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Autumn/Winter 09/10









Wartime Heritage

Tony Robinson



Spa Quality

Louise Roddon



Autumn Insights

Roger Thomas



Concierge Confidential

Jeremy Head



Plus…

Shopping, fine food, attractions,

arts and crafts, events

Lifestyle has become A small island that, when you get to know Little wonder that the locals love it.

a bit of a buzzword. it, becomes much bigger than you first We think you’ll like it too.

It’s applied to thought. A cosmopolitan island with sleek

everything from cool hotels, boutique boltholes, sophisticated While we’re putting the record straight

cars to hot spas. spas and seafood bars. A foodie island don’t think that Jersey is just for summer.

Here’s a little secret... Jersey, without where everyone – from café owners to It fits like a glove when it comes to

making any big fuss, was living the lifestyle Michelin-starred chefs – proudly makes autumn and winter short breaks. It’s easy

long before the word became fashionable. the most of fabulous local produce. A to get to – and can be as easy on the

quirky island which isn’t quite Britain wallet as you want, especially since you’ll

So forget Bergerac. Forget those faded thanks to those alluring overtones be paying in pounds, not euros. It goes

seaside images of old. Don’t even think of France. without saying that we also know how to

about grumpy guesthouses, nylon sheets serve up that luxurious five-star island

and sauce bottles on the table. And – last but not least – a beautiful experience.

island in which it’s easy to escape to About pureJersey

The lifestyle that comes naturally in Jersey blissful beaches, rocky coves and Live the life, Jersey-style, this autumn

springs from the true spirit of the island. luxuriant woodlands. and winter.

This publication,

just like the island

it describes, has

moved on with

the times. Don’t

expect the old-

style holiday

brochure filled with blue-sky clichés and

cheesy photographs. pureJersey is a

magazine written by well-known and

well-respected people – contributors like

Tony Robinson, who looks at the island’s

compelling World War Two heritage, spa

expert Louise Roddon who ‘takes the

waters’ 21st-century style, and travel

writer Jeremy Head who swaps laptop for

a concierge’s uniform and goes behind the

scenes at a big hotel. Drawing the short

Inside pureJersey straw, I get to stay in a luxury hotel with an

overwhelming view of the Atlantic Ocean.

02 Core Values 14 Jerseyfile: Spa Quality 30 Festivals and Events And I also try to pin down the true

Apples in autumn lead to a revealing character of this intriguing island, aided

look into Jersey’s character 16 Who’d Be a Concierge? 32 A Room with a View and abetted by some autumnal frolics

Roger Thomas Behind the scenes at a luxury hotel Atlantic Hotel + Atlantic Ocean during the annual Cider Festival.

Jeremy Head = the wow factor

06 Jerseyfile: A Taste of the Seasons Roger Thomas We’ve also packed pureJersey full of facts

20 War and Peace and travel tips, so planning that refreshing

08 A Chef for All Seasons World War Two’s amazing island legacy 34 Publications, Jersey Pass autumn or winter break couldn’t be easier.

Profile of Shaun Rankin Tony Robinson 36 Accommodation List

Roger Thomas 38 General Information Enjoy the read.

24 Jerseyfile: Open All Seasons – 39 Travelling to Jersey

10 Reach for the Spas attractions and activities and Tour Operators

Soothing away those seasonal blues 40 Jersey Map

Louise Roddon 28 Jerseyfile: Top Shops



Roger Thomas Editor – pureJersey

Petit Port, on Jersey’s west coast







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St Aubin’s Harbour









Core

Values

Cider apples and alfresco living, ancient customs and cosmopolitan

chic, a dash of England and a soupçon of France ... Roger Thomas

‘Once the haunt of pirates, this picturesque

discovers that you need more than a short break to get to

port is now home to foodie waterfront

grips with this intriguing island .

bistros and art and crafts shops.’







If you come to Jersey in search of simple I follow the sandy path around the point Côte d’Azur harbours watching people costing around £5 a cup). In fact, up until a could easily have turned out being French used to make Black Butter (Le Niere Buerre),

solutions into what makes this island tick past explosions of yellow gorse and messing about in boats as you stir your few centuries ago Jersey was very wary of rather than British, and it shows. that unique Jersey delicacy that blends

you’ll be disappointed. If you come looking for gleaming pink granite rock. Further along cappuccino or sip your rosé. France. St Aubin’s Fort, accessible at low tide, cider and apples with sugar, lemon,

autumn you may also be thwarted. Last the coast at St Brelade locals are enjoying reminds you of that. One French influence – cider from liquorice and spices. We even have apples

October I didn’t encounter much in the way Jersey’s alfresco lifestyle in seafront cafés That’s what I end up doing on Sunday Normandy – certainly left its mark. Whereas to thank for Jersey’s famous Green Lanes,

of that post-summer, pre-winter farrago of and gardens while a group of girls splash morning in St Aubin, a stone’s throw across The pound note – adorned with the familiar Britain’s historic tipple of choice was sticky the maze of tranquil rural byways created

weather that blows hot and cold, requiring around in the bay. Cars cruise by with their the bay from the capital of St Helier. Once face of Queen Elizabeth II, but, tellingly, mead or murky beer, Jersey folk acquired a to serve a countryside subdivided into

