Shopping centres, boutiques and designer clothes
If shopping takes your fancy, at the Vale Resort you're only 15 minutes from Cardiff (recently voted one of the UK's top shopping destinations), as well as being close to many market towns offering bespoke shopping and just 15 minutes drive from the designer shopping outlet.
Bridgend - Designer Shopping Outlet
The designer shopping outlet in Bridgend is a treasure trove of famous brands with discounts of up to 50% off normal high street prices. Bridgend Designer Outlet is situated on the edge of the stunning Heritage Coast, South of the Brecon Beacons. Laid out in a picturesque, village street style, with a 9 screen multiplex cinema. First class facilities, food courts and all-year-round activities combine to make a day out at shopping outlet an experience you'll want to repeat. Only 15 minutes from the hotel.
Cardiff - Cosmopolitan Shopping
A lively city of 300,000 people, surrounded by mountains to the north and the sea to the south and containing one of the world's finest civic centres. Unmissable shopping in Victorian and modern malls and arcades plus wide, clean, traffic-free streets. Quality stores side by side with smaller family-friendly shops. Cinemas, theatres, art galleries, museums, night-clubs, ice skating and much, much more! October 2009 saw the opening of the £675m St. David's 2, the largest shopping centre in Wales. New stores include Apple, Hugo Boss, Reiss, Radley, Kurt Geiger and Quicksilver. With flagship stores Debenhams and John Lewis - the largest store outside of London. Only 20 minutes from the hotel.
Cowbridge - the Bond Street of Wales
Cowbridge town centre boasts an entire department store on one high street and has often been referred to as the Bond Street of Wales. Shoppers can browse among a myriad of unique, family-owned shops selling beautiful clothes for ladies and gentlemen, jewellery, leather goods, shoes, crafts, furniture, books, antiques and unusual gifts. Renowned for its customer care and first class service, Cowbridge makes a welcome alternative to the large department stores with a rural edge but city chic and has something to suit all budgets. Only 10 minutes from the hotel.