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CHANNEL ISLANDS HOTELS & ACCOMMODATION
The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. They comprise two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey. Tourism is the major industry in the smaller islands (with some agriculture).
CHANNEL ISLAND HOTELS |
GUERNSEY |
Castel Hotels |
St Martin Hotels |
St Peter Port Hotels |
St Saviour Hotels |
JERSEY |
St Aubin Hotels |
St Brelade Hotels |
St Helier Hotels |
St Lawrence Hotels |
St Martin Hotels |
St Mary Hotels |
St Saviour Hotels |
Trinity Hotels |
ACCOMMODATION IN GUERNSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS |
| Castel Hotels & Accommodation in Guernsey |
| Cobo Bay Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Beach front, AA 3 Star hotel offering panoramic seaviews of the beautiful West coast of Guernsey. 2 Rosette restaurant All rooms en suite, 14 with seaviews and balconies, offering all modern amenities ...
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| Hotel Hougue Du Pommier |
3 Star Hotels |
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Our hotel, set in 10 acres of garden, is situated on the western side of Guernsey, 10 minutes walk from Cobo beach. We are also located 10 Minutes drive from the centre of St Peter Port and 15 minutes drive from the airport ...
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| Le Friquet Country Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Right in the heart of Guernsey, its beautiful rural setting offers the perfect spot for a refreshing break. Originally an old farmhouse, the inside of the hotel has been totally refurbished. In the heart of Guernsey ...
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| St. Martin Hotels & Accommodation in Guernsey |
| Les Douvres Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Les Douvres Hotel is a former XVIIIth century Manor House ideally situated in the quiet St. Martins Parish. In the South East corner of the island and referred to many visitors as the most beautiful part of Guernsey ...
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| La Trelade Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Modern, easy to find, excellent restaurant, luxurious indoor pool and health suite. Great for the business traveller and short breaks throughout the year. Each bedroom at La Trelade Hotel Guernsey is designed to be calm ...
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| Green Acres Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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The Green Acres Hotel Guernsey is one of our finest Guernsey hotels and the perfect base in which to spend your holiday in Guernsey and the Channel Islands. Situated amidst quiet lanes in the rural parish of St. Martin ...
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| La Barbarie Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Nestling in the country Parish of St. Martin in a quiet green valley close to one of Guernseys most beautiful beaches. La Barbarie Hotel provides easy access to the lovely cliffs, bays and coves on the South coast of Guernsey ...
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| St. Peter Port Hotels & Accommodation in Guernsey |
| St Pierre Park Hotel |
4 Star Hotels |
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St. Pierre Park Hotel, outside St. Peter Port, is the only true resort hotel in the Channel Islands. Set amidst 45 acres of quiet, mature parkland, the hotel offers unrivalled luxury. When you know what you are looking for ...
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| St. Saviour Hotels & Accommodation in Guernsey |
| La Hougue Fouque Farm Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Welcome to La Hougue Fouque Farm Hotel Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands leading country farm house hotels. Located in the heart of the island this quiet country hotel caters for family holiday and business ...
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ACCOMMODATION IN JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS |
| St Aubin Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Somerville Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Nestling on the hillside, overlooking the yachting harbour and village of St. Aubin, 5 minute walk to the beach. We have built an excellent reputation - no wonder so many visitors return here year after year! ...
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| St Brelade Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Hotel La Place |
4 Star Hotels |
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Traditional,independent luxury hotel renowned for comfort, service and hospitality. Peaceful,rural location. Built around an original granite farmhouse.Outdoor pool and gardens.1/2 mile from glorious St Aubin's Bay ...
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| Golden Sands Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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With direct access to the beach, this popular holiday hotel is centrally located in St Brelade's Bay. Public areas include a lounge, bar and restaurant all of which overlook the bay. The majority of bedrooms are seafacing ...
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| L Horizon Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Overlooking Jerseys most scenic bay, Hotel L'Horizon offers an abundance of those most naturally relaxing elements bright, warming sunlight and gently invigorating fresh sea air. Their uplifting effect is almost magical ...
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| St Helier Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Carlton Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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The Carlton Hotel is superbly situated on the seafront overlooking the beach. Just a few minutes walking distance to the town shopping centre and direct bus route. We have pleasure in welcoming you to the Carlton Hotel ...
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| Grand Jersey Hotel |
4 Star Hotels |
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At the heart of beautiful Jersey, the Grand offers stunning views aross St. Aubins bay. Whatever you're looking for, you'll find it in Jersey. With its golden beaches and stunning countryside surrounding a vibrant centre ...
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| Longueville Manor Hotel |
4 Star Hotels |
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Longueville Manor is a 13th Century Norman manor house which has been lovingly restored. Character, courtesy, calm, charm and cuisine combine to make up the essence of a Relais & Chateaux hotel ...
