Guernsey Island St Peter Port, Channel Islands UK
United Kingdom
72
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Atlas Ocean Voyages (1 Cruises)
Aurora Expeditions (1 Cruises)
Carnival Cruise Line (1 Cruises)
Crystal Cruises (5 Cruises)
Crystal Symphony
5 Cruises
HX Expeditions (2 Cruises)
Lindblad Expeditions (2 Cruises)
Oceania Cruises (21 Cruises)
Oceania Insignia
7 Cruises
Oceania Marina
6 Cruises
Oceania Sirena
7 Cruises
Ponant (9 Cruises)
Princess Cruises (4 Cruises)
Sky Princess
4 Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises (12 Cruises)
Seven Seas Mariner
6 Cruises
| 29 April | 174 days | One-way from New York to Piraeus-Athens |
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| 29 April | 175 days | One-way from New York to Piraeus-Athens |
450-628-6241
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Seabourn Cruise Line (4 Cruises)
SeaDream Yacht Club (4 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
It does not dock: ships anchor in the roadstead and tenders land passengers at Albert Pier, right in the centre. From the landing, cobbled lanes climb between the High Street shops, the market halls and the terraces facing the harbour.
Yes, and that is the scale of the town: stairways, alleys and cobbled lanes give a glimpse of the sea at every turn. Castle Cornet is reached on foot along the breakwater, and Hauteville House by a firm climb from the harbour. Bring good shoes: it is steep.
Castle Cornet and Hauteville House make the classic pairing and fill four to five hours including the walk between them. With six hours, the Candie Gardens and the island museum fit in without rushing, or an excursion to the Little Chapel.
A fortress on its islet at the end of the pier, reached on foot along the breakwater, which has stood guard for eight centuries. It houses several museums, including one on the sea, and four period gardens recreated between the bastions. Each noon, gunners in nineteenth-century uniform fire the traditional gun.
Yes, Hauteville House is open for guided tours, by reservation. Exiled under the Second Empire, Hugo lived on the island for fifteen years and turned the house into a total work of art: dark panelling, mirrors, tapestries, hidden doors and, at the very top, a glass belvedere. It is here that he finished Les Misérables.
Victorian gardens set on a balcony above the rooftops and masts, a few minutes' walk from the harbour, with nineteenth-century glasshouses and borders. The island museum on site covers Guernsey's history from prehistory to the German occupation of the Second World War — a period still very present in local memory.
A tiny sanctuary covered entirely in seashells and fragments of china, inland from the town. You need an excursion or a taxi to reach it, and the building is so small that visits happen in small groups. It is the island's most touching curiosity.
Yes. Castle Cornet, with its ramparts, cannon and midday gun, appeals strongly to children, and the local cream ice cream — famously rich thanks to the island's cows — settles the question of a snack. The climbs to Hauteville are steep for pushchairs.
The Guernsey pound, at parity with sterling; sterling notes are accepted everywhere, though the reverse is not true off the island. English is the everyday language, despite the French street names inherited from Norman. Cards are taken almost everywhere.
May to September, when the gardens are in flower and the days long. Passengers come ashore by tender: in rough seas the call can be shortened or cancelled, which happens more often in spring and autumn.
