Dark Wales Tours
Dark Wales Tours
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Dark Wales Tours offer authentic guided tours exploring the History, Myths, Legends and Ghosts of Wales
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Cardiff, Wales
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Travellers' Choice
2023
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- Professional tour guide
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Karla F
Llandysul, UK49 contributions
Dec 2023 • Friends
Definitely a 5/5 experience. Our tour guides were clearly very knowledgeable but also considerate of us who attended. They made it a fab experience and would be interested in another one! THANKS!
Written 1 December 2023
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GBM
Cardiff, UK7 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
My wife and I recently attended the Castell Coch Halloween Tour. What a fantastic evening. The Dark Wales gents (Tour Guides) and Cadw staff were amazing. An atmospheric, insightful and fun evening - thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will most certainly do another tour. Thanks guys!
Written 8 November 2023
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Thank you for coming on our Halloween Tour at Castell Coch and posting your fantastic review.
It was a pleasure to welcome you on the tour and share the quirky history of the castle along with the various Halloween traditions observed over the years with you.
We cannot thank you enough for your kind words and we hope to welcome you nto another tour in the near future.
Please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news and updates on all of our tours.
Thank you once again.
Kindest Regards.
Matthew and Luke.
Written 17 November 2023
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TravLP
29 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
We did the St Fagans museum tour and even though we are skeptics we really, really enjoyed it! The time flew by! Luke really brought the experience to life and was an excellent host. There was a good mix of information on history, myths & legends and unexplained experiences. It was also nice to walk around St Fagans in the dark, it's such a beautiful (if sometimes eerie) place.
Written 28 October 2023
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Thank you for posting your fantastic review of your tour at St Fagans.
We cannot thank you enough for your kind words and are delighted you enjoyed the evening, hearing stories of St Fagans vast history along with the many paranormal experiences reported.
You are quite right, St Fagans is an incredibly beautiful site and at night an eeriness does indeed seem to take over.
We certainly hope to welcome you on another tour very soon.
In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for all news and updates about our other tours.
Thank you once again.
Kindest Regards.
Luke and Matthew
Written 28 October 2023
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Joanne R
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Oct 2023 • Couples
Amazing evening. The guide clearly knew his stuff and was very enthusiastic about the stories he told. Learnt loads about Welsh folk lore and Halloween facts. We will definitely be looking at going on more tours with them.
Written 28 October 2023
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Thank you for coming on our Halloween themed tour at the incredible Caerphilly Castle and posting your fantastic review.
We are delighted you enjoyed the the evening and discovering the quirky and unique Halloween traditions of Wales.
We certainly look forward to welcoming you on one of our other tours very soon.
Please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news and updates on all of our tours.
Thank you once again.
Kindest Regards.
Matthew and Luke.
Written 28 October 2023
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Sue H
Penarth, UK472 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
Just back from the ghost tour of St Fagans. This is the 2nd time we have done this tour - the first was about 5 or 6 years ago, so it was great that we visited different houses.
Matt and Luke were brilliant telling us house histories, ghost stories, and Welsh myths and legends
Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves
Matt and Luke were brilliant telling us house histories, ghost stories, and Welsh myths and legends
Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves
Written 25 October 2023
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Thank you for coming on the tour at St Fagans and posting your wonderful review.
We are delighted you enjoyed the evening and the mix of history and the paranormal throughout.
St Fagans is an incredible location especially at night and it was a pleasure to be able to welcome you on the tour.
Thank you once again for your kind words and we hope to welcome you on another tour very soon.
In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news and updates on all of our tours.
Kindest Regards.
Matthew and Luke.
Written 28 October 2023
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kelnjax
7 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
My son and I went to the St Fagans Castle tour and loved it. It was raining but we even loved that it added to it being more creepy as we were walking around the grounds in the dark. Matthew & Luke are fab as was Didi the lady helping from St Fagans (or was she a ghost?? Lol)
Thanks guys looking forward to the next one!
Thanks guys looking forward to the next one!
Written 12 October 2023
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Thank you for coming on the tour and posting your lovely review.
We are delighted you both enjoyed the tour and you are right, the rain does seem to add an extra level of intrigue to the castle at night.
We really appreciate your kind words and look forward to welcoming you both on another tour very soon.
In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news and updates on all of our tours.
Thank you once again.
Kindest Regards.
Matthew and Luke.
Written 23 October 2023
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Fergus F
Cardiff, UK3 contributions
Sep 2023 • Family
Myself and my daughter went on the Cardiff Castle tour with Matt and Luke of DWT in March 2023 ( reviewed separately)
We decided after that great experience to go on another one, and the famous Margam Castle was chosen, it didn't disappoint!
