Norfolk and Suffolk are the England that most visitors never find — a landscape of extraordinary quietness, with a coastline of marshes, shingle beaches and fishing villages that has been inspiring painters and writers for two centuries.

The Suffolk coast is the most atmospheric in England — a coastline of shingle beaches, reed beds and fishing villages that has been slowly disappearing into the sea for centuries. Aldeburgh, with its fish and chip shop on the beach and its music festival in June, is the most beautiful town on the coast. Southwold, with its lighthouse, its pier and its Adnams brewery, is the most charming.

The Norfolk Broads are a landscape of extraordinary quietness — a network of rivers, lakes and marshes that is the largest protected wetland in Britain, with a boat hire culture that has been drawing visitors since the Victorian era. The medieval churches of the Norfolk Broads — Ranworth, Barton Turf, Horning — are among the finest in England.

Norwich is the finest medieval city in East Anglia — a city of extraordinary completeness, with a Norman cathedral, a Norman castle, thirty-two medieval churches and a market that has been trading since the eleventh century. The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, on the campus of the University of East Anglia, is one of the finest art museums in England. Bella Via designs East Anglian itineraries that combine the coast with the Broads and the medieval cities of the interior.

Norfolk and Suffolk reward those who arrive without a fixed itinerary and follow the coast roads wherever they lead. We will help you find the version of them that stays with you.