Gortex and Boden, thick jumpers and tee- hoods down. Autumn – and the UK – seem the haunt of pirates, this picturesque port is minus her crown – might be common taste for cider. So much so that by the early countless orchards.

shirts, wellies and sandals. a long way away. now home to foodie waterfront bistros and currency, but Jersey isn’t Little England. 19th century a quarter of the island

art and crafts shops. It’s a good place to There’s more than a blush of Continental was planted with apple trees. Apples and autumn go together like buds

La Pulente, 10am Sunday October 19th: It’s If you want that classic autumn break go to ruminate on the true nature of Jersey. You’re Europe in its make-up, which is why it’s such in May. Surely, unseasonal October weather

definitely tee-shirt time, with cloudless blue New England. Or the New Forest. Jersey is much closer to France than Britain, but a an interesting short break destination. It’s Before its decline in the 20th century, notwithstanding, Jersey could at least serve

skies, a warm wind wafting in from the sea, not the Mediterranean, but when the sun quirk of history means that you pay in familiar, but in a slightly skewed way. It’s cidermaking was big business. Millions of litres up a taste of autumn’s ‘mellow fruitfulness’?

and honeysuckle on the headland. The tide shines – which it does a lot here – you pounds, not euros (currently a Good Thing, comfortable, but can defy convention. It’s – or, if you prefer, pints – were exported. Hamptonne provided the fruitful epicentre.

along St Ouen’s Bay is in, the surfers are out. could well be in one of those ritzy little since they tell me that coffee in St Tropez is close to home, but subtly foreign. Jersey And, nothing wasted, the spare apples were It’s Jersey’s country life museum – though









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Core Values

Autumn harvest









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‘ “Nothing much happens in Trinity,”

he says. I can believe him, for we come

across just two or three cars on our walk .

It ’s like stepping back in time into a

vision of a bygone Britain .’

Horse power at the cider mill Punch drunk at the Cider Festival







it’s not a ‘museum’ in the conventional Arcadian smell of wood, sweetness and it. Magners so-called ‘original vintage cider’ In one of those spooky coincidences the best for making cider’) and Nièr Binet

sense, more a collection of old farm seasonal ripeness. The crushed apples were doesn’t even come close. that happen now and again, the next day (‘a very good all-purpose apple that makes

buildings that look much the same as they then spread sandwich-like between layers of I stumble across that actual orchard where excellent cider when really ripe’).

did in the 17th and 18th centuries. hessian in the cider press, from which a sepia- In another barn across the courtyard those surviving cider apple varieties are

stained, unappetising-looking liquid dribbled: Graeme Journeaux explains that over 60 being preserved for posterity. I know that Tom is in fine form, relishing his explanation

They are still working hard for their living. the raw cider ready for fermentation. different cider apple varieties were originally Jersey is a small island, but... of Jersey’s unique status as a British island

Hamptonne is a hands-on backdrop for all grown in Jersey, making for a complicated but not part of the UK. ‘It’s a Crown Peculiar,’

kinds of rural crafts and skills, including blending process in which acidity has to be The orchard is a few miles east of he says. ‘We’re not English, we’re not French.’

cidermaking. And the very best time to see, ‘When I arrive at balanced with sweetness. In the great storm Hamptonne, in the Parish of Trinity. I’m in As we walk past watermeadows that have

taste and smell the apple harvest is during of 1987 many trees were lost, but moves the company of Tom Bunting, a Blue Badge changed little in centuries he tells us about Go seabird

spotting in

autumn

the annual La Faîs’sie d’Cidre (Cider Festival). Hamptonne the place are now afoot to preserve key varieties. guide. Jersey’s guided walks programme is the power of the parishes. ‘The parishes are

one of its great unlauded assets. Although it very strong units. We always think in terms

When I arrive the place is buzzing. Half the is buzzing. Half the Cidermaking aside, there are other echoes tails off a little in winter, throughout the of what parish we come from, not village or Later that day, I’m on the south coast on

island seems to be here, soaking up the sun of Jersey’s ‘French Connection’ at Hamptonne. year there’s a programme of walks covering town. There are 12 in all and they run their Le Hocq slipway. It’s clear and bright and

and the fun. The event organisers didn’t island seems to be One of the buildings, Langlois House, has an all aspects of island life, wildlife and heritage. own affairs.’ the low-tide rocks and reefs are alive with

need to think too hard about the ‘upstairs, downstairs’ arrangement for You get to see the island from a local brent geese, grey heron, cormorants and

programme theme – there were apple here , soaking up the humans and animals in the style of an upper perspective and pick up insights you’d never In between tales of Witches’ Seats oystercatchers. October in Jersey is a

stories, apple talks, apple jugglers, apple hall house common in medieval Brittany. find in a guidebook. and Marriage Stones Tom remarks that prolific time for birdwatching, especially for

quizzes, toffee apples and apple-and-spoon sun and the fun .’ And, during La Faîs’sie d’Cidre, you’ll hear ‘nothing much happens in Trinity’. I can migrants. I borrow some binoculars from

races. And, of course, cidermaking. Jèrrais, ‘Jersey-French’ being spoken. Today, Tom is taking us on the ‘Trinity Tales believe him, for we come across just two another migrant and we get talking. He’s an

Poems – in praise of cider, obviously – were and Trails’ walk, through country lanes, or three cars on our walk. It’s like stepping ornithologist but, more to the point, he

