Whatever your passion – walking, wildlife, music, literature, comedy, food (or even scarecrows and sheep racing!)  -  Guernsey has an event or festival to inspire you in 2012. This year, Guernsey sees the the return of the biennial Victor Hugo International Music Festival (16-21 July), showcasing some of classical music’s biggest talents as well as [...]

Happy New Year from everyone at VisitGuernsey! We’re sure 2012 is going to be a fantastic year – but with a new music festival, a new literary festival, a new walking route, a revival of the traditional guernsey jumper and a new collection of thoughts, ideas and inspiration on our island, 2011 was a very good year on Guernsey! [...]

‘Guernsey culture is really booming,’ says artist Genevieve Langford. And she would know, The Gallery, which Genevieve co-owns with Jean Christophe Godet, Director of the Guernsey Photography Festival, has become a creative hub on Guernsey for painters, photographers, sculptors, kinetic artists, portraitists, ceramicists and knitters – both professional and amateur. Genevieve moved to England to gain a first class [...]

This week, former Sark summer season worker and regular Guernsey visitor Alexandra Wood shares her top tips with VisitGuernsey on day trips to the islands of Herm and Sark. Visiting Sark from Guernsey Sark is like nowhere else so I suggest that you get the early boat, that way you allow yourself plenty of time [...]

It’s only natural to remember your childhood holidays fondly, and my memories of our family holidays to the Channel Islands will always be full of beautiful sandy beaches, endless days of sunshine [when I know it must have rained at least once from the photos!], rockpooling, lashings of delicious ice cream and a new summer [...]

Whether it’s kayaking along the south coast of Guernsey, exploring Herm’s beautiful sandy beaches or climbing Sark’s breathtaking coastline, the Bailiwick of Guernsey can provide an adrenaline-fueled adventure holiday for all types of outdoor enthusiasts. Five years ago Outdoor Guernsey was established by Antony Ford Parker to offer visitors and locals alike the chance to experience Guernsey’s [...]

Sark Folk Festival 2011 takes place from 1-3 July 2011 on the Isle of Sark. With the final preparations underway, organising committee member Jessica Nash looks back to last year’s festival to give us a taste of what might lie ahead for this year’s event. 30 June 2010: We boarded the ferry to Sark with [...]

Dhruv Baker, winner of MasterChef 2010, tells us why he loves the beautiful island of Guernsey and what happens next in the life of a culinary superstar in the making…

Guernsey have unleashed yet another quirky event for visitors this weekend, in the form of Torteval Scarecrow Festival 2010. Started in 2004 by residents of the beautiful Torteval Parish in the south-west of Guernsey, it’s origins evolved after residents decided to find a novel way of showcasing their creative side. Since then, visitors flock to [...]

The History of the Guernsey Wrap Guernsey’s best kept bathing secret has been under wraps for decades but now all can be revealed! Ask any Guernsey kids on the beach what they think about ‘wrap’ and they will enthuse, not about popular music but about the colourful body length towel that you can see the [...]