Pocket Rough Guide Staycations Jersey (Travel Guide eBook)

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Rough Guides Staycations Jersey


Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides.

Inspirational and informative new pocket guide, with free eBook, making the most of holidaying at home in the UK through clearly laid-out walks and tours.

Explore the best of Jersey with this unique travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see, top attractions like Jersey Museum and Art Gallery, Samarès Manor and Jersey Zoo to discovering cultural gems, including including walking through the evocative Jersey War Tunnels, a stunning hike along the flower-clad North Coast Footpath and discovering La Hougue Bie, the huge mound that conceals one of the largest and best-preserved Neolithic passage graves in Europe, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking and driving routes will save you time, and help you plan and enhance your staycation in Jersey.

Features of this travel guide to Jersey:
- Seven walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way
- Local highlights: discover the area's top sights and unique attractions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Time-saving itineraries: carefully planned routes will help inspire and inform your on-the-road experiences
- Historical and cultural insights: learn more about Jersey's rich history with fascinating cultural insights throughout
- Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips
- Rainy day recommendations: uncover plenty of options, whatever the weather throws at you
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to hours of operation, we've got you covered
- New for 2021: the latest guidance to all the places you should discover in Jersey
- The ultimate travel tool: download the free eBook to access all this from your phone or tablet

- Covers: St Helier, the Southwest, the West Coast, Flowers and Farming, the North Coast, Sights of the East and Durrell's Wildlife.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Release date: Jul 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781789197181

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How To Use This E-Book

This Staycation has been produced by the editors of Rough Guides, world-renowned ‘tell it like it is’ travel publishers. Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides.

Walks and Tours

The clearly laid-out walks and tours in this book feature options for walking or using public transport wherever possible. The emphasis is on family fun, wholesome outdoors activities, local festivals, and food and drink. There are loads of great holiday ideas: kids’ stuff, best beaches, historic pubs, literary connections, unique shops, and – crucially with our Great British weather – what to do on a rainy day.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Eating Out’ box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink.

Directory

Also supporting the walks and tours is a Trips Tips section, with clearly organised practical information. There is a comprehensive round up of sports and activities in the destination, recommendations for themed holidays, plus our pick of the best places to stay.