The original kind of horse power – just the The finished article is about as far removed being boomed out by Geraint Jennings, one woods and hedgerows where autumn, back in time into a vision of a bygone Britain. travels to Jersey this time every year

one – was all it took to haul the heavy from commercial cider as you can get. I of Jersey’s foremost exponents of Jèrrais. finally, seems to be making a reluctant ‘The last exciting thing to happen here was from Guernsey.

grinding wheel around the trough of the taste some, made the previous year. Due to Quite what ‘I’ne vouos laisse aucun rtunfin’ appearance. And first stop is that orchard, a the big battle in 1406,’ he says, looking

cider mill, mashing the apples to a brownish its lack of sugar it’s very, very dry and sharp, means I’m not sure, but it may have gene bank for traditional apple varieties like across a flat, empty field where Trinity Castle A Guernseyman spending time, voluntarily, in

green pulp and releasing the most amazing and not a little scary. But I could get used to something to do with cider’s aftertaste. Petit France (‘hard and very green, one of once stood. arch-rival Jersey? But that’s another story.





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A Taste of Jersey wine? Going the extra mile

the Seasons Why not? It’s very sunny here, and the island

is on the same latitude as some of the

with Michelin

The Michelin Guide is a foodie bible. Jersey

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right – sea-fresh seafood should be cooked One restaurant has also won the Michelin

with the lightest of touches to let the Bib Gourmande for being a good, friendly

flavours shine through. Go to restaurants in place to eat with moderate prices. Market forces

St Aubin, Gorey and St Helier for sensational

Jersey plaice, sea bass and mackerel. Village Bistro, Gorey Village We don’t go in for jet-lagged food in Farm, St Lawrence, which sells a

Packed with locals – always a sure sign. Jersey. Save air miles by going shopping wonderful choice of seasonal crops.

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Fruits of the soil: Our prized Jersey Royal Modern food served in an unpretentious fish markets. St Aubin hosts regular travels. And don’t forget that Genuine

potatoes aren’t the only crop. Lots of atmosphere. farmers’ markets (Jersey Tourism has Jersey produce is also available at most

vegetables and fruits are grown here, Tel 01534 853429 details). And when you’re out and about, of the island’s supermarkets.

including Jersey Royale tomatoes and buy your produce direct from the farm.

rare varieties of mushroom. It’s all-year The Classic Herd Shop, Manor Farm, Sometimes there’s not even a shop or

freshness – there are at least three Jersey St Peter, for example, is filled with local shopkeeper in sight, just roadside stalls

vegetable crops in season whatever time of Foodie events goodies – it’s a great place to go and boxes filled with fruit and veg, all

year you visit. Christmas shopping. The name says it all sold on an honesty basis. That’s Jersey Genuine Jersey

We’ve given you a flavour of La Faîs’sie at Farm Fresh Organics, La Bienvenue for you.

d’Cidre (Cider Festival) in the previous Look out for the label when

article. It’s just one of the ways we shopping for genuine home-grown,

Jersey cows: They’re more than just pretty celebrate seasonal food, traditional and home-sourced produce.

faces. It’s because of Jersey cows that we contemporary. Our six-week long www.genuinejersey.com

have tasty local treats like rich milk, cream Tennerfest is a festival of good food and

and butter, artisan cheeses, ice creams, great value. And autumn wouldn’t be

yoghurt, crème fraiche and organic milk. autumn without Black Butter Making,

an island tradition based on the apple

harvest. Please see the ‘Festivals and

Events’ Jerseyfile for details.









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Shaun Rankin









A Chef for

All Seasons

Treacle tart can’t be that difficult to make , can it?

Well , it all depends.



Take one Reasonably Priced What do you like about island life? Jersey. The TV was a different kind of pressure. They’re

Car, for example, and drive I love it. We all get a bit claustrophobic now and again, continuously pushing and pulling you different ways while all

it as fast as you dare especially in wintertime. I look forward to the summers, the you want to do is get your dish done. But you soon forget

around a racetrack (they beaches, the outdoors and the open air. It takes me very the cameras and get on with it.

do it all the time on Top little time to get to work, which is a bonus because of the

Gear). Then put Lewis hours I put in. It means that I get to spend some time with The Chef’s Table at Bohemia – what’s that all about?

Hamilton in the driver’s my son Ethan, who’s just 19 months, in the afternoons. It’s an extension of the restaurant into the heart of the

seat (they did that too). Jersey is a great place for my family to live. I wouldn’t kitchen, designed for a group of four to six diners. I saw the

The difference is startling. change it for the world. first one when I was working in Chicago. It was a small

canteen table in the middle of the kitchen with four little

It’s the same with Shaun What’s your style of cooking? café chairs and white tablecloth – and that was it. The idea

Rankin’s treacle tart. It It’s the produce that drives me. I can’t wait for the seasons is the same at Bohemia, through we’ve gone to the other

won’t be like yours. It to start. I treat the produce with total respect, working on end of the scale. It’s a really different dining experience.

