01/26/12
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 [...]
Tags: Autuymn Floral Guernsey Fesival, Britain in Bloom Awards, Easter Festival of Living History, Guernsey Festival of Comedy, Guernsey in bloom, Guernsey Literary Festival, Guernsey Music Festival, Healthspan Autumn Walking Week, Healthspan Spring Walking Week, Liberation Day, Sark Sheep Racing, Spring Floral Guernsey Festival, Tennerfest, The Guernsey Photography Festival, Torteval Scarecrow Festival, Victor Hugo International Music Fesival, VisitGuernsey Events for 2012
09/29/11
More than 70 Guernsey restaurants are taking part in the Channel Islands’ annual Tennerfest – so there’s never been a better time to enjoy a taste of Guernsey! Running from 1 October to 12 November, Tennerfest will see restaurants across the island offering special delicious set menus, ranging from £10 to £17.50 per person. The [...]
Tags: Abbey Court Hotel, Channel Islands Direct, Channel Islands' annual Tennerfest, Condor Breaks, Fine dining opportunities in Guernsey, food in Guernsey, Guernsey, Guernsey Travel Service, Peninsula Hotel Guernsey, St Peter Port, St Pierre Park Hotel Guernsy, Tennerfest 2011, Visit Guernsey
09/22/11
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 [...]
Tags: Day trips to Herm and Sark, Guernsey top tips, Maseline Harbour, Sark, St Peter Port, Transport on Sark, Visit Guernsey, Visit Herm from Guernsey, Visiting Sark from Guernsey
08/26/11
Each year Guernsey’s pretty winding lanes, buildings and public spaces are festooned with vivacious and vibrant floral displays. Each parish has its own horticultural character but all are striving for the common goal of preserving and enhancing the natural environment of our small but perfectly formed island
Tags: Britain in Bloom, floral Guernsey, Gardens, Guernsey horticulture, Guernsey in bloom, Guernsey Parks, horticulture, St Andrew's Parish, St Peter Port, St Peter's Parish
08/23/11
To mark the launch of new walking route The Channel Island Way, we invited Britain’s top walking podcasters, The Outdoors Station, to experience sections of the guide’s highlighted walks in Guernsey.
Tags: camping in Guernsey, Outdoor Guernsey, The Channel Island Way, Walking in Alderney, Walking in Guernsey, Walking in Herm, Walking in Sark
08/15/11
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 [...]
Tags: Guernsey family holidays, Guernsey for Kids, Guernsey holidays
07/04/11
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 [...]
Tags: Abseiling in Guernsey, Adrenaline junkies, Antony Ford Packer, Archery in Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Climbing in Guernsey, Coasteering in Guernsey, Fermain Bay, Guernsey, Guernsey adrenaline fuelled adventure holidays, Havelet, Herm, Kayaking in Guernsey, Le Gouffre, Outdoor Enthusiasts, Outdoor enthusiasts exploring Guernsey, Petit Bot, Sark, St Peter Port, Visit Guernsey
06/06/11
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 [...]
Tags: 6 Day Riot, Alderney, Autumn, Big Sheep, Breabach, channel islands, Creux Harbour, Dean Hodgkinson, Emily Smith, Festivals, Guernsey, Guernsey cider maker James Meller, Guernsey history, Guernsey local traditions, Isle of Sark, Jenkins Ear singing shanties, Jersey, L'Escalier Restaurant, Les Dieses, Morris dancers, Randall's Brewery, Sark Folk Festival 2011, Sark Folk Festival 2011 line up, Sark Folk Festival photography competition 2010, Sark shipping company, St Peter Port Harbour, The Barly Dogs, Tonight in Skies, Transport on Sark, Visit Guernsey