"Dating back to 1858, Royal Arcade is the city’s oldest arcade. As much a hub of culture now as it was 150 years ago, the arcade has a variety of alternative coffee shops, cafés and delicatessens, alongside several quirky independent clothes stores, jewellers and photography shops." Source: visitcardiff.com/highlights/royal-arcade. For further info: thecityofarcades.com/explore/royalarcade

If you’d like to see pictures of some of the other arcades Cardiff is famous for, or discover them in real life, the following ‘city arcades stroll’ might be of interest for you: komoot.com/tour/1226672662

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Royal Arcade, Cardiff

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