✨ Classic 48 Hours · Balanced pace · 3 days
A weekend escape to Cardiff
The greatest hits — outdoors, food, culture and a night out.
Day 1
Friday
- Evening
Heaneys
Modern Welsh · $$$ · PontcannaOpen the weekend here — Tommy Heaney's neighbourhood tasting menu — Welsh produce in focus.
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Day 2
Saturday
- MorningCardiff BayOutdoors · Cardiff Bay
Mermaid Quay, Doctor Who Experience site and Wales Millennium Centre.
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Asador 44
Spanish · $$$ · Quay StreetBasque-style asado, Galician beef and a serious sherry list.
Find on Google Maps - AfternoonCardiff CastleCulture · City Centre
Roman fort, Norman keep and Victorian Gothic apartments inside one wall.
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Brother Thai
Thai street food · $ · Castle ArcadeRoti wraps and chicken satay in a Victorian arcade — easy lunch.
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Day 3
Sunday
- MorningPrincipality StadiumCulture · Westgate Street
Retractable-roof rugby cathedral — match-day singing shakes the city.
Find on Google Maps - AfternoonSt Fagans National Museum of HistoryCulture · St Fagans
Open-air museum of 50+ reconstructed Welsh historic buildings — free.
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