Forest bathing in Cardiff

Cardiff is a city, and its woodland is where you would expect it: along the Taff, in the big parks and on the ridge along the northern boundary. Fforest Fawr above Castell Coch at Tongwynlais is the best of it, Natural Resources Wales beech with a sculpture trail. Coed y Wenallt above Rhiwbina is a council-owned ancient oak wood known for bluebells, Forest Farm Country Park at Whitchurch has wet woodland along the old Glamorganshire Canal, and Bute Park's arboretum runs up the Taff from the castle.

Urban forest bathing is as useful as the rural kind. A session stays in one wood for two or three hours, slows right down and spends most of the time still, and the guide's job is to help you stop noticing the traffic. Each guide's profile gives dates, prices and where to meet.

Fforest Fawr is the natural first choice: park at the Castell Coch car park and the beech wood starts at the gate, with a surfaced sculpture trail that is mostly level. Forest Farm is handy without a car, a short walk from Coryton station or the Taff Trail, with flat canal-side paths.