Sea bass

recently won him a top combinations of flavours using classic cooking methods but You’re not even four feet away from the hot plate, so you

spot in the Great British Menu series on BBCTV, which revamped in my way. I like to think of Jersey as my own see everything that’s going on with me and my team, but in

culminated in a homecoming banquet for our troops from little nine-mile garden. The late arrival of autumn is really a nice environment with leather chairs, glass walls and air

Afghanistan. The judges were simply over the moon, with nice, and I can’t wait for the game season to get venison conditioning, so you don’t get too hot. You’re brought in at

comments like: ‘The best treacle tart in the world,’ and and partridge back on the menu. I have dishes on like red about eight o’clock, given some champagne and canapés, I’ll

‘To make (it) that good is high art.’ mullet, which you can catch in abundance on local shores come in and have a chat with you to explain the menus and

this time of year. One of the great flavour combinations I what’s going on in the kitchen. Then you’re there for the

Not your average treacle tart, then. Its creator is one of use is scallops with red mullet and white chocolate with whole evening.

two Michelin-starred chefs working in Jersey. He’s the blue cheese.

driving force at Bohemia, the restaurant at St Helier’s That famous treacle tart – what’s the secret?

Club Hotel & Spa. How do you keep that Michelin Star shining? For a start it was the combination with Jersey clotted cream

You beat yourself up really, because you never know when ice cream and raspberries. But the secret is mainly in mixing

Here’s his story: the inspector is arriving. To keep up the level you have to the butter with the golden syrup and then seasoning with

be confident in what you do, so I don’t move the menu too salt so that it’s not too heavy or sticky, and has that

So what’s a Durham man doing in Jersey? much apart, of course, from adapting it to the seasons. savouriness.

I’ve been living and working here for 16 years. On rainy days

in Durham there wasn’t a lot to do. Mum was a really good Bohemia or that banquet for the troops – what was the So now you know. Chef ’s Table



cook and I started helping her with Sunday lunch. She’d use most nerve-wracking?

a battered old recipe book, but nothing was measured out – There was a lot of pressure when we opened Bohemia As told to Roger Thomas.

it was a cup of this and a bit of that. I just loved it. seven years ago because we were doing something new to









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Les Roches Spa









Travel writer

Reach

On my last visit to Jersey, snow was

falling in the Parish of St Lawrence. Perfect

I expected similar snowy seasonal scenes,

and obviously beach-basking would figure

for the

My quandary didn’t last long. I decided to

mix and match: a few days taking stock of

Spas

The Hotel de France’s stunningly

designed Ayush Wellness certainly puts

From this, Dr Prasanna works out your

doshas. Together with pulse taking and

Louise Roddon knows snow, like tiny scrunched up pieces of tissue low on must-dos. So how to spend my time? my current bad habits at Hotel de France’s you in the right mood. Downstairs are tongue examination, he concluded I was

paper. Unusual, you might think, for an island Ayush Wellness Spa in St Helier, followed the wet spa facilities – a vast infinity pool, predominantly Vata and Pitta – an active,

a thing or two about that generally enjoys mild winters. Even more Well, it wasn’t hard to decide. For such a small by a day at the locals’ favourite palace to alongside hydrotherapy and plunge pools. creative type with a tendency to burn-out,

unusual, this happened to be the middle of July. place, Jersey has some excellent spas – and pampering, the rural-based Les Roches. Then upstairs, in the inner sanctum of seasonal colds and winter glooms (all spot

spas. But she was when it comes to a spot of cosseting to shake Ayush itself, you find a minimalist mix on) – and recommended three treatments

Global warming gone berserk? Well no. off those winter blues, I am, like most women, ‘Ayurvedic’ is the latest buzz-word among of muted colours, wood and glass, with to help kick-start optimum health.

surprised to find I had stumbled upon the set of Under the easily seduced. spa junkies. This ancient Indian-based bamboo-screened candlelit walkways

Greenwood Tree, the TV adaptation of practice dates back over 5,000 years. So and treatment rooms bedecked with I began with an extraordinarily sensuous

such a wide choice Thomas Hardy’s romantic comedy, filmed But which to choose? There’s the new Grand what exactly goes on? And what can an billowing muslin drapes. four-hand massage, involving two therapists

here because the director felt the island Jersey Spa at the eponymous St Helier hotel, Ayurvedic spa offer for a winter pick-me-up? working together in seamless symmetry.

on this small island . possessed more rural authenticity than the recently named UK Residential Spa of the It’s pretty exciting stuff, the first of its

author’s very own ‘Wessex’. Year, or the award-winning spa at the nearby We are a mind-and-body combination, kind in the UK, and I looked forward to

Royal Yacht Hotel. The new waterfront the theory goes, of three ‘doshas’ or my consultation with spa director,

Of course he was absolutely right. Those Radisson, I learnt, also has some great bio-energies: Pitta (fire and water), Vata Dr Prasanna. But first there was a form

rose-stoned St Lawrence farmhouses were amenities – so too, The Club Hotel & Spa (air and space) and Kapha (water and earth). asking all sorts of odd questions: how would

as good looking as the beautiful heroine (also in St Helier) and L’Horizon on If the balance is upset, then suitable I describe my hair, eyes and lips? How about

played by Keeley Hawes. It made me keen to St Brelade’s Bay. Enough choice to make nutrition and Ayurvedic rituals can ease sleep patterns, and was I a fast talker?

visit the island during a ‘real’ winter. Not that a girl dizzy with indecision! you back to health. (a yes, to that...).









