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1. Cardiff Bay

8.9
Bute Pl, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Bay · 38 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: great place to walk around - always windy tho

2. Clwb Ifor Bach

8.8
11 Womanby St, Cardiff
Music Venue · City Centre · 11 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: famous venue

3. Royal Academy of Arts

9.2
50-52 Piccadilly, London, Greater London
Art Museum · Mayfair · 136 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: they have some good exhibitions here - an easy stroll from Piccadilly Circus - afterwards you can relax in Green Park, further down the road

Sugar Loaf Mountain is one of TipsMade.

4. Sugar Loaf Mountain

7.7
Llanfoist, Monmouthshire, Monmouthshire
Mountain · 7 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: loads of really good walking around here - get a book - take care - enjoy

5. inCoop

5.9
Giudecca, Venezia, Veneto
Grocery Store · Giudecca · 4 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: ** near here - one of the small shops - to your left where you get off the vaporetto - is a wine shop - take your own empty 1L water bottle - they'll fill it with nice Merlot - €1.65 !! **

6. Goldcliff Seawall

Beach · 1 tip

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: it's nice round here - bleak - walk the sea wall - there's a naturists beach nearby too !! [I don't think its ever used]

7. Fitzroy St

Fitzroy Street, Cardiff, Cardiff
Road · Roath · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: Number 1A, next door to the Conservative Club (!), is the site of The Wholefood Shop, 1973 to 1994

8. John Lewis & Partners

8.3
The Hayes, Cardiff, Cardiff
Department Store · The Hayes · 31 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: clean toilets - nice view from the cafe top floor

9. Severn Tunnel Junction Railway Station (STJ)

5.3
Station Road, Rogiet, Monmouthshire
Rail Station · 8 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: handy drop off point for walking down to the sea wall and then follow river Severn to Chepstow - nice walk - a map of the route would be handy - I'll look it up online if there's any interest

10. Castell Coch

8.0
Castle Road (Tongwynlais), Cardiff, Cardiff
Castle · North Cardiff · 19 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: picturesque folly surrounded by wooded hills - great walking

11. Tate Britain

9.2
Millbank, London, Greater London
Art Museum · Millbank · 227 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: Lots of good British art - walk from here along the Thames - past Houses of Parliament, Big Ben - cross Westminster Bridge - go on up past the London Eye to the Festival Hall for lunch

12. South Bank

London, Greater London
Neighborhood · 51 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: walk from Festival Hall along the banks of the Thames up to Tate Modern, cross over to St Paul's, get the tube - a nice half day

13. Musée Guimet – Musée National des Arts Asiatiques

9.0
6 place d'Iéna, Paris, Île-de-France
Art Museum · Chaillot · 42 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: well worth the visit - Asian arts - enjoyed the Tibetan

Trafalgar Square is one of TipsMade.

14. Trafalgar Square

9.3
Trafalgar Sq, London, Greater London
Plaza · Piccadilly · 554 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: Harris Hawk - pigeon control, Trafalgar Square

15. Giovanni's

6.9
38 The Hayes, Cardiff, Cardiff
Italian Restaurant · The Hayes · 10 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: best espresso in Cardiff

16. Rodin Museum

9.1
(Musée Rodin)
79 rue de Varenne (Boulevard des Invalides), Paris, Île-de-France
Art Museum · Invalides · 202 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: enjoy the gardens! breathe some air - lovely sculpture

17. Roundhouse

9.4
Chalk Farm Rd, London, Greater London
Music Venue · Primrose Hill · 161 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: saw Pink Floyd and The Who here new year's eve 66/67 - it's probably changed a bit

18. Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris

9.4
(Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris)
6 parvis Notre-Dame (Place Jean-Paul II), Paris, Île-de-France
Church · Notre-Dame · 988 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: when I went it was very busy - I usually enjoy visiting old churches but not this visit

19. Camden Lock Market

9.1
54-56 Camden Lock Pl, London, Greater London
Market · Primrose Hill · 453 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: why do folk go to Camden? I was there on a Saturday and could hardly move - AND the tube was shut, had to walk down to Mornington Cres - I don't get why it's so popular

20. Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge, London, Greater London
Bridge · 75 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks - youtube link... Read more.

