Guernsey Island Travel
Guernsey Overview
Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel and is part of the Channel Islands. The islands of Guernsey represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The island enjoys 200-260 hours of sunshine during the popular holiday season from Easter to October.
Guernsey Main Attractions
The famous attraction of Guernsey is its colorful history. Guernsey embraces its history greatly and is proven as most of the monuments of the past still exist in this current era. There is the Castle Cornet standing as you overlook the harbor in St Peter Port. It was built during the reign of King Stephen and it bears influences from many eras, through to the German occupation during World War II. There are also sites that reflect a prehistoric Guernsey, like the Dehus Dolmens. It is a common to have dolmens (Neolithic tombs) on the island.
Other attractions of the Guernsey islands are beautiful beaches. These beaches boast its beauty and tranquility as you take a peek of it. The beaches can be a living museum for you can witness some shipwrecks and the like by the bay. There are also some maritime museums by the beach. One of these maritime museums is the Fort Grey Maritime Museum of Roquaine Bay. The museum focuses on Guernsey’s shipwreck. The Roquaine Bay is also home to flocks of sea birds and is accessible to walkers at low tide.
Guernsey Activities
For the colorful history and unspoiled natural sceneries, Guernsey offers a unique variety of activities. There are fortifications scattered all around the coast that are open to the public. Guernsey has Eisteddfod Society Annual Festival that celebrates the best of arts and academic events and culminates in an exhibition at the end of Mach. You can participate in the said event. You can also have cliff-top walks and enjoy interesting strolls around the island’s cliff paths. Aside from these activities, you can hit the beach and have fun diving, snorkeling, surfing, swimming or any water sport you are fond of.
Guernsey Accommodation & Dining
There are many featured hotels in advertisements about Guernsey. These featured accommodations have been carefully chosen to meet required standards. The hotels are great places to stay in the island. They give an overview of what Guernsey is all about. Guernsey is also blessed with a large number of excellent restaurants from pavement cafes and brasseries to international standard fine dining restaurants and outstanding hotel restaurants. Naturally, fresh local products including Guernsey seafood is of the very highest quality with fresh caught crab, lobster, bass, mussels and scallops featured on many Guernsey restaurant menus.
Guernsey Shopping & Nightlife
Famous for its jumpers, pretty cows and still low duty/vat-free status, Guernsey also boasts some very reasonable nightlife. Shopping is superb for the islands’ vat-free status. You can buy all the things you need without hurting your wallet. There are many shops and department stores where you can do all the shopping.
Getting To & Around Guernsey
Guernsey can only be reached by plane or boat. Guernsey’s airport has flight links to United Kingdom, France, Isle of Man, Jersey, Alderney, Netherlands and Germany. Ferries run from St Peter Port to the UK, France and other Channel Islands.