Getting around the e-book

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

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Table of Contents

10 Things not to miss

Introduction to Jersey

Location and Climate

British Links

Language

Economy

Environment

Food and Drink

Island Specialities

Jersey Fizz

Tour 1: St Helier

Liberation Square

Maritime Museum and Tapestry Gallery

Occupation Tapestry Gallery

Church of St Helier

Streets and sewers

Royal Square

Battle of Jersey

Royal Square today

The Royal Court

Central Market

Fish Market

Jersey Museum and Art Gallery

Elizabeth Castle

Visiting the Castle

Views to Fort Regent

The Waterfront

Feature: War Tunnels

Tour 2: The Southwest

St Aubin’s Bay

Razor fish

St Aubin

A haunt of privateers

Merchants’ mansions

Fish and ships

The Western Railway

Noirmont Point

Portelet Bay

Ouaisné Bay

St Brelade’s Bay

St Brelade’s Church and Fisherman’s Chapel

Beauport Bay

Tour 3: The West Coast

La Corbière

St Ouen’s Bay

Surfers’ paradise

Les Mielles

Coastal towers

Knitting traditions

Channel Islands Military Museum

Feature: Fables and Festivals

Tour 4: Flowers and Farming

Battle of Flowers

Waterworks Valley

Hamptonne Country Life Museum

La Mare Wine Estate

St Peter’s Valley

Jersey Lavender

Detour to Eric Young Orchid Foundation

Tour 5: The North Coast

Rozel

Bouley Bay

Fort L’Etacquerel and Fort Leicester

Bonne Nuit

La Crête Fort

Devil’s Hole

Grève de Lecq

Grève de Lecq Barracks

Le Moulin de Lecq

Plémont

Les Landes

Grosnez Castle

North Coast Footpath

Feature: Hall of Fame

Tour 6: Sights of the East

La Hougue Bie

History of La Hougue Bie

Visiting La Hougue Bie

Mont Orgueil Castle

Impregnable fortress

Climbing the ramparts

Gorey Harbour

St Catherine’s Bay

Royal Bay of Grouville

Seymour Tower

Green Island

Ramsar Site

Botanic Gardens at Samarès Manor

Le Dicq and Victor Hugo

Tour 7: Durrell’s Wildlife

Durrell’s Legacy

The perfect setting

Saved from the Brink

Gentle Jambo

Active Pursuits

Walking

Inland walks

Cycling

Surfing

Sailing

Sea Kayaking/Coasteering

Fishing

Diving

Beaches and Swimming

Golf

Themed Holidays

Heritage Holidays

Walking Tours

Spa and Gastronomy

Sports

Bush Camps

Conservation

Arts

Practical Information

Getting There

By air

By sea

Getting Around

Buses

Car hire

Driving

Cycling

Inter-island ferries and France

Taxis

Facts for the Visitor

Disabled travellers

Emergencies

Money

Opening times

Telephones

Tourist information

Entertainment

Travel documents and customs allowances

Accommodation

Where to Stay

Hotels

St Helier

St Aubin’s Bay and St Aubin

St Brelade’s

Bouley Bay/Trinity/Rozel

Gorey

St Saviour

Websites

10 Things not to miss

Spectacular cliff paths, stunning coastal scenery, beautiful gardens, historic forts and castles, and museums chronicling the island’s rich heritage – here are the high spots of Jersey at a glance

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Jersey War Tunnels. The dark, dank tunnels and evocative displays are a harrowing reminder of Jersey under the Germans. For more information, click here.

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Elizabeth Castle. Take the Castle Ferry to see this Tudor fort, which defended the island for over 300 years. For more information, click here.

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North Coast Footpath. Flower-clad cliff paths extend all along the northern coast, offering bracing walks and stunning views. For more information, click here.

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Maritime Museum. Explore the island’s links with the sea and its former role as a seafaring state. For more information, click here.

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Mont Orgueil Castle. Climb the ramparts of this medieval fortress for splendid views of the east coast and Normandy, across the water. For more information, click here.

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Surfing. Ride the big Atlantic swell which pounds the 4-mile (6km) sandy bay of St Ouen’s – or just sit and watch the surfing pros. For more information, click here.

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Samarès Manor. This fine manor is a horticultural haven with acres of landscaped gardens, a plant nursery and spectacular herb garden. For more information, click here.

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La Hougue Bie. A huge mound conceals one of the largest and best-preserved Neolithic passage graves in Europe. For more information, click here.

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Jersey Museum and Art Gallery. Steep yourself in Jersey’s history at this award-winning museum. For more information, click here.

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Jersey Zoo. No ordinary zoo, Durrell has been saving species on the brink for more than 60 years. For more information, click here.

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Introduction to Jersey

A tiny island in the shadow of France, Jersey packs in big beaches, stunning seascapes and a host of historic and family attractions.

When the novelist Victor Hugo was exiled from France he chose to live on the island closest to home – just 14 miles (22km) across the Channel, where his native language was spoken. Fragments of Europe dropped by France and picked up by England, was how he described the Channel Islands. As self-governing islands and strongholds of ancient, semi-feudal laws, the Channel Islands are neither truly British, nor are they French. English is now the accepted language, the currency is pounds and pence, yet many street names are still in French, the food has a Gallic slant and the islands have a distinctly foreign flavour. Tourists are drawn by this combination of French flavour and British lifestyle – not to mention the location, which is sufficiently far south to guarantee more daily hours of sun than anywhere else in Britain.

For a small island Jersey offers a wide range of attractions and activities, from ancient castles and wartime relics to sea sports and cycle tours, spas and adventure parks. But for most visitors it’s the coastline that has the greatest allure. Jersey has 50 miles (80km) of shoreline and 20 miles (32km) of fine sandy beaches, swept clean by huge tides. The island tilts southwards, and seascapes range from the towering cliffs of the north to the Atlantic rollers of the west and the spacious sands of the south. The island has one of the largest tidal movements in the world, and the coastal landscape undergoes dramatic changes between high and low water.

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Catching some rays on St Brelade’s beach.

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Location and Climate

The most southerly of the British Isles, Jersey lies in the Gulf of St Malo, 100 miles (160km) from mainland Britain, but only 14 miles (22km) from the coast of Normandy. On most days you can see France from the north and east coasts. Largest of the Channel Islands, Jersey is 9 miles (14km) east to west, 5 miles (8km) north to south. In summer the island has a daily average of eight hours of sunshine and an average maximum temperature of 68°F (20°C). As in the UK, there is always the risk of bad weather, but clouds are often quickly dispersed by the strong south-westerly winds.

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The Jersey cow pops up everywhere on the island.

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British Links

The Channel Islands once formed part of the Duchy of Normandy but have had links with the British Isles ever since the Battle of Hastings, when they became part of the Anglo-Norman realm. The links were reinforced in 1204 when King John lost Normandy to France but the Channel Islands chose to remain loyal to the English crown. In return for their allegiance King John granted the islands customs and privileges, tantamount to self-government, which have since been confirmed by every English monarch. France then became the enemy, and for the next 650 years Jersey was repeatedly threatened by French invasions. The last invaders were the Nazi Germans, who