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Guernsey at a glance
Guernsey is a territory in Northern Europe; its capital is Saint Peter Port. People mainly speak English. The currency is the British Pound (GBP). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here.
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Before you go: official information
Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Guernsey’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.
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Places to see in Guernsey
12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.
Sark
Island
Sark is an island in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, and part of the archipelago of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a self-governing British Crown Dependency, with its own set of laws based on Norman law, and its own parliament.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Phillip Capper (CC BY 2.0). Map
Alderney
Island · Alderney
Alderney is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is 3 miles (5 km) long and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA (CC BY-SA 3.0 igo). Map
Saint Peter Port
St Peter Port
Town · Guernsey
St. Peter Port is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2021 was 19,295.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: AlanFord at English Wikipedia (Public domain). Map
Herm
Island · Guernsey
Herm is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located in the English Channel, north-west of France and south of England.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bob Embleton (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map
Brecqhou
Island
Brecqhou is one of the Channel Islands, located off the west coast of Sark where they are now geographically detached from each other. Brecqhou is politically part of both Sark and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It has been established in the courts that Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Diegourdiales (CC BY 3.0). Map
Castle Cornet
Fort · Guernsey
Castle Cornet is a large island castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock. Its importance was as a defence not only of the island, but of the roadstead. In 1859, it became part of one of the breakwaters of Guernsey's main harbour, St Peter Port harbour.
Hauteville House
Museum · Guernsey
Hauteville House is a house in St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Between 1856 and 1870, French writer Victor Hugo lived here during his exile from France. In March 1927, the centenary year of Romanticism, Hugo's descendants Jeanne, Jean, Marguerite and François donated the house to the City of Paris.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Pymouss (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map
La Seigneurie
Heritage site
La Seigneurie is the traditional residence of the seigneur of Sark. The seigneur is the head of Sark in the Channel Islands.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Daniel Kraft (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map
Little Chapel
Religious · Guernsey
The Little Chapel is situated in the Les Vauxbelets valley, Saint Andrew, Guernsey. It was created in July 1914, by Brother Déodat. He planned to create a miniature version of the grotto and basilica at Lourdes, the Rosary Basilica.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Man vyi (Public domain). Map
Les Hanois Lighthouse
Lighthouse · Guernsey
Les Hanois Lighthouse was constructed between 1860 and 1862 to a design by James Walker, and was first lit on 8 December 1862. It is sited on the rock known as Le Biseau, or Le Bisé, part of the reef Les Hanois 1 mile (1.6 km) north west of Pleinmont where the Trinity House cottages were built.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Colin Park (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map
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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.
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