Wales History Tour: Explore Ancient Wonders

Join The Wandering Bard’s Tour of South Wales for a unique journey through history, language, and culture with expert guide Gareth. Discover Wales like never before.

Duration: 8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Caerphilly Castle - Featured on the Valleys tour. Admire the grandeur and location of the UK’s third largest castle.
  • Tintern Abbey - Part of the Valleys Tour. Relish the abbey and the picturesque views of the River Wye.
  • Chepstow Castle - Included in the Valleys tour. Stroll around the market town and visit Wales’s first Norman Castle,…
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • Tour escort/host
  • Driver/guide
What's Not Included
  • Drinks
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Lunch
Additional Information

On this tour, a historian with extensive knowledge and passion for Wales will accompany you. You will have the opportunity to learn some Welsh, taste traditional Welsh cuisine, and explore the ancient history and culture of Wales. Gareth, your guide, is a fluent Welsh speaker who will provide insights into Wales that you wouldn’t get with a standard…

Location
Hilton Cardiff
Kingsway
The tour will pick up outside the Hilton Hotel on the Taxi Rank.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Aliareeb_z
Aug 10, 2025
Excellent Tour with Gareth - Excellent Outstanding experience . Very well managed . Perfect timing . Gareth was just amazing with his deep knowledge about almost everything . Must try.
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Jheney
Aug 8, 2025
Wonderful Wales - Decided to visit Wales for my birthday getaway and I’m so happy that I booked this tour with Gareth. As he shared his background with us, he used to be a history teacher and I would say, that is his edge to this business per se. I’m very delighted with Gareth’s professionalism. Very knowledgable, good time management and loved his recommendations for places to eat. I would highly recommend Gareth and this tour for anyone who is visiting Cardiff or Wales in general especially for first timers like me. Thank you Gareth! Till next time…..
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Jimm272
Aug 8, 2025
Gareth never disappoints. - We just left Gareth after our fifth all day guiding trip with my son, his wife and three grandchildren. Each of the trips has been different, to different locations but each one has been excellent. The reason for that is the work and expertise that Gareth brings to the experience. He picks us up at the hotel at around 10 AM drives to interesting fairly distant locations, designates easily accessible meeting spots and provides us insights and suggestions as to where we are going. He is friendly, knowledgeable, a veritable cornucopia of information on all things Wales, it's geography, language, history, people and customs. We cannot recommend his tour highly enough. We are already looking forward to our tour next year.
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Ilaria_l
Aug 7, 2025
Ideal day trip from Cardiff. - Great itinerary, as if it had been made to measure for my plans. Gareth is a fantastic guide, extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Thanks to this trip, I have visited in the most enjoyable way destinations like Caerphilly or Tinern Abbey that I could have never reached without him.
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Brenda_y
Aug 6, 2025
Just book it already! - I did a little solo trip from Canada and this tour looked like something right up my alley. I had no idea how amazing it was actually going to turn out to be. Gareth was very professional, extremely knowledgeable and was always kind. As a female solo traveller I felt like I was in good hands. With all of that out of the way, the drive to our stops went by quite quickly as Gareth was always giving us information on the different areas/culture/language etc. It was very interesting to hear about. The stops made along the trip were beautiful in different ways. Rhossili Bay is absolutely breathtaking and worth the trip alone. During our stop at Mumbles I grabbed some fish and chips from a local shop and ate it by the water(what more could you ask for really?) Afterwards I had some ice cream from Joe’s which was also very good. If you haven’t done this tour yet, there is no need to second guess it, just book it.
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Mark_a
Aug 6, 2025
Our guide was fabulous.... - Our guide was fabulous. He was very personable and informative without being boring, and was very attentive to our needs
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Lmsd7
Jul 28, 2025
Wonderful tour with the bonus of a history expert! - This tour with Gareth was great. He used to be a history teacher and he gave us entertaining and informative facts about Wales, Cardiff, the UK, and the tour sites. He was on time, we felt safe with his driving, it was an all around 5 star experience.
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Hildegard_k
Jul 23, 2025
Excellent - The tour was excellently organised... Gareth, our guide, took us to fantastic places in Wales. His extensive knowledge of country and people impressed us a lot... with his good humor he made the trip entertaining and fun....
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659amritg
Jul 23, 2025
Great experience - Absolutely mindful and entertaining guide, also knows Welsh and was a history teacher so that was great to learn about. I want to try the Swansea tour next!
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Scott_y
Jul 22, 2025
Amazing tour with Gareth! - Gareth was an absolute delight! Very informative and entertaining tour guide. Knew a lot about Welsh history and explained in a digestible and fun manner. Had a great itinerary planned and the knew each place intimately. Always gave us recommendations for shops, restaurants and where to find toilets at each stop. Would definitely take this tour again! Highly recommend for anyone who wants to explore Welsh history and culture!
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up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).