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| Apollo Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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The Apollo Hotel is one of Jersey's best equipped hotels and is situated in the heart of St. Helier, with parking. Built around it's own garden and outdoor pool with waterchute, there is also an indoor pool and leisure centre ...
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| Best Western Royal Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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A traditional town house hotel established in 1842, the Best Western Royal Hotel is located in the center of town within easy walking distance of the business district, shops and restaurants of St. Helier ...
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| Mayfair Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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A warm welcome awaits you at the Mayfair Hotel, located only a few minutes' walk from the bustling shops of St Helier. The hotel offers a range of facilities to suit the whole family. The hotel features entertainment most nights ...
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| The Monterey Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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The Monterey is a fine town hotel with all the facilities and service one may expect from a hotel of its class. At the turn of the Millennium, the Monterey has been awarded a 3 sun grading following the completion ...
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| The Norfolk Lodge Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Situated in one of St. Helier's best residential areas, the hotel is only half a mile from the town shops and beaches. One of Jersey's most successful family hotels, our hotel is always a good choice for fun ...
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| Revere Hotel and Restaurant |
3 Star Hotels |
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The terraced front suggests the charm and decor that hides inside through the front door. This unique Town Hotel is one of the most charmingly appointed in the Channel Islands. Originally a 17th Century Coach House ...
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| The Samares Coast Hotel & Apartments |
3 Star Hotels |
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The Samares Coast Hotel is often regarded as the most complete hotel in the east of the island. Situated in a prime sea front location yet boasting fantastic award winning gardens, it provides a most restful location ...
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| Hotel Savoy |
3 Star Hotels |
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The Hotel Savoy has been upgraded, providing modern facilities for a relaxing and comfortable holiday. It stands in its own grounds, just a short stroll from St. Helier's bustling shopping centre and night life ...
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| Stafford Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Our lifetime of personal experience is our best guarantee, ensuring you of individual service and attention delivered in an atmosphere of warmth and friendship which encourages visitors to return to us ...
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| The Uplands Hotel & Apartments |
3 Star Hotels |
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Our intimate hotel is located only one mile from the centre of St helier and the new waterfront. The hotel is in close proximity to the green lane network where you may walk and cycle surrounded by beautiful countryside ...
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| Almorah Hotel |
2 Star Hotels |
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The prestigious Almorah Hotel was built around 1841 and is a listed building of great importance. It is situated in an elevated position above the town of St. Helier with magnificent views over the town and harbour ...
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| Fort d'Auvergne Hotel |
2 Star Hotels |
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The Fort d'Auvergne hotel is a quality establishment, built on the site of a maritime fort that once guarded St Helier. Bordered on two sides by the sea and sandy beach the 'Fort' as it is often lovingly termed ...
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| Marina Hotel |
2 Star Hotels |
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The Marina Hotel is superbly situated on the seafront overlooking the beach, just a few minutes walking distance to the town shopping centre and direct bus route. The Marina has 36 beautifully decorated and funished bedrooms ...
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| The Metropole Hotel |
2 Star Hotels |
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The Metropole is the perfect setting for a holiday for all age groups. It is ideally situated a few hundred yards from St Helier's shops, and a few minutes' walk from the beach. The hotel features entertainment most nights ...
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| Hotel Rex |
2 Star Hotels |
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Our hotel is situated in the sunny south of the island. We are also only a few minutes walk from the centre of St Helier. Our hotel caters for 110 guests. Each bedroom is carefully furnished to provide the utmost ease and comfort ...
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| St Lawrence Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Hotel Cristina |
3 Star Hotels |
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From it's hillside position Hotel Cristina boasts one of the finest views in Jersey, St Lawrence The golden beach is a few minutes walk through Coronation Park. Amid colourful, well-maintained gardens ...
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| St Martin Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Chateau La Chaire Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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If luxury is what you're looking for then look no further. Chateau la Chaire is truly one of the islands' best hotels boasting AA Red Stars and a place in the AA Top 200 hotels in Great Britain and Ireland ...
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| St Mary Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Westview Hotel |
2 Star Hotels |
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The West View is situated in the lovely country parish of St. Mary within a short distance of the lovely coastal walks of the Islands north coast. Facilities include an outdoor swimming pool heated ...
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| St Saviour Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Merton Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Located just 10 minutes from St Helier's town centre, the Merton Hotel provides a perfect place for your stay in Jersey The hotel offers an unbeatable range of facilities, combined with the highest levels of hospitality ...
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| Trinity Hotels & Accommodation in Jersey |
| Best Western Highfield Country Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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Award winning gardens and service make the Best Western Highfield Country Hotel the ideal choice for a leisurely getaway New and repeat guests alike appreciate the relaxed atmosphere and considerate service ...
