Why a Booktrail?
2000s: Guernsey is the ideal destination for a traditional summer holiday. Handy, pocket-sizedGreat Breaks Guernsey is packed with useful information on how to spend your time.
Insight Guides Great Breaks Guernsey
What you need to know before your trail
There’s lot of walks and tours to enjoy around Guernsey, starting off in the quaint capital St Peter Port with its excellent restaurants, then taking in castles, wartime fortifications, museums and manor houses. There are also day trips to the tiny islands of Herm, Sark and Alderney, each with its own character and all accompanied by vivid full-colour photographs, clear maps and plenty of recommendations for where to eat and drink. Features on the local culture focus on what makes Guernsey unique – its festivals, shipwrecks and fishing traditions – to immerse you in island life.
Each tour has its own colour map for easy orientation, and beautiful photography on every page vividly bring the islands to life. The travel tips provide all the practical information you’ll need, with plenty of ideas for unique places to stay, themed holidays and outdoor activities.
Travel Guide
Visit Guernsey
It might be a small island, but just remember small things come in very big and interesting packages
The Channel Islands of Guernsey, Herm, Sark and Alderney bask in a temperate climate off the French coasts, combining British Sensibility with continental sunshine in what is the last remnant of the Duchy of Normandy.
Walks and tours
St Peter Port – waterfront, harbour, liberation place
“An Ancient port with its cobbled streets, colourful harbour and fine seafood restaurants”
Moulin Huet Bay
Southern Guernsey –
“See how the islanders lived during WW2, through recreated domestic scenes, documents, recipes and ration books”
Central Guernsey
German underground military hospital
Northern Guernsey
Vazon Bay
Herm – a tiny car-free island
Sark – visit La Seigneurie, home of the Seigneur of Sark since 1730
Alderney – St Anne is an engaging little town with cobbled streets, pastel-coloured houses and a fascinating museum.
Trail Gallery
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Insight Guides Great Breaks Guernsey
Destination : Guernsey Author/Guide: Insight Guides Departure Time: Anytime
Back to ResultsWhere Next?