21. Little Venice

London, Greater London
Neighborhood · 63 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: the walk along Regent's Canal is great - what I really need is some suggestions for places to eat - not much choice at Little Venice itself esp if it's busy

22. Pompidou Centre – National Museum of Modern Art

9.2
(Centre Pompidou – Musée National d'Art Moderne)
Place Georges Pompidou (Rue Beaubourg), Paris, Île-de-France
Art Museum · Hôtel-de-Ville · 609 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: first visit here they were doing a refurb so half the exhibits weren't available [they never mentioned that when I bought the flight tickets!] - second time, all fine - great modern art - unmissable

23. National Portrait Gallery

9.2
St. Martin's Pl, London, Greater London
Art Gallery · Piccadilly · 193 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: Man Ray portraits exhibition is really good - he knew everyone!!

24. Orsay Museum

9.5
(Musée d'Orsay)
1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur (Quai Anatole France), Paris, Île-de-France
Art Museum · Saint Thomas d'Aquin · 829 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: great Musée - art - and, like many others have said, get a museum pass - unless you enjoy queueing

25. Tate Modern

9.2
53 Bankside, London, Greater London
Art Museum · South Bank · 821 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: if you prefer it quiet, go first thing, 10am - plenty of free art to enjoy

26. Barbican Centre

9.3
Silk St, London, Greater London
Performing Arts Venue · 157 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: the Marcel Duchamp exhibition, on til 9th June, is not bad - helps you see how important he was in changing attitudes

27. Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge Rd. (Victoria Embankment), London, Greater London
Bridge · Waterloo · 117 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: if you're on foot and want to walk somewhere quickly avoid Westminster Bridge - most of the day it is very busy and crowded

28. St Fagans National History Museum

8.8
Michaelston Rd, Saint Fagans, Cardiff
History Museum · 35 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: St Fagan's !! Great place for old and young, wander round for half or whole day - good place to take visitors to Cardiff if you live here - and...yes...free admission...but you pay to park your car

29. National Museum Cardiff

8.0
Cathays Park, Cardiff, Cardiff
History Museum · Cathays Park · 37 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: don't go on a Monday - it's closed - good art in the art galleries - free admission

30. Swansea Bay Beach

8.4
Oystermouth Rd, Swansea, City and County of Swansea
Beach · 15 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: nice beach - fresh wind - walk along the beach up to Mumbles - have a coffee - catch the bus back - photo is Oystercatchers on the beach with Mumbles in the background

Fitzroy St is one of TipsMade.

31. Fitzroy St

Fitzroy Street, Cardiff, Cardiff
Road · Roath · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: old pic of the shop

Essaouira Beach is one of TipsMade.

32. Essaouira Beach

8.5
الصويرة, مراكش - أسفي
Beach · 32 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: nice here - relaxed - no hassles - explore Essaouira - that blue colour is everywhere - here's a pic of the harbour

Peters Tower is one of TipsMade.

33. Peters Tower

Exmouth, Devon
Historic and Protected Site · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: you can rent this to stay in from the Landmark Trust - it v compact, spread over four floors - I've been a few times - beautiful views from the top - photo - - !!

34. Caffè Vergnano

62 Charing Cross Rd, London, Greater London
Coffee Shop · Leicester Square · 50 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: their coffee reaches places that Starbucks doesn't

35. Jubilee Gardens

8.6
Belvedere Rd (The Queen's Walk), South Bank, Greater London
Park · Southbank · 28 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: played cricket here with my parents and brother couple years ago, don't think you're supposed to, bye-laws and all that - hah! how about bye-laws and in-laws :) anyway, nice park, recently redesigned

36. Caffé Vergnano 1882

Festival Terrace (at Belvedere Rd.), London, Greater London
Café · 51 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: it's all right here - good coffee as in Charing X - it's often quiet late night if you just want to hang round and chat

37. Scottish National Gallery

8.9
The Mound (Princes St), Edinburgh
Art Museum · The Mound · 88 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: May 2013 - good news - you can now take photographs - no flash, tripods - in most galleries

38. Poetry in the Park

Wild Gardens, Roath Park, Cardiff, Cardiff
Performing Arts Venue · Roath · 1 tip

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: come say poems to the trees

The London Eye is one of TipsMade.