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Reach for the Spa

Ayush Wellness Spa , Hotel de France









Les Roches

Spa









Abhyanga involves pouring warm oils over No matter. I was partially back on track Moschino sandals perhaps – there’s always champagne (sorry, Dr P). The woman on

your body, which the therapists then that evening, enjoying a healthy dinner at Sweet Pea and Willow on Hilgrove Street. the neighbouring recliner was tucking into a

smooth into all those tight nooks and one of Jersey’s many great restaurants. The Foodies can find Jersey Apple Brandy and healthy salad lunch, served on one of those

crannies. Blissful stuff, even if the breast rain was lashing down as I battled towards handmade chocs at Maison La Mare on bedside prop-up trays – the ultimate in

massage was a little disconcerting! The Oyster Box overlooking St Brelade’s Bay. King Street, but I resisted these calorific prandial pampering.

Yet despite this, an out-of-season Tuesday temptations. It was time for my second

Bashpa Sweda followed: a steam treatment to night, the place was packed. There followed spa visit. Soon it was time for the Alpha OxySpa

aid the release of toxins. I sat in one of those a feast of oysters and perfectly cooked Relaxation Pod. Don’t let the faux sci-fi name

funny pods where your head sticks out of the Jersey sea bass. Only the oysters had You could easily drive past Les Roches put you off, for this machine is designed to

Hotel de France top, and enjoyed the moist herb-rich appeared on Dr P’s no-go list – but what and not know it. Tucked down a country ease away your aches and pains through a

envelopment. Then came Ayurveda’s most the heck? Who can resist these salty gems lane in St Ouen in the north-west of the combination of heat, vibration, pure oxygen

famous treatment – Shirodhara. The idea of a when in Jersey? island, it bears more resemblance to a string and essential oils. It felt a bit like that ‘Beam

constant stream of warm oil poured onto your of farm shops than beauty salons. But step Me Up, Scottie’ device from Star Trek – only

forehead sounds a mite too greasy for some. inside and you feel like Dr Who entering horizontal, with a dashboard of dials to

The aim, apparently, is to quiet the mind and ‘Jersey has some the Tardis. Could that modest exterior control music, heat and vibration levels. Did

nervous system by targeting the third eye. really conceal so much? In this case, a it teleport me to a different place? Hard to

Shirodhara’s strange tickly beginnings gave excellent spas - and well-stocked beauty shop, sizeable pool, say, but it certainly soothed, once I became

way to calmness, then snoring. four treatment rooms and a relaxation used to the confined surrounds.

when it comes to a spot machine, more of which in a minute.

I floated away from the spa full of calming There followed a body exfoliation using

intentions. A winter’s walk would help blow of cosseting to shake Les Roches is very popular with local Thalgo products – a quick sluice down, then

those work worries away. And Jersey offers women – especially those with demanding a hot stone massage for back and shoulders.

plenty of brilliant walking routes. So on a off those winter blues, jobs, according to an island girlfriend. That’s Then therapist Mel excelled herself with a

blustery second day I set off on the because it’s competitively priced, has two soothing collagen velvet facial, rounding this

challenging coastal hike from Devil’s Hole on I am, like most women , late weekdays and, best of all, opens on blissful treatment off with an array of

the north coast to its far tip, Grosnez Point, Sundays. One glance at the brochure tells deliciously scented anti-ageing creams.

where ruined Grosnez Castle stands in sharp easily seduced .’ you they’ve geared their packages to meet

relief against the vast expanse of sky and sea. that demand with a ‘Champagne and I now know why the women of Jersey look

Strawberries’ session, ‘Tranquillity Half Days’, so good. But did they take years off me? Well,

The sea has pounded out curvaceous bays I felt equally tempted, the next morning, ‘Super Woman’ – and even treats for teens. you’ll have to ask my husband about that.

along this coastal stretch. And even on misty in St Helier’s fabulous fish market, where Nor are men left out of the range of

days, you can just make out the silhouette stalls piled high with giant prawns and tempting-sounding therapies.

of the French coastline. When you flag, dome-headed gurnard made me long for a For details of

there’s the lovely arc of sand at Plémont, cool bag to take these edible goodies home. I settled for an ‘Indulge Yourself’ half-day

a perfect spot to linger in the winter sun. I But instead, I turned to more durable retail package. First off, robed up in a fluffy

these and other

took a break here, forgoing Dr P’s advice by therapy. De Gruchy’s is a great department dressing gown, I rested by the pool, spa breaks in Jersey

lunching on cheese toasties at the cheery store for clothes lovers. Or if you fancy browsing through the library of health-

Plémont Bay Café. something vintage – a pair of strappy related books while sipping a glass of please see overleaf.









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Spa Quality

Spa Stay

Hotel de France, St Helier

Spa specialist Louise Roddon was over the

moon about its Ayush Wellness Spa – see

the article on the previous pages. Other

Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, St Helier

Smack on the harbour, this new hotel has a

large, state-of-the art health club and spa.

Facilities include pool, fully-equipped fitness

Hotel de France

Louise Roddon stayed at Hotel de facilities include sauna and steam therapies, centre, sauna, steam room and four The award-winning 4 star Hotel de France

France, St Saviour’s Road, St Helier, a yoga studio and gym. treatment rooms. offers extensive leisure facilities and

award-winning cuisine – the perfect

Jersey JE1 7XP Tel 01534 614000 Tel 01534 671100

combination for a short break. It is also

Tel 01534 614000 www.defrance.co.uk www.radissonblu.com/hotel-jersey

home to the Ayush Wellness Spa – quoted

www.defrance.co.uk www.ayushspa.com

in British Airways magazine as the most

The Royal Yacht, St Helier authentic spa in Britain and listed in the

Les Roches Spa, St Ouen The hotel’s dazzling £30m makeover top 20 hottest spas on the planet.

