Cardiff UK's hidden beauty part 1 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=241421) Part 3 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=5047027#post5047027)

Here are some more pictures of Cardiff, they are the places that most tourists dont go to or notice very much.


Newport rd
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805002.jpg

The Royal Infirmary, one of the prettiest hospitals ive ever seen!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805003.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805004.jpg

McDonald Holland Hotel (new Cityloft development behind university building)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805005.jpg

University engineering department
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805007.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805008.jpg

Queen Street (main shopping street)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805072.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805012.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805013.jpg

Queens Arcade (one of the many indoor shopping areas in Cardiff)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805073.jpg

The new theater
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805011.jpg

One of the many rds off Queen Street
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805009.jpg

The castle at the western end of Queen St
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805014.jpg

St Marys Street (runs south from the castles main entrance)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805016.jpg

the indoor market opposit above building
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805017.jpg

One of the many victorian arcades (Morgan Arcade)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805056.jpg

Edwards bar, Prince of Wales (this end of street has mainly pubs clubs bars and restaurants)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805053.jpg

The new brewary quarter (restaurants surrounding a square)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805054.jpg

Mill lane (restaurants)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805055.jpg

The great western (end of St Marys Street)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805019.jpg

The old post office
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805059.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805057.jpg

post ofice and BT Building
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805060.jpg

Millenium Stadium
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805062.jpg

Bridge to Castle street with bute park in the background
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805063.jpg

The entrance to Bute Park
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805071.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805064.jpg

Remains of a ruined Abbey (destroyed in the last welsh uprising!)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805066.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805067.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805068.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805069.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805070.jpg



Altolusso (posh apartments)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805018.jpg

Calaghan square
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805022.jpg

Atlantic Wharf (the first part of the redevelopment of the bay area with apartments restaurants and County Hall)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805024.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805027.jpg

County Hall
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805025.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805028.jpg

An unexpected canal (cardiff still surprises me as to what is here!lol)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805050.jpg

This is the main Bay area
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805041.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805033.jpg

The Coal Exchange (where the first million pound cheque was signed! wow)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805036.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805077.jpg

Other bay views
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805037.jpg

St Davids spar hotel and apartments (this area was designed to look like a cruise ship, i love the green glass)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805038.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805039.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805043.jpg

Rhoal Dhal Plazz (a classic car exhibition)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805044.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805046.jpg

I love this piece of sculpture (notice the water running down it and people cooling off at its base!)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805045.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805047.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805076.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805075.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805074.jpg

Hope you like, there is still alot more in cardiff and will post more pics soon

Oh here is the end of my street (locals recognise it? lol)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/sanstiss/cardiff070805001.jpg

and this is the link to the old post http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=4995459#post4995459

very nice!

Amazing thread.


I LOVE Cardiff a whole lot more because of it.

As i came from the area i have no idea what people thought cardiff was like, has this thread changed your views, what were they?

No negative views.

The only bit of Cradiff I have ever seen is the Millennium Stadium on TV.

Definately looks the part...im looking up pics of Cardiff as we speak no on google.

i think ive covered almost everything that most people show of cardiff, but its nice to see someone with an interest. I love cardiff because its a small city and a big city. Dont think i could live in a big city like london, but wont stop me trying, as have gone there since a kid and love it (much nicer than Paris i think!)

Thank you very much for those beautiful pictures!

great pictures. And you picked a perfect day to take photos. Cardiff's such a beautiful lush green place in the summer. I love the yellow building on queen street that Gaps in, next to queens arcade. What about pictures of places like Penarth, Llandaff, and round castell coch. They are great spots too

Like i said i will be posting some more picture when i get the chance, only i dont drive and its quite tiring walking around the city (took all of these in one go! lol). Have had a few really good days of weather here, Cardiff has more green space per person than any other city in the world (to do with the large parks and also the fact that cardiffs population is only around 300,000)

Nice picture thread, Cardiff is doing really well at the moment. Your pics represent the city nicely. It's also good that were getting more and more welsh people on the forums.

thanks, i love cardiff. It feels like a majour city but you dont have all of the problems that you get there. Cardiff has been quite lucky i think in that it is the capital of wales and therefore can spend extra money on national projects such as the stadium and millenium center, and have projects like the st davids 2 and sports village and casino. Also in comparison to the other principality capital Edinburgh, cardiff benefits from being able to redevelop its city center into a more attractive experiance for visitors and locals, as well as having big development projects (sort of think of a london/paris comparison)