Start from 36 curated places around Norwich, GB, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Benedicts
A neighbourhood restaurant on St Benedicts Street that has become the city's foodie calling card, serving serious modern-British cooking without a trace of stuffiness in a warm, stylish room. It's Norwich's special-occasion dinner. Best for a celebratory meal of accomplished, unpretentious cooking.
Farmyard
A relaxed neighbourhood restaurant on St Benedicts Street serving seasonal modern-British small and large plates built on local produce, with a good natural-wine list. It's a younger, easygoing counterpoint to the city's fine dining. Best for a relaxed dinner of seasonal plates and good wine.
Trails & outdoors
Whitlingham Country Park
A country park just southeast of the city built around the Great and Little Broads, with a flat three-mile circuit of the Great Broad through meadow and woodland, plus watersports and a barn cafe. It's the city's nearest taste of the Broads. Best for an easy lakeside circuit and a barn-cafe stop.
Mousehold Heath
A large area of wooded heath on a rise northeast of the centre, with paths through gorse and woodland and the best views back over the city and cathedral from near Cafe Britannia. It's the city's wild green high ground. Best for an easy-to-moderate heath walk with city views and a cafe.
Things to do
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell
A local-history museum in a medieval merchant's house in the Lanes, telling the story of Norwich's trades, from weaving and shoemaking to mustard and chocolate, with characterful displays. It's a charming, human-scale museum. Best for an hour on the city's industrial and everyday past.
Sainsbury Centre
A major art gallery in a landmark Norman Foster building on the university campus, with a world-spanning collection from tribal and ancient art to Francis Bacon and Henry Moore. The architecture and the collection are both significant. Best for a half-day of world-class art a short trip from the centre.
Landmarks & sights
Norwich Cathedral
A magnificent Norman cathedral begun in 1096, with England's second-highest spire, the largest monastic cloisters in the country, and a ceiling studded with hundreds of carved roof bosses. It's free to enter and genuinely awe-inspiring. Best for the cloisters, the roof bosses, and the peaceful close around it.
Norwich Castle
A great Norman keep on a mound above the city, built soon after the Conquest and now a landmark crowning the centre, with a museum and art gallery inside. The hilltop setting gives views over the rooftops. Best for the imposing keep and the city views, with the museum within for a fuller visit.