Another place visited by Louise Roddon. has given it a cutting-edge presence and

Hotel de France is part of a Set in large, peaceful grounds in the heart personality, part of which comes from its Try the Abhyanga (2 therapist massage)

of the country. new luxury spa. The stylish, supremely before dining in “Saffrons” Restaurant

bubbling spa scene. There’s a Tel 01534 487856 relaxing Spa Sirène includes a hydrotherapy (local ingredients – Indian spices).

www.lesroches.co.uk bath, steam mud rasul, full thermal suite

seductive range of spa breaks on with sauna, steam room, aromatherapy

The Club Hotel & Spa, St Helier steam room, monsoon and ice-cold bucket “Enjoy the feelgood factor”

offer at top hotels and wellbeing A chic, very contemporary boutique hotel showers, vitality pool, Jacuzzi and fully-

that comes complete with a swish spa equipped gym. Best available rates online

retreats across the island. offering all kinds of feelgood treatments Tel 01534 720511 at www.defrance.co.uk

(including thermal and rasul), together www.theroyalyacht.com AA ####

with a salt pool and relaxation room. St Saviour's Road, St Helier, Jersey JE1 7XP

Harpers & Queen magazine reckons that it The Spa at The Grand Jersey, St Helier T: 01534 614000

F: 01534 614999

‘makes brilliant use of natural and organic A born-again hotel boldly remodelled a E: reservations@defrance.co.uk

ingredients’. few years ago with a brand-new spa. www.defrance.co.uk

Tel 01534 876500 The two-floor spa features six fabulous

www.theclubjersey.com treatment rooms, spa bath, steam room,

sauna, experience showers, heated indoor

L’Horizon Hotel & Spa, St Brelade swimming pool, a heavenly relaxation room Hotel de France

A seafront hotel that has long been and high-tech gym. It has set its sights

synonymous with luxury. Comes with the on becoming one of the UK’s most

bonus of a stunning location overlooking style-focused spa and fitness facilities.

St Brelade’s Bay, one of the island’s most Tel 01534 722301

beautiful beaches. Drag yourself away www.grandjersey.com

from the view and you’ll find a superb spa

complex that includes an indoor saltwater

swimming pool, spa pool, sauna, steam

room, treatment rooms and fully equipped

air-conditioned gym.

Tel 01534 743101

www.handpicked.co.uk/lhorizon









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Jeremy on duty at The Grand









Who’d Be

a Concierge?

More to the point, I hate having someone carry my bags. showed me the safe, portable phone and

It’s just fuss – and the possibility of free internet connection, the coffee and

what does it really embarrassed scrabbling for change. In tea-making stuff, the iron and board.

further afield places I often end up in oddly He was friendly and precise. It was late;

involve? We sent English-feeling tugs of war with insistent nearly 10pm. No problem, Joe could

porters over who will carry my suitcase. even recommend a restaurant that was

Jeremy Head , a travel I’m sure Americans or Italians don’t do that. still serving.

Do they? But what’s it like on the other side

writer normally at the of this relationship? I found out at St Helier’s Next morning I donned my new uniform and

venerable queen of hotels, The Grand Jersey. looked in the mirror. I certainly looked the

receiving end of the For a day, I swapped sunglasses, suitcase part. Stepping into the corridor it struck me.

and laptop for waistcoat, shirt and tie There was no hiding. As far as any other

service , to find out. and found out what it’s like to be a guest was concerned, I now worked for the

hotel concierge. hotel. I felt really vulnerable. If someone

asked me a question, I wouldn’t have a clue.

Checking into the hotel the night before, At the concierge desk I met Hugo De Castro,

I gave up my bags unusually willingly. Grand Jersey’s Head Concierge. Hugo has

Normally I offload the chap who tries to been with the hotel 28 years, starting as

squeeze into the lift with me and my bags a lowly porter. He’s a member of the

as soon as we reach my room. This time I let prestigious, French Clés d’Or association,

him do the full tour. Joe was meticulous. He which means he can fix almost anything –









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ncierge?

Who’d Be a Co









A lesson from The Master Lugging the luggage Top tip: learn your guests’ names







tickets to sell-out concerts, the best table another guest. The most interesting errand plus guests to the lift. I gabble something bags and wafts them into the lounge where suitable room as the hotel is virtually full. To monthly cheque to pay for the Evian.’ Clearly

in town… you name it. comes last. Ross the sous-chef needs more about lovely weather. They seem blissfully he’ll have some tea brought to them rather my horror Hugo asks me to look after them. a concierge’s job is never done.

wild sorrel. ‘Jersey is such a fertile place,’ unaware of my lack of luggage skills. But it than having them queue. Very smart. I steer them into the lift. ‘I'm so sorry you

