 Dec 2020)
Cardiff Museum of Military Medicine plan go-head despite petition - BBC News (16 Dec 2020)
Principality Stadium: Cardiff Council approves zip wire plan - BBC News (26 Nov 2020)
Cardiff Bay: New approach to antisocial behaviour from weekend - BBC News (5 Aug 2020)
Welsh Water plans watersports centre for Cardiff reservoirs - BBC News (20 Jul 2020)
Cardiff Bay police warning after 'unsavoury scenes' - BBC News (12 Jul 2020)
The Vulcan: memories and mysteries uncovered as Cardiff pub is rebuilt - BBC News (5 Jul 2020)
Cardiff's 19th Century Vulcan pub to be rebuilt at museum - BBC News (21 Jan 2020)
Cardiff's Museum of Military Medicine has Deep Space 8K plans - BBC News (18 Nov 2019)
Shopping: Cardiff city centre independent shops 'hanging on' - BBC News (16 Nov 2019)
