The Islands
With daily connections to its smaller islands, your visit to Guernsey is four holidays rolled into one.
Alderney means rolling, open countryside and wide sandy bays. St Anne’s, the capital, is a welcoming tumble of cottages, town houses and pubs. Ride the Channel Islands’ only standard gauge railway in the metropolitan luxury of old London Underground coaches. Somehow, in Alderney, it all makes perfect sense.
Sark is famous for its refusal to kow-tow to the motor car. The result is a timeless world of bicycles, horse drawn taxis and lazy, alfresco lobster lunches. Remember, in Sark there is no word for ‘stress.
Herm Island has been home to Neolithic man, monks, pirates, quarrymen and a colourful collection of tenants including hapless Army officers, a Bloomsbury author and a Prussian Prince. Nowadays the subtropical flowers, white sand and tranquillity of this unspoiled beach paradise still cast a powerful spell.