Hugo gives me a quick prep-talk. ‘If you Ross explains as he jumps into the car. ‘Stuff goes wrong when we get to the second didn’t get the room you wanted,’ I say. ‘It's Next day at breakfast, back to normal as a

were joining for real we’d have you stay as just grows wild. We don’t take much.’ A floor. I turn left from the lift and realise I’ve all rather disappointing,’ says the lady. Her travel writer, I spot a couple of guests

a guest and try all the facilities. That’s the 10-minute drive, a walk up a grassy bank brought them the wrong way. We have to ‘When they are husband retains diplomatic silence. It feels like gazing at me with a puzzled look. Have they

best way to understand how we try to and there it is, the garnish for the lamb. turn round and go back. All rather a very long walk to their room. I’m delighted seen me somewhere before? Yes. They

make each guest feel special,’ he says. embarrassing. Thankfully, when we step into checking in look at to find it’s a deluxe with a balcony and even have. I was carrying their bags the day

‘Anticipating a guest’s needs is the heart Back at the hotel everything has stepped the room it’s a gorgeous suite with fantastic an oblique sea view. To my amazement a before. I wonder if they ever knew?

of the job. Nothing should be too much up a gear. The first check-ins are already views of Elizabeth Castle perched on its their baggage tags. couple of pounds are discretely dropped into

trouble.’ We go for a room tour. The stream arriving. My shift doesn’t end until three, craggy island in the bay. my hand as I leave. My first tip! How exciting.

of information is daunting, but I’m pleased I but I’m feeling the pace. One minute That way you already

remember much of Joe’s explanation from reception is empty, the next there are six I’m the only person at the desk when I get Back at reception the rush has finally

the previous evening. ‘If you don’t show a guests wanting to check-in. And here it back. I stand feeling nervous trying to know their names. abated. Hugo takes me for a coffee and a

guest where everything is and how it comes. My first proper duty. ‘I’d like you to decide what to do with my hands. (Behind sit down. I ladle sugar into it feeling energy-

works,’ says Hugo, ‘they’ll be calling look after that couple there,’ says Hugo, back? A bit nonchalant. Folded? A bit Always address guests sapped. I ask him what’s the most unusual

reception within 10 minutes to ask a giving me another top concierge tip. ‘When serious… obviously NOT in pockets.) A guest request he’s had from a guest. ‘We have one

really basic question.’ they are checking in look at their baggage asks me where the toilets are. I almost hug by name . And keep lovely old lady who’s booked our best suite

tags. That way you already know their her because I know the answer. A request for three months every summer for years.

My first job doesn’t involve contact with names. Always address guests by name. for restaurant recommendations is less talking and smiling.’ She likes to feel at home. One year she

guests and I’m secretly relieved. ‘We get all And keep talking and smiling.’ simple, but thankfully Joe reappears in the bought some very expensive fish in a tank for Grand Jersey

sorts of requests,’ Hugo explains. ‘I need you nick of time. The revolving doors seem to be her room. These fish can’t have any old water. The Esplanade

to go to the chemist and buy some Berocca There are two bags with wheels. I try to do spinning non-stop, depositing guests in front Nonetheless there’s a commotion at I had to take her to buy bottles and bottles of St Helier JE2 3QA

tablets. And it must be that brand.’ No as Joe does, wheeling one in front and the of us at a rate of knots. There’s a small queue check-in. A couple thought they’d booked Evian for them.’ ‘But what happened when Tel 01534 722301

sooner have I returned than we’re driving to other behind. But the front bag gets stuck at check-in. I note how lithely Joe breezes up a sea view room, but their email didn’t get she went home?’ I ask. ‘The tank and the fish www.grandjersey.com

a computer store to buy a laptop bag for and I’m flustered by the time I steer bags to new arrivals, detaches them from their through. It takes 15 minutes to find a are in my lounge. She provides me with a





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War

Tony at the Jersey War Tunnels









and

Peace

‘There’s one very special story all too

easy to discover as you potter around

Jersey, although strangely many people

hardly notice it ’s there .’





Jersey’s story of struggle Non-stop sun, sea and sand – that’s some too easy to discover as you potter around I met my Blue Badge guide Tom Bunting across ivy-covered trenches, collapsed gun

people’s ideal Jersey holiday. Others prefer Jersey, although strangely many people at a former German army emplacement The Gunsite Ca emplacements, even the remains of a

fé

and survival during stuffing themselves with seafood and hardly notice it’s there. guarding the entrance to St Aubin’s Bay. mess hall.

copious amounts of alcohol. But while I don’t There’s not much sense of wartime

the German Occupation need any encouragement to indulge in such The Channel Islands were the only part of hostilities emanating from it nowadays, What a perfect place this must have seemed

activities, my most memorable Jersey the British Isles to be occupied by the for it has been transformed into the to wartime strategists planning to shoot the

in World War Two moments have been spent poking around Germans during World War Two. Last winter welcoming Gunsite Café. In fact many RAF from the skies! How many Germans

byways and half-forgotten paths, on the I spent two days trying to piece together German wartime structures still have their must have trudged up this very same slope,

is on an epic scale . look-out for bizarre buildings, intriguing the story of those terrible years. You might uses (one bunker, would you believe, was how many mindless jobs must they have

ruins and stories from times past. imagine that after the Allies finally regained used to grow mushrooms). performed? Just think of all that shoe-

Tony Robinson , whose Jersey, all signs of the invasion would have polishing and spud-bashing, marching and

Jersey is the perfect place for this kind of been wiped from the face of the earth. But Tom explained that the robust concrete wall Goose Green marsh. This fascinating little saluting, guarding a tiny pimple of land that,

career – from Blackadder exploration. Turn any corner and there’s islanders are canny people who reuse outside the café with the sloping face and piece of land reclaimed from the salty coastal despite the Germans’ fear of an Allied

another surprise; the impossibly impressive anything and everything. So although a lot outcurving top was built by the Germans to bog in the 1600s is dotted with puzzling onslaught, saw virtually no enemy action

to Time Team – is bound architecture of the medieval castle at of big guns were tossed into the sea and a defend the coastline from Allied tank attack. concrete remnants, obviously signs of the throughout the entire war.