39. The London Eye

8.7
The Queen's Walk (Belvedere Rd), London, Greater London
Attraction · Waterloo · 973 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: you see it everywhere - even from Kew Gardens - if you're lost it's like a magnetic north

Peters Tower is one of TipsMade.

40. Peters Tower

Exmouth, Devon
Historic and Protected Site · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: photo is a view of the tower taken from the 'beach'

41. Roath Recreational Park

7.2
Ty Draw Rd, Roath, Cardiff
Park · 9 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: they keep talking about turning a section of the rec into a car park - let's hope it never happens

Wales Millennium Centre is one of TipsMade.

42. Wales Millennium Centre

9.0
Bute Pl, Cardiff, Cardiff
Performing Arts Venue · Mermaid Quay · 55 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: well, we nearly got a modern glass and steel design, but hey ho - you get some nice photos shooting from inside, in the dark, to outside, in the light

43. Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve

Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Cardiff
Nature Preserve · Cardiff Bay · 4 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: agree with Dai T - good place for photies - have a stroll about - nice light

Wales Millennium Centre is one of TipsMade.

44. Wales Millennium Centre

9.0
Bute Pl, Cardiff, Cardiff
Performing Arts Venue · Mermaid Quay · 55 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: with Torchwood Tower

Golden Gate Park is one of TipsMade.

45. Golden Gate Park

9.6
501 Stanyan St (btwn Fulton St & Lincoln Way), San Francisco, CA
Park · Golden Gate Park · 358 tips and reviews
Lucerne is one of TipsMade.

46. Lucerne

(Luzern)
Kanton Luzern
City · 63 tips and reviews
Central Park is one of TipsMade.

47. Central Park

9.7
59th to 110th St (btwn 5th Ave & Central Park W), New York, NY
Park · Central Park · 1838 tips and reviews
French Quarter is one of TipsMade.

48. French Quarter

New Orleans, LA
Neighborhood · 153 tips and reviews
St Ives is one of TipsMade.

49. St Ives

Cornwall, Cornwall
Town · 18 tips and reviews
John O'Groats Harbour is one of TipsMade.

50. John O'Groats Harbour

Harbor or Marina · 2 tips and reviews
Canal Grande is one of TipsMade.

51. Canal Grande

9.3
Canal Grande, Venezia, Veneto
Canal · San Marco · 159 tips and reviews
Republic of Malta is one of TipsMade.

52. Republic of Malta

(Repubblika ta' Malta)
Country · 25 tips and reviews
Atomium is one of TipsMade.

53. Atomium

8.6
Square de l'Atomiumsquare, Brussel, Brussel-Hoofdstad
Monument · Heizel · 369 tips and reviews
Irish Museum of Modern Art is one of TipsMade.

54. Irish Museum of Modern Art

7.6
Royal Hospital, Military Rd, Dublin, Dublin City
Art Museum · Kilmainham · 30 tips and reviews
The Barrage  Skate Park is one of TipsMade.

55. The Barrage Skate Park

Skate Park · Cardiff Bay · 2 tips and reviews
The Barrage  Skate Park is one of TipsMade.

56. The Barrage Skate Park

Skate Park · Cardiff Bay · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: old pic - nice light

57. Cardiff Bay Barrage

8.7
Penarth Portway, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Dam · Cardiff Bay · 16 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: nice day - get the train from Central to Penarth - walk over the barrage and back to Central - or catch the shuttle Bay-Queen St

Christ Church Picture Gallery is one of TipsMade.

58. Christ Church Picture Gallery

7.7
Canterbury Quadrangle (Merton St.), Oxford, Oxfordshire
Art Gallery · 4 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: Summer 2012, they had the Dali illustrations from Alice's adventures in Wonderland - great to see them close up!

Plymouth Hoe is one of TipsMade.

