Military organisers estimated that 70,000 people attended a 'Meet the Forces' day in Cardiff Bay on Sunday, at the end of the Nato summit Wales week.
Police have hailed the security operation - the largest the UK has ever seen - as a success, with 31 arrests made in total.
World leaders including Barack Obama left Wales on Friday, praising Newport and Cardiff for a warm welcome.
Tonight Cardiff Castle, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and HMS Duncan in Roath Basin will host working dinners.
Heads of state and government, foreign and defence ministers from the 28 Nato countries will attend.
Welsh food and drink will be served.
Top policeman at Nato Summit says stun grenades were destroyed an hour before they were set to explode in path of world leaders.
'Meet the Forces' day was a crowd puller on Sunday as warships open up their decks in Cardiff Bay following Nato summit.
The day began with a spectacular fly-past over Cardiff and Newport by Nato aircraft.