Victorian Cardiff Arcades & Market Tour

From here we set the context, background and overview for the tour before we set out to see the historic shopping arcades of the city.

Having traversed The Hayes we encounter our first arcade, namely Wyndham Arcade. We explore the origins, history, shops and evolution of one of the city's oldest covered shopping areas.

We move on to Royal Arcade, both the oldest and arguably the busiest or best arcade in the city. We explore the origins, history, shops and evolution of one of the city's oldest covered shopping areas.

st distinctive architecturally, featuring one of the most famous and noteworthy shops in the city as well.

Now for Cardiff Market, the cities traditional shopping centrepiece or epicentre. We will learn about the origins, evolution and future of the central market, as well as what the location of the market once was in previous centuries.

Castle Arcade is one of the most distinctive in the city, due to its shops, restaurants, balcony, chandeliers and its overall appearance. Find some of the best photo spots in the city as we stroll through Cardiff's most Parisian arcade.

While a bit quieter than the others sometimes, Dominions arcade is still a throwback to early 20thC Cardiff economic success.

While not as glamorous or fascinating as its arcade colleagues around the city, Queens Arcade is still noteworthy nonetheless due to its development, location and occasional TV appearances.

While not always the busiest, it has unique and popular businesses past and present and some pretty architectural and artistic features.

Street itself, where we round up the history and life of the arcade as well as rounding off the tour .