Visby is surronded by an unusually well preserved medieval wall measuring about 3.5 kilometres and 11 meters of hight. Inside the city wall you will find large numbers of well preserved medival buidings and many church ruins together with shops and restaurants. In Visby shops, banks, offices, restaurants are concentrated around Adelsgatan, stercentrum and S dercentrum linked into one area connecting the south eastern parts of Visby to the inner core. Most restaurants are located inside the city wall with a concentration towards Stora torget, the Central Square. Purchases of handcraft, art, traditional jewellry and clothing are recommended.
Some petrol stations have a full array of food, soft drinks and cigarettes.
The Swedish liquor stores, Systembolaget, are run by the government and closed on saturdays. Travellers cheques can be cashed into Swedish crowns at most banks. Personal cheques can normally not be cashed. Major currencies are accepted at larger tourist establishments, often at disadventageous rates. There is daily public bus transportations to most larger rural centres on Gotland.