Lido Ponty
Lido Ponty, the National Lido of Wales, is situated at Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd, just 20 minutes from Cardiff city centre and 20 minutes from Aberdare.
The Grade II listed lido, which originally opened in 1927, has been beautifully-restored to its former glory and re-opened to the public in 2015. It is now a popular family tourist attraction, welcoming visitors from all over the world.
Lido Ponty has three heated swimming pools offering great opportunities for families, dedicated swimmers and social swimmers of all ages and abilities. For more information visit www.lidoponty.co.uk
Rhondda Heritage Park
Rhondda Heritage Park, situated in Trehafod, is a living testament to the mining communities of the world famous Rhondda Valleys. It offers a fascinating insight into the rich culture and character of the South Wales Valleys.
Visitors can meet real-life miners who now work as tour guides, taking visitors on a unique ‘Underground Experience.’ For more information visit www.rhonddaheritagepark.com
Royal Mint Visitor Experience
The Royal Mint Experience, situated at The Royal Mint, Llantrisant, opened May 2016, making it the latest tourist attraction for the County Borough, attracting international visitors.
Gain unprecedented access to The Royal Mint and discover the people and events behind the coins in your pocket. For more information visit www.royalmint.com
Dare Valley Country Park
Welcome to 500 acres of countryside, walks, trails and family fun all within a mile of Aberdare.
If you are looking for things to see and do in South Wales then Dare Valley Country Park has plenty to offer you and your family. For more information visit www.darevalleycountrypark.co.uk
Penderyn Whisky Distillery
‘Distilling in Wales was a lost art...’
But in the late 1990s in a pub in a small post-industrial Welsh valley town, a group of friends drank and chatted about establishing the first whisky distillery in Wales in over a century. They dreamt of creating a whisky as pure and precious as Welsh gold, represented today by Penderyn’s ‘gold seam’. For more information visit www.welsh-whisky.co.uk
Pontypridd Museum
Housed in a converted chapel built in 1861, Pontypridd Museum tells the history of Pontypridd and its people through a variety of exhibitions.
The converted Welsh Baptist Chapel situated next to Pontypridd’s iconic Edward’s Bridge (known locally as the Old Bridge) houses working models of nearby canals, mines and railways, archived film and voice records of the history of the area, historical objects and a magnificent pipe organ which is still used for recitals. For more information visit www.pontypriddmuseum.cymru
Nantgarw China Works Museum
For two short periods between 1813-14 and 1817-20, William Billingsley and his family produced some of the finest porcelain the world has known. The Nantgarw China Works Trust is a charitable trust which preserves for all those who recognise the importance of Nantgarw porcelain in the history of ceramic manufacturing, the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of the buildings at Nantgarw and promotes interest in Nantgarw porcelain. For more information visit www.nantgarwchinaworksmuseum.co.uk