Fogo's Free Tours
Cardiff Walking Tours
Cardiff's Original Free Walking Tour
Cardiff is one of the fastest growing capital cities in Europe; a young, vibrant, modern city with a strong Welsh identity.
Cardiff has undergone numerous transformations across two millennia, from the Romans to Normans, through medieval times to Cardiff's glory age as a major coal trading centre of Victorian Britain. The architectural legacy of industrial Cardiff even lives on today.
On this 2 & a quarter hour historical and cultural walking tour of Cardiff city centre, discover landmarks, buildings, statues and characters from these 2,000 years of Cardiff's rich history, including....
Bute Park
Cardiff Castle
Welsh Food
Owain Glyn Dwr
Principality Stadium
The Bute Family
Cardiff Market
Welsh Language
St. John's Church
Industrial Revolution
Welsh sport
Cardiff's iconic Arcades
and much more.....
*Tour information is correct as of winter 2024/25.
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Tour schedules are subject to change and are usually seasonal. Fewer public tours generally take place in December & January, but additional tours always take place on holiday weekends like Easter, or in busier periods such as August.
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Cardiff Free Walking Tour Starting Point
The Cardiff Free Walking Tour currently takes place every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday at 11am.
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Some tour dates and times do vary occasionally, for example​​
*No Sunday tours available over winter but they will return from February 2025
*The only free tour available between 21 December and 3 January is Saturday, 28 December.
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Advanced booking is preferred for the Cardiff city tour, so please reserve your place in advance.
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Some tours may become full, or some tours also potentially may not run if there are not enough pre-bookings in advance. In the very, very rare event of this, you will be contacted the day before the tour.
The Cardiff Free Tour starts from the John Batchelor Statue on The Hayes.
Opposite the TK Maxx Store (CF10 1TD)
For information about social distancing measures, please check out our FAQs.
Look out for the green umbrella &/or green shirt
Cardiff Blog
The Fog Blog features a range of blog posts about Cardiff, from fun facts to posts about history and the architecture of the city.
Podcasts
Our new podcast series focuses upon areas of Cardiff in greater detail than is possible on a walking tour.
For recommendations
on restaurants, attractions, public transport and even gifts, check out the Cardiff guide.