Sightseeing and guided tours in Wales

Cardiff on Foot invites you to put your best foot forward on their 2-hour tours of Cardiff city or Cardiff Bay. Explore the city’s fascinating past - in centuries gone by, it was a place of treachery, piracy and general debauchery - and revel in the Victorian splendour of its Gothic revival architecture. You’ll also hear about the unique role Cardiff played in the World Wars.

Fogo's Free Tours take place in Cardiff city centre and Cardiff Bay. Tours are run on a 'pay as you feel' basis and options include 'Dark Cardiff' and 'Doctor Who' filming locations. The regular, child-friendly walking tours showcase the history, architecture, and characters of the city.

Cardiff Tours have two hour guided walks in Cardiff Bay and Cardiff City Centre. Dark Wales Tours offer tours around various locations in South Wales, including ghost tours at Insole Court Mansion and Gardens and St Fagans National History Museum.

Wales Outdoors offer day long tours from Cardiff covering our fascinating industrial heritage, beautiful abbeys and castles, and around the stunning Gower Peninsula. They also offer shorter city walking tour experiences including Doctor Who tours and food tasting trips around Cardiff.

Foodie fans can enjoy learning about Wales’ food heritage and enjoy sampling food and drink for themselves on a Loving Welsh Food tour. 

Discover the secrets behind the making of BBC TV and radio programmes and follow in the footsteps of some of Wales' famous faces with a behind the scenes look at the BBC studios in Cardiff on an award winning BBC Cymru Wales studio tour.

Ding Cycle Tours guided bike tours are a great way to see the city. You can choose from different routes and themes or a book a custom tour. Bikes, helmets and waterproof ponchos (if needed) are provided. Tours are guided at an easy pace, mainly on bike lanes or shared paths, taking you through the highlights of the Welsh capital, travelling through two thousand years of history right up to the modern day. 

Cardiff Pedal Power offers a large variety of inclusive cycling options, as part of its seven days a week cycle hire in Pontcanna and seasonal hire in Cardiff Bay. Two wheel and adaptive cycle hire, including trikes, side by side cycles and hand bikes, is available to the general public and they are happy to provide pre-arranged tours. Both cycle centres are situated right in the heart of cycling opportunities for Cardiff, being connected to the Taff Trail and Bay loop, providing excellent options for all to cycle. 

Most people who come to Newport on holiday have golf on their minds. Celtic Manor Resort, which hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010, is right on the doorstep. But if you have time to spare away from the fairways, it’s well worth having a guide who can show you Caerleon's Roman Fortress and Baths, Tredegar House and, in Newport itself, St Woolos Cathedral and the Transporter Bridge.

Discover more about the places and personalities who instigated the Chartist Riots of 1839, leading to extensive electoral reform in Britain. Wales Best Guides website can help you find a guide for a bespoke Newport tour, or explore the wider area with a Wye Valley Heritage Trail tour with Roam Wales.

Griffin Guiding can introduce you to the city where Dylan Thomas grew up by taking you to Dylan Thomas' Birthplace on Cwmdonkin Drive, then showing you around the Dylan Thomas Centre in the Maritime Quarter. Other Swansea highlights include a trip to Swansea Market to try Gower cockles and laverbread, or a jaunt to Mumbles for Italian-style ice cream.

What better way to relax after than to conjure up the spirit of Wales’ favourite writer and raise a glass to his name in a few of his favourite haunts? Although some of Dylan Thomas’ regular watering holes have long since disappeared, Swansea still boasts historic spots such as Queen’s Hotel, The Cross Keys and the No Sign Bar.

Both modest and thoroughly splendid, St Davids Cathedral, the focal point of the smallest city in Britain, is a fascinating place to spend time. Visit with David Blackmore, a trained cathedral guide, and even if you’ve been here before, you’ll see it with fresh eyes. There’ll also be time to wander around the pretty streets of St Davids city.

Marion Davies is an official registered Blue Badge Guide based in stunning Tenby, who loves to tell her walkers stories about ghosts, pirates, fairies, witches and strange Pembrokeshire customs. Enjoy her Story of Tenby walk or join her for a Ghost Walk of Tenby.

Explore this part of the North Wales Way with a sightseeing bus tour round the traditional Victorian resort town of Llandudno, and nearby Conwy, known for a brilliant castle and busy quayside.

One ticket gets you 24 hours of travel on the Landudno Hop-On Hop-Off tour bus service, which runs every hour during the daytime from March to late October. There are two bus tour routes and 12 stops en route, making it a breeze to visit Llandudno Pier, the Great Orme Tramway, Castell Conwy (Conwy Castle) and MOSTYN, Llandudno’s much-praised contemporary art gallery.

Alternatively enjoy the Great Orme and four miles of stunning coastal views in a vintage coach on a Marine Drive Tour.

There’s much more to Conwy than its magnificent castle according to Amanda Whitehead, an experienced Blue Badge Guide with a degree in history and past experience of working for Cadw and Visit Wales. Set off on foot on her Welsh lady tour and she'll show the whole family the sites of this coastal town, including Plas Mawr Elizabethan town house, the Church of St Mary & All Saints, the Town Walls and the bustling quayside. You'll hear all about the town's history and its inhabitants from Amanda, who is not only a guide, but also a resident of Conwy.

You can also book an hour long Conwy Town Tour, or a private tour with Conwy Guided Tours, based in Conwy Visitor Centre. Exploring the rich local heritage, you'll discover the unique places and character of Conwy.

Boutique Tours of North Wales offer private and tailor made tours of North Wales, including Conwy and Llandudno, but also Snowdonia (Eryri) National Park, the Isle of Anglesey and the Llyn Peninsula.

Cambrian Safaris offers a variety of tours that explore the stunning landscapes and rich history of the Cambrian Mountains and surrounding areas of Mid Wales. Explore the dramatic landscapes and Victorian engineering of the Elan Valley Reservoirs in the Elan and Claerwen valleys. Combine a ride on the Vale of Rheidol steam train with a tour of the surrounding area on a half-day or full-day experience. Or enjoy a 3-hour evening trip to watch the sunset and stargaze in one of the Dark Sky Discovery Sites in the area.

As the only licensed tour guiding company in the UK providing clients with fully guided tours on a motorcycle and sidecar, Mid Wales Tours allow visitors to experience the Mid Wales mountains, lakes, scenery and highways and byways from a totally different perspective. Customers are equipped with radios and guide Sean provides a commentary as you travel around the countryside. Helmets and wet weather clothing can also be provided if required. There are also driver guided tours for up to four people in Mid and North Wales. 

These are just a selection of guided tours available across Wales. Use our search page to find more sightseeing tours, or visit the Wales Best Guides website.