Guided tour of Saint Hélier in Jersey

Discover Saint Hélier “in days gone by” with your guide, departing from Granville, Carteret and Saint Malo. On an 8-kilometre route, off the beaten track and without difficulty, you’ll have a bird’s eye view of the Bay of Saint Aubin from the top of Mont de la Ville, you’ll take a “breath of fresh air” in the lungs of Saint Hélier, you’ll pass Victor Hugo’s house (where, alas, there is very little to see), you’ll cross Howard Davis Park and end up in the Place du Marché, a major place in the island’s history and the site of the Battle of Jersey. You’ll learn “just enough” about the geo-political organisation of the island, its honorary police force, the last attempt at a French invasion in 1781 (which failed by a hair’s breadth) and the Halles that commemorated it.morent, Victor Hugo’s stay from 1852 to 1855, the German occupation, the famous Jersey potato and the equally famous Jersey cows, and much, much more…