Must-see attractions in Swansea (Abertawe)

  • Dylan Thomas Centre

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    Housed in the former guildhall, this unassuming museum contains absorbing displays on the Swansea-born poet's life and work. It pulls no punches in…

  • Egypt Centre

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    Swansea University's collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, some 5000 artefacts donated by various British institutions and collectors, includes a…

  • National Waterfront Museum

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    Housed in a 1901 dockside warehouse with a striking glass and slate extension, this museum's 15 hands-on galleries explore Wales' commercial maritime…

  • Swansea Museum

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    Dylan Thomas referred to this august institution as 'the museum which should have been in a museum'. Founded in 1834, it remains charmingly low-tech, from…

  • Dylan Thomas Birthplace

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    The bad boy of Welsh poetry was born in this unassuming Uplands house and it's here that he wrote two-thirds of his poetry. The house has been lovingly…

  • Swansea Castle

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    Only a small pocket of the central city around Wind St and Castle Sq escaped the WWII bombing raids and retains a remnant of Georgian and Victorian…

  • Plantasia

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    The name may conjure up images of Disney's hippos in tutus, but it's smaller critters that feature in this glass pyramid, parked between the depressingly…

  • Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

    Swansea (Abertawe)

    The seemingly never-ending refurbishment of Swansea's main art gallery was still in progress when we last visited. By the time you read this, the elegant…