The Coal Exchange Hotel - A Bit Of History And Luxury In Cardiff Bay
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Mel surprises me with a stay at The Coal Exchange Hotel. A historic hotel in the heart of Cardiff Bay, South Wales.
As well as a stay at the hotel we have dinner and a few drinks at their restaurant, Culley's Kitchen & Bar.
The hotel dates from the 1880s and opened in Cardiff Docks as the Coal and Shipping Exchange when Cardiff became the biggest coal port in the world.
The Coal Exchange closed in 1958 and coal exports came to an end in 1964. It reopened as a hotel in 2017.
Our visit to Cardiff Bay And The Coal Exchange Hotel.
0:00 Cardiff Bay
0:39 The Coal Exchange Hotel History
3:20 The Room
5:24 Culley's Kitchen & Bar
8:13 Hotel Breakfast
8:50 How Was The Stay
‘The Coal Exchange Hotel - A Bit Of History And Luxury In Cardiff Bay’ - Filmed February 2023
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Nice, love old buildings.
£73 for that room excellent value, another great video. Thanks M&M
Yes, it was a good price (included breakfast). Although I think the weekends are far more.
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About 20 years ago, when I was married to my second wife and lived in Cwmbran, we used to go to lots of live concerts. I was always an Ian Hunter fan (previously of Mott The Hoople fame) and his Rant Band were appearing at The Coal Exchange; it was a venue then. One thing I remember about that concert most of all was that I had a friend from Manchester who was also a Hunter fan and came to stay with us for a couple of nights, to go to the gig. My wife liked a drink (Yes, here we go, down the slippery slope) and by the time we got to the concert on the night, she was a little bit...past it. I remember my friend saying we were supposed to carry her out, not in...!
Actually, that night was quite historic because 3 founder members of Mott took the stage together for the first time in what must have been 30 years or more; Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs and Verden Allen (the latter of whom actually came over before the gig and started talking to me - I was chuffed). It was called the 'Taking The Mick' tour because Mick Ralphs joined Hunter's Rant band for it. Fantastic venue (and I also saw them at 6 or 7 other venues around UK that tour, sometimes going back to the hotels for the after gig drinks, on one occasion walking through the streets of Manchester with the drummer - who was previously Paul McCartney's Wings drummer [Steve Holley]).
Definitely - Lot's of history in that venue.
I saw some great bands there, remember seeing Peter Green in concert there.
It was a historic little venue.
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It was a very elegant building and your dinner looked delicious. Really enjoyed the video.
It is a grand building. Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely hotel. I told my husband I’d love to visit. I’m so glad you and Mel had a great time. Love this video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you get to visit.
Hello from the States. Another interesting and entertaining video. I am learning more and more about Wales each week by watching your videos. I like when historic buildings are refurbished and given new life. The food looks delicious, especially the breakfast. Never had baked beans for breakfast before but I’m sure it goes good with eggs, sausage and ham. Still catching up on some previous walking videos. Stay safe and be well.
Thanks for watching. Most kids grew up on baked beans - beans on toast for lunch and beans and chips for dinner!
Hi Marcus, how are you? I'm doing well. The hotel looks beautiful and historical, and the rooms look nice and clean. The food looks delicious. Awesome live video. Hope to see more next week. Have a great day greetings from Canada 😀
It was a good stay and reasonably priced. Unfortunately, a day after our stay the water main burst and the hotel had to close temporarily.
@@flydriveexplore sorry to hear that. All your video are still great. I enjoy them every weekend see you next video
Very nice place, nice looking couple,but creep past in the corridor if your there for hen party ,nice looking food excellent value for something so grand,all round good then Marcus, thank you both for sampling such luxury did you take that bath you two.
It was a nice place although it had to close a day after we visited as the water main burst.
@8 21 marmite (and butter?) on toast @8 45 (ham and/or bacon?) on toast
The marmite on toast was mine, Mel made herself a toasted bacon sandwich.
Nice choice......bone appetit
I thought it was just closedown.
A day after our stay the water main burst so they had to close temporarily.