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| Cheval Roc Hotel |
3 Star Hotels |
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The Hotel enjoys a sentinel position above the beautiful bay of Bonne Nuit. Commanding breathtaking views from Normandy to Sark a Two Sun Hotel with outdoor swimming pool overlooking the sea and coat of France ...
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Images of the Channel Islands
Mont Orgueil, a castle in Jersey
GUERNSEY:
Rising sea levels transformed Guernsey into the tip of a peninsula jutting out into the emergent English Channel until about 6000 BC, when Guernsey and other promontories were cut off from continental Europe, becoming islands. At this time, Neolithic farmers settled the coasts and created the dolmens and menhirs that dot the islands. The island of Guernsey contains three sculpted menhirs of great archaeological interest; Le Dolmen de Dehus also contains a dolmen deity.
Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining.
Ports and harbours exist at St Peter Port and St Sampson's. There are two paved airports in the bailiwick (Guernsey Airport and Alderney Airport), and 3 miles (5 km) of railways in Alderney.
Victor Hugo wrote some of his best-known works while in exile in Guernsey, including Les Misérables. His home in St Peter Port, Hauteville House, is now a museum administered by the city of Paris.
The national animals of the island of Guernsey are the donkey and the Guernsey cow. The traditional explanation for the donkey (âne in French and Dgèrnésiais) is the steepness of St Peter Port streets that necessitated beasts of burden for transport (in contrast to the flat terrain of the rival capital of St Helier in Jersey), although it is also used in reference to Guernsey inhabitants' stubbornness. The Guernsey cow is a more internationally famous icon of the island.
The Guernsey Lily Nerine sarniensis (Sarnia is the traditional name of the island of Guernsey in Latin) is also used as a symbol of the island.
The island's traditional colour (e.g. for sporting events) is green.
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JERSEY:
Jersey was annexed to the Duchy of Normandy by William Longsword, Duke of Normandy in 933. His descendant, William the Conqueror, conquered England in 1066, which led to the Duchy of Normandy and the kingdom of England being governed under one monarch. King John lost all his territories in mainland Normandy in 1204 to the King of France, but retained possession of Jersey, along with Guernsey and the other Channel Islands which have been internally self-governing since.
Trade, aided by neutrality between England and France, laid the foundations of prosperity. The Jersey way of life involved agriculture, fishing, shipbuilding, and production of woollen goods until 19th century improvements in transport links brought tourism to the Island.
The climate is temperate with mild winters and cool summers, it also has the most sunshine per year in the British Isles. The terrain consists of gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast.
Major agricultural products are potatoes and dairy produce. The source of milk is Jersey cattle, a small breed of cow that has also been acknowledged (though not widely so) for the quality of its meat. Small-scale organic beef production has been reintroduced in an effort to diversify the industry.
Farmers and growers often sell surplus food and flowers in boxes on the roadside, relying on the honesty of those who pass to drop the correct change into the money box and take what they want.
Seafood has traditionally been important to the cuisine of Jersey: mussels (called moules locally), oysters, lobster and crabs - especially spider crabs - ormers, and conger.
Jersey milk being very rich, cream and butter have played a large part in insular cooking. However there is no indigenous tradition of cheesemaking, contrary to the custom of mainland Normandy, but some cheese is produced commercially. Jersey fudge, mostly imported and made with milk from overseas Jersey cattle herds, is a popular food product with tourists.
The island's traditional colour (e.g. for sporting events) is red.
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The Hermitage of Saint Helier
lies in the bay off St. Helier
and is accessible on foot at low tide
ST HELIER:
Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes and the largest town on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. It has a population of about 28,000, and is the seat of government for the Island (although Government House is situated in St. Saviour).
It is thought that the site of St. Helier was settled at the time of the Roman control of Gaul.
The medieval hagiographies of Helier, the patron saint martyred in Jersey and after whom the parish and town are named, suggest a picture of a small fishing village on the dunes between the marshy land behind and the high-water mark.
Saint Helier is named for Helier (or Helerius), a 6th century ascetic hermit. The traditional date of his martyrdom is 555 AD. His feast day, marked by an annual municipal and ecumenical pilgrimage to the Hermitage, is on July 16.
An Abbey of St. Helier was founded in 1155 on L'Islet, a tidal island adjacent to the Hermitage. Closed at the Reformation, the site of the abbey was fortified to create the castle that replaced Mont Orgueil as the Island's major fortress. The new Elizabeth Castle was named after the Queen by the Governor of Jersey 1600-1603, Sir Walter Raleigh.
Until the end of the 18th century, the town consisted chiefly of a string of houses, shops and warehouses stretching along the coastal dunes either side of the Church of St. Helier and the adjacent marketplace (since 1751, Royal Square).
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