Guidebook for Swansea

Mike
Guidebook for Swansea

Shopping

The biggest indoor Market in Wales!
44 locals recommend
Swansea Market
44 locals recommend
The biggest indoor Market in Wales!
The third largest Tesco in the Swansea area!
14 locals recommend
Tesco Superstore
Oystermouth Road
14 locals recommend
The third largest Tesco in the Swansea area!
If you favour Sainsburys? 7 am - 10 pm.
16 locals recommend
Sainsbury's
Quay Parade
16 locals recommend
If you favour Sainsburys? 7 am - 10 pm.
Top biscuits!
M&S Bureau De Change Swansea
270 Oxford St
Top biscuits!

Arts & Culture

It's the best Art Gallery in Swansea. Has a cafe, too. Had a recent £2.5m uplift. And don't miss a visit to the Port Talbot Banksy whilst you're in the area?
36 locals recommend
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Alexandra Road
36 locals recommend
It's the best Art Gallery in Swansea. Has a cafe, too. Had a recent £2.5m uplift. And don't miss a visit to the Port Talbot Banksy whilst you're in the area?
All the mainstream acts come to the Grand! The Arts Wing upstairs hosts smaller scale acts, also a drive away are the Taliesin Arts Centre (on Singleton Campus) and the Pontardawe Arts Centre (which books consistently good acts and is in Pontardawe).
45 locals recommend
Swansea Grand Theatre
Singleton Street
45 locals recommend
All the mainstream acts come to the Grand! The Arts Wing upstairs hosts smaller scale acts, also a drive away are the Taliesin Arts Centre (on Singleton Campus) and the Pontardawe Arts Centre (which books consistently good acts and is in Pontardawe).
An alternative to the Vue and the Odeon. Take your pizza (bought at the bar) into the cinema with you!
11 locals recommend
Cinema & Co.
17 Castle St
11 locals recommend
An alternative to the Vue and the Odeon. Take your pizza (bought at the bar) into the cinema with you!
Occasional theatre events
Volcano Theatre
27-29 High St
Occasional theatre events

Essentials

7 - 11.
25 locals recommend
Tesco Express
Newton Road
25 locals recommend
7 - 11.

Drinks & Nightlife

Bars & Music!
Wind Street
Wind Street
Bars & Music!
Craft beer, speciality coffee - they brew their own beer!
Copper
38 - 39 Castle St
Craft beer, speciality coffee - they brew their own beer!
4 bars, music upstairs and in the vault, the oldest pub, I believe, in the area. Ral ales, top ciders.
10 locals recommend
No Sign Wine Bar
56 Wind St
10 locals recommend
4 bars, music upstairs and in the vault, the oldest pub, I believe, in the area. Ral ales, top ciders.

Food Scene

Modelling itself a cafe bar serving the Arts Quarter, it is a nice space, quiet, and slightly undiscovered!
Tapestri Café Bar & Bistro
Orchard Street
Modelling itself a cafe bar serving the Arts Quarter, it is a nice space, quiet, and slightly undiscovered!
Vegan and vegetarian cafe/restaurant (12 pm to 6 pm).
Yogāya Vegan Cafe & Studio
8 Craddock St
Vegan and vegetarian cafe/restaurant (12 pm to 6 pm).
And many more cafes once you get onto the pedestrian precinct!
9 locals recommend
Zinco Lounge
30 Princess Way
9 locals recommend
And many more cafes once you get onto the pedestrian precinct!

Everything Else

5-mins walk from the property.
22 locals recommend
Swansea station
High Street
22 locals recommend
5-mins walk from the property.
5-mins walk from the property.
22 locals recommend
Swansea station
High Street
22 locals recommend
5-mins walk from the property.

Entertainment & Activities

Gym, squash and other courts, the best spa facilities! Cafe. On the Marina.
58 locals recommend
LC Swansea
Oystermouth Road
58 locals recommend
Gym, squash and other courts, the best spa facilities! Cafe. On the Marina.