59. Plymouth Hoe

9.3
The Promenade, Plymouth, Devon
Historic and Protected Site · Plymouth Hoe · 27 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: they used to have ton-up races on motorbikes on the Hoe - unrelated photo enclosed

60. Black Rock Picnic Site

Picnic Area · 3 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: nice here - go play on the beach

61. cross the railtrack

Travel and Transportation · 1 tip

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: if you're on the 'coastal path' walk you have to cross the railway here - suitable caution is highly recommended

62. Roath Pleasure Gardens

6.6
Ninian Road, Cardiff, Cardiff
Park · Roath · 4 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: well, it's hot today - nice, lazy Sunday - and Murray won the tennis!!

Luxembourg Garden is one of TipsMade.

63. Luxembourg Garden

9.6
(Jardin du Luxembourg)
Place Edmond Rostand (Rue de Médicis), Paris, Île-de-France
Garden · Odéon · 594 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: near here - Café at night

Exton, river-side is one of TipsMade.

64. Exton, river-side

Hiking Trail · 1 tip

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: the footpath runs all the way to Exmouth - - this photo was taken just after leaving Lympstone - I call it 'What a long strange trip it's been' - hope you like it

Roath Botanic Gardens is one of TipsMade.

65. Roath Botanic Gardens

Roath Park, Cardiff, Cardiff
Botanical Garden · Roath · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: pic from Jan 2013 - the snow

66. Roath Park

8.8
Lake Road East, Roath, Cardiff
Park · 22 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: today - a taste of summer !!

The London Eye is one of TipsMade.

67. The London Eye

8.7
The Queen's Walk (Belvedere Rd), London, Greater London
Attraction · Waterloo · 973 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: a view of London - Eye, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Hungerford Bridge

Oxford is one of TipsMade.

68. Oxford

Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
City · 35 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: it's nice in Oxford, lively, nice atmosphere, old historic buildings - this photo - Oxford Sky

St Ives is one of TipsMade.

69. St Ives

Cornwall, Cornwall
Town · 18 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: old fishing village that gets very busy with tourists - good for photography -

Pembrokeshire Coast Path is one of TipsMade.

70. Pembrokeshire Coast Path

7.9
Hiking Trail · 4 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: beautiful stretch of coast path - can be strenuous - watch out for the sun! Clear air = no pollution = no filters - - this photo, one morning near St David's

Sugar Loaf Mountain is one of TipsMade.

71. Sugar Loaf Mountain

7.7
Llanfoist, Monmouthshire, Monmouthshire
Mountain · 7 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: sometimes it snows

72. inCoop

5.9
Giudecca, Venezia, Veneto
Grocery Store · Giudecca · 4 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: well, it's really nice to find a co-op here - like the local shops back in the UK - 'mini-market' for everyday supplies

inCoop is one of TipsMade.

73. inCoop

5.9
Giudecca, Venezia, Veneto
Grocery Store · Giudecca · 4 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: A #photograph of a quiet lane in #Giudecca - near the Coop

tis abode de moi is one of TipsMade.

74. tis abode de moi

Cardiff, Cardiff
Home (private) · Heath · 7 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: chocolate milk shake :)

75. tis abode de moi

Cardiff, Cardiff
Home (private) · Heath · 7 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: taking a break and going offline for a few days ~ ~ will catch up when I get back ~ ~ have a great weekend!

tis abode de moi is one of TipsMade.

76. tis abode de moi

Cardiff, Cardiff
Home (private) · Heath · 7 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: view from the train - Amsterdam to Paris #photograph

tis abode de moi is one of TipsMade.

77. tis abode de moi

Cardiff, Cardiff
Home (private) · Heath · 7 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: hope you like my photos - view from the balcony #Musée #Orsay #Paris - #photograph

78. tis abode de moi

Cardiff, Cardiff
Home (private) · Heath · 7 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: ~Working in the Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey ~ Read more.

79. Howardian Local Nature Reserve

Cardiff, Cardiff
Nature Preserve · Penylan · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: map ~ ~ https://www.google.co.uk/maps?t=m&ll=51.5026769999999%2C-3.145937499999983&spn=0.01036525935588109%2C0.022202230392609223&output=classic&cid=0xd3127a06ebafb2b0&dg=opt

80. Howardian Local Nature Reserve

Cardiff, Cardiff
Nature Preserve · Penylan · 2 tips and reviews

Ashley B.Ashley Bovan: all about ~ ~ http://www.howardianlnr.org.uk/index.html and https://www.facebook.com/HowardianLNR