Guernsey and its surrounding islands are offering a whole series of special summer holiday activities this year.
With new restaurants openings including Vraic, Alba, Fukka. With seaweed tasting, history walks plus numerous other music events.
Plus on nearby Sark even a horse and carriage ride experience around the island. Where there are no cars!
Sark summer treat.
This group of unique islands with charming sandy beaches are ideal for those looking to soak up the summer season sun. All with great sea views, local cuisine and those laid back style island vibes.
In St Peter Port the capital Castle Cornet opens up its gates on Friday nights for music and entertainment.
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One of the island’s most loved summer occasions. Visitors tour the castle grounds with live music, singing and plenty of entertainment inside the island’s most historic of sites.
(Open from 6.00pm-9.00pm on 11 July, 18 July, 25 July and 1 August in 2025, and admission is free)
Summer season Guernsey Victor Hugo’s former home now a museum.
As a one time resident of Guernsey, Victor Hugo and the Victor Hugo Centre his former home is open too. From Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
From where a series of walking trails provide insight into Hugo’s time when exiled on Guernsey. And the views that inspired his works. Where he famously wrote Les Misérables and The Toilers of the Sea.
Castle Cornet music events.
Two linked Hugo walks total eight kilometres in length. They head from St Peter Port seafront to Fermain Bay via La Vallette Bathing Pools. Marked information boards provide audio and extra information files via QR codes.
Summer Opening For Michelin-star Chef
Guernsey has several new restaurants opening this summer. Vraic including Nathan Davies, who was awarded a Michelin-star after only having his Welsh restauarant in Aberystwyth, open for just 10 months.
An additional vibrant new culinary destination is Alba has also opened its doors in Guernsey’s Market Square. Inspired by classic French, Spanish and Italian flavours, utilises fresh local ingredients and offers a cocktail bar that will transport visitors to 1920s Central America.
Guernsey Summer treats with wonderful seafood in the waters around it makes it ideal for top chefs.
Also the team behind Guernsey’s ‘The Hook’, will open Fukka on 11 July. A new Japanese experience that will offer casual and affordable cuisine.
How about joining in on a seaweed foraging tour? On 26 July and 23 August, Seaweed Foraging Tours will be held by knowledgeable guides at Port Soif Beach.
Summer season fun on Guernsey.
Visitors can learn about the history of Guernsey’s seaweed and how it is used in cosmetics, farming, cooking and fashion.
The hands-on experience will have visitors tasting fresh seaweed straight from the beach and trying a local seaweed moisturiser. The hour and a half tours are designed for small groups and are priced at £25 per adult, with children under 15 joining for free.
Hotel Happenings On Guernsey
Gin tasting, cider tours and carriage rides with The Old Government House Hotel, Guernsey’s only five-star hotel, is offering a range of ‘Extraordinary Experiences’ to their guests this summer, including gin tastings, cocktail masterclasses and a sunset experience with fizz and chips at Cobo Bay.
Summer beaches Cobo bay and beach.
Through the hotel, guests can also book a Rocquette Cider Tour, visiting the Meller family farm in Fauxquets Valley to discover how the local cider was born.
The 90-minute guided tour of the orchards will conclude with a cider tasting and paired local foods.
Fermain Guernsey.
What about Guernsey’s first hot stone dining experience at Fermain Valley Hotel
offering a volcanic hot stone dining experience at The Rock Garden, from July to September.
Guernsey Summer Treats And Gigs
Throughout summer, Cobo Bay Hotel will see a selection of tribute bands and acts performing the hits of Oasis, AC/DC and Dolly Parton in its summer gigs series. Visitors can purchase a lunch and gig ticket for £55 per person, which includes a carvery buffet and a guaranteed table for the whole afternoon. Hotel guests have special rates.
Cobo Bay music gigs.
Summer at the St James who are also hosting a series of live ticketed music series of gigs this summer too.
How to get there
Summer on Guernsey getting there with Aurigny.
With flight times from the UK as little as 40 minutes. And ferry sailings from around three hours. Visitors can opt to take the ferry crossing from Poole or Portsmouth or fly directly from the UK with Aurigny. Aurigny operates year-round direct flights to Guernsey from London, Southampton and other regional airports. Blue Islands offers multiple flights to Guernsey per day from Jersey and Southampton, plus daily flights from Newcastle and Edinburgh via Southampton. www.blueislands.com
Brittany Ferries operates fast and traditional ferries from Poole and Portsmouth to Guernsey year-round. Ferries depart from Guernsey’s St Peter Port to Sark, Alderney, and Herm at multiple times throughout the day during the summer. https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/
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