This house, and the surrounding land, has a very deep and some would say 'dark' history. Again, we joined another really well designed tour that peeled back the layers of history surrounding us.
We started outside in the old abbey ruins, the tour then approached a very eerie castle (Manor House) and once inside we were blown away by the gothic detail and the atmosphere. It's a genuinely scary place - I'm not skittish but there is something there!
A brilliant tour, honest, well researched and brilliantly delivered.
We decided after that great experience to go on another one, and the famous Margam Castle was chosen, it didn't disappoint!
This house, and the surrounding land, has a very deep and some would say 'dark' history. Again, we joined another really well designed tour that peeled back the layers of history surrounding us.
We started outside in the old abbey ruins, the tour then approached a very eerie castle (Manor House) and once inside we were blown away by the gothic detail and the atmosphere. It's a genuinely scary place - I'm not skittish but there is something there!
A brilliant tour, honest, well researched and brilliantly delivered.
Written 1 October 2023
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Hi Fergus, thank you for your fantastic review. It was lovely to see you both again and a pleasure to welcome you on the tour at Margam.
We are delighted you enjoyed the evening and cannot thank you enough for your kind words.
You are most certainly right in saying there is definitely a strange atmosphere at Margam which really does seem to get under your skin.
Thank you once again for both coming along, your support and kind words mean the world to us and we hope to see you on another tour very soon.
Please keep an eye on the website and social media for all news and updates about our tours and upcoming projects.
Thank you once again.
Matt and Luke.
Written 3 October 2023
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Jo H
4 contributions
Aug 2023 • Friends
I have done 4 ghost walks now with DTW and the they have all been amazing! The knowledge Luke and Matthew have is incredible and I learn loads about the history of the places we attend. I call Matthew ‘the David Attenborough of the Ghost World’. Can’t wait for the next ones especially the Halloween ones! This isn’t a cheese ghost experience more a history tour that explains about the location and buildings and then about the sightings/feelings people have had. I enjoy every minute
Written 31 August 2023
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Thank you for posting this wonderful review. We were delighted to welcome you back and your kind words truly mean so much to us.
We aim to get a mix of the history and paranormal as you mention so it is great to read you enjoy the balance of the tours.
We are extremely flattered and honoured to be compared to such an icon and it warms our hearts that you share our passion and enthusiasm for the tours.
Thank you so much for all of your support and we cannot wait to see you on another tour very soon.
Please keep eye on our website and social media for all news and updates about the tours and other projects.
Kindest Regards.
Matthew and Luke.
Written 11 September 2023
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Lee R
1 contribution
Aug 2023 • Couples
What a fantastic night at St. Fagans castle tonight! Matthew and Luke both very knowledgeable, friendly and professional (as always). It was most definitely an active tour, several icey cold spots and sudden temperature changes, sounds of what can only be described as furniture being moved amongst a few others things too. Can't wait to book another tour. Thanks very much both for a superb night.
Written 31 August 2023
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Thank you for posting your great review. We are delighted to be back at St Fagans Castle and it was a pleasure to welcome you on the tour.
You are quite right there were indeed a few strange experiences reported throughout the night and we are intrigued to see what will happen on future tours.
Your support and kind words mean the world to us so we cannot thank you enough for coming along and we most definitely look forward to welcoming you again soon.
Please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news and updates on all our tours and projects.
Thank you once again.
Kindest Regards.
Matthew and Luke.
Written 11 September 2023
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lsims
South Wales22 contributions
Aug 2023 • Friends
I bought st fagans tickets for my mum and aunty for their birthday. We visit frequently during the day so we were intrigued by the stories that would be told at night. Matthew and Luke did not disappoint. The stories were thoroughly researched and engaging with just enough creepiness. As it was an informative tour rather than a paranormal investigation we weren’t expecting to see or feel anything, however we experienced numerous different things along the tour including nausea, cold spots, misty figures and even a hair pull. I would highly recommend and can’t wait to do another in a different location!
Written 19 August 2023
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Thank you for coming on the tour and posting your lovely review. We are delighted you enjoyed the evening and cannot thank you enough for your kind words.
It is fantastic you enjoyed the mix of history and paranormal which is exactly what we aim for.
More and more guests do seem to be having some strange experiences throughout the various buildings so it is intriguing to hear you picked up on the same.
We cannot wait to welcome you on another tour very soon.
In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news and updates on all of our tours.
Kindest Regards.
Matthew and Luke.
Written 5 September 2023
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Hi there. Is this your available this week? We are coming to Cardiff from London from Thursday to Sunday.
When is the next one and price please
holisticliving
cumbria64 contributions
Look on their website. Google search will bring it up.