Castell Coch is a 19th century castle built upon an existing 13th century castle ruins.
We started the journey from our Cardiff home base, and drive about 15 minutes out to the village of Tongwinglais. We bought some honey from a small local farm, and walked about 30 minutes through a river side forested trail and village streets to the castle.
The castle is somewhat a Victorian fabrication of a small fantasy castle, but is still remarkable to see how rich people build their homes back then. The castle is fully furnished, the walls and ceilings elaborately painted. Compared to the medieval fortresses, this definitely wins in luxury points. The views are beautiful, the rooms are bright (thanks to invention of glass windows and steel hinges), and even comes with chamber pot toilets.
This castle was very fun to explore, and the views and surroundings are beautiful.
