As well as its great Norman cathedral, Norwich is home to 31 wonderful medieval churches whose imposing towers and peaceful gardens add to the atmosphere of a city whose main streets are still laid out in their medieval pattern. Use this guide to explore Norwich"s history but enjoy too its many modern attactions; excellent shopping, theatres, galleries, riverside walks, cafes, restaurants and pubs. Much of the city-centre is traffic-free so visitors may easily enjoy the interweaving of historic beauty and 21st-century pleasures.