I’ve been trying to get into Instagram this year and I’m enjoying people’s #2017bestnine photos. These are the top nine photos for 2017 based on “likes” given. Visit Wales is the Welsh Government’s official tourism body and they received over 1 million likes this year. Castell Coch appears twice in their best nine! View this … more…
If you’ve visited Castell Coch recently, you may have seen the beautifully re-designed tea room. The transformation is part of a range of developments to enhance the visitor experience at Cardiff’s fairytale castle. Follow @mytongwynlais Jane Ormsby Gore and Becky Wade of JR Design completed the work and Jane describes it as, “A balance of … more…
Follow @mytongwynlais You never know who you might see when you explore Castell Coch. Recent visitors may have bumped into King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. Cardiff’s Green Bay Media were at the castle filming a new documentary for the Visit Wales “Year of Legends” campaign. The costumes were provided by Marigold Costumes. Great day's filming … more…
Free entry to Castell Coch proved incredibly popular and caused disruption in the village yesterday. Cadw, the historic environment service of the Welsh Government, offered free entry to selected sites on St David’s Day and Castell Coch had unprecedented visitor numbers. @mytongwynlais Yes, free last year too. Unexpected & unprecedented numbers yesterday ( > 2000). … more…
Tongwynlais may be a small village but it made a big splash in 2014. Here are 15 things that put Tongwynlais on the map this year. NATO Summit – Welcome to Wales September saw the world’s attention focus on Wales and Castell Coch was featured in a brilliant video by Visit Wales. Our photo of … more…
If you’ve visited Castell Coch in recent years, you’ll have seen the fantastic exhibit that tells the story of this wonderful building. We spoke to Glyn Parry-Jones, who designed and installed it. It’s hard to believe that the exhibit is nearly 30 years old! Glyn explained that the exhibit was created in 1987 and that … more…
What a great read, many of the links and connections I've read in the past, but you use the book…