Cardiff Private Dark History Tour | 2 hours

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Cardiff Private Dark History Tour
2 Adults x $175.68
$351.36
Approx Total
$351.36

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Experienced native English speaking guide

Overview

The Cardiff Dark Side Tour shows you the other side of the Welsh capital. Cardiff is a city renowned for its castle and its rugby stadium, built on the success of the Bute family and the coal exporting industry. However, it has a darker edge that one doesn't see today, one of hangings, executions, graveyards and disease, for example. Even the most innocuous locations of central Cardiff that we walk by every day may have been the location of execution or slum.

Itinerary

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    We start in the middle of modern Cardiff's most central street. Today an upmarket shopping area, but historically Cardiff's infamous housing courts spread out from this street, as with them came disease.

    20 minutes

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    While a major department store today, the site has historically been the location of a chapel, as well as an execution site.

    15 minutes

  • Cardiff Market

    Cardiff Central Market is the heart and soul of daily city life today. There's a long history of markets in Cardiff, but the current incarnation infamous for more than it seems.

    15 minutes

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    Womanby is a rare example of a norse-named street in the Welsh Capital, so it dates back up to 1,000 years. In that time this street has been synonymous with immigration, prostitution, crime and slums.

    30 minutes

  • Cardiff Castle

    Cardiff Castle is the centrepiece of the city and the oldest building in Cardiff. It serves as both the most haunted building in the city as well as previously serving as the main prison in the town.

    20 minutes

  • St John's Church

    Cardiff's second oldest building, it has been a centrepiece of the town throughout its history, associated with hauntings, graveyards and much more.

    20 minutes

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

April 25100% refund
April 26No refund

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Reviews

4.9

9 reviews

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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 8 reviews with 5 stars

Great Experience

Published on Nov, 2023

Really great guide & a very interesting tour to learn more about our home town. Thoroughly recommended.

A cracking tour.

Published on Nov, 2023

Eugene very personable and knowledgeable guide. A nicely paced tour with plenty of details. Hoping to take part in some of his other tours.

Very Interesting insight to Cardiff

Published on Apr, 2023

We had a private tour booked for us in Cardiff. This tour has something for everyone, including the history of Cardiff and some of the more dark side, ghosts, murders etc.

Great tour for anyone looking for for more than just a history lesson.

Published on Nov, 2022

Organised and funded by City of Arcades week, 2022. Despite the heavens opening for most of the tour the guides delivery of the tour over came this. Have lived here for over 20 years, I still discovered new facts, tales and the darker history of Cardiff. Great tour for anyone looking for for more than just a history lesson.

Something for everyone

Published on Nov, 2022

Eugene was excellent, lots of fun, gory, sad, dark, interesting facts to keep locals and visitors entertained for 2 hours despite the torrential rain. Highly recommend, well informed and delivered in a bright and breezy style.

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