Mont Orgueil, the gaudy swathe of plaster few key buildings were destroyed, the Nowadays it has a peaceful purpose; it’s a German Occupation. One quaint, innocent-

up in the past, takes a fruit over the Lamplighter pub in landscape still bears many marks of those defence against erosion, keeping the glorious looking building, proclaiming itself to be a I’d always thought the Nazis’ military

Mulcaster Street, St Helier, the breathtaking dark days. It makes for an intriguing mix – beach from being washed away. Mazda car repair shop, was once a cleverly machine was driven by textbook engineers,

revealing look . art deco glasswork in St Matthew’s ‘Glass the unfolding splendours of a beautiful island camouflaged German power station. The the crisp, efficient lines of their buildings

Church’ on the outskirts of the island’s occasionally interrupted by monuments We walked along the seafront for a few ‘War Trail’ path we were following then took identical across thousands of miles of

capital. But there’s one very special story all echoing the brutality of war. hundred metres before heading inland to us to a hill. Amidst the woodland we stumbled occupied territory. Maybe that’s true – but





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War and Peace



‘It makes for an intriguing mix – the

unfolding splendours of a beautiful island

occasionally interrupted by monuments

echoing the brutality of war.’









son

Tony Robin

Inside the War Tunnels







not here. There’s a dilapidated water tank on deployed on this little cluster of out-of- Royal Navy would arrive to protect them. I in. I was introduced to the joys of handmade one that has unusual hidden depths –

the hill’s eastern slope, and a little pumping the-way islands. Many of Hitler’s closest began to understand the real dilemma faced parsnip coffee and potato flour. I shuddered uniquely, it’s an underground experience that ‘ “Remember the Past,’

house close by that looks a bit like a bus- advisers thought this was crazy; but the by Churchill and his War Cabinet; should at the notion of limpet stew, not to mention combines recent with ancient history.

shelter. Tom pointed out that the wonkiness Führer was adamant, and a major part of they use valuable resources to defend these toothpaste made from cuttlefish and ivy. says the inscription ,

of the building work indicates that these his ‘island madness’ is still visible today. strategically unimportant islands, or should The Neolithic mound of La Hougue Bie, a

structures were put up by people who knew The Jersey War Tunnels, now a gripping, they cut their losses and let the islanders The museum, of course, celebrates the few miles north-east of St Helier, is a ‘Live for the Present,

next to nothing about engineering and ghostly museum, were built as a vast fend for themselves? And once invaded outburst of joy at the Liberation when, finally thousand years older than the Pyramids.

cared even less – a fitting memorial to the network of munitions barracks, capable of how would Jersey folk cope with their in 1945 the Germans surrendered and the Whatever tribes occupied it in prehistory, Hope for the Future .” ’

bored, disgruntled ‘other ranks’ who storing the countless tons of ammunition occupiers? Union Flag once again flew over St Helier. It’s whatever battles they fought, and how

occupied this spot for so long. needed to feed the batteries which peppered the happy ending of a difficult tale. How were many tears were shed, are lost now in the

the island’s shoreline. There were acts of defiant heroism, even these vast tunnels built? Who provided the mists of time. But we do know that these There are underground echoes of World War

But on the far side of the hill the story resistance, but the Germans offered jobs to manpower? The answer was forced labour early inhabitants possessed skills that Two here, too. In the lee of the mound is a

is very, very different. I was suddenly Once inside, the labyrinth of massive the men, excitement, candy and attractive and slavery. More than 5,000 workers from continue to amaze and intrigue. At its base, German command bunker, but even this stark

confronted by Hitler’s engineering at its tunnels is completely disorientating, but male company to the women. When does all over Europe and North Africa were the massive mound is pierced by a long edifice has succumbed to La Hougue Bie’s

most terrifyingly efficient. In 1941 he somehow this feeling of dislocation adds the need to feed your family become transported to Jersey, suffering disease, tunnel cleverly aligned so that the sun magical aura. It has been transformed into a

ordered the construction of ‘The Atlantic to the experience. Cleverly, it’s also an collaboration? It’s to the museum’s great malnutrition, exhaustion and death in the penetrates the heart of the chamber moving memorial to Jersey’s slave workers.

Wall’, 1,700 miles of coastal defences involving experience on an intimate human credit that it doesn’t shy away from such pursuit of Hitler’s absurd vision. The museum each spring and autumn equinox. Their names are recorded, their lives

stretching from Norway to the Spanish scale. At each twist and turn I came across thorny issues. believes it’s vital that this chapter of the celebrated, and their deaths honoured.

border, designed to halt any possible Allied different chapters of Jersey’s wartime island’s history isn’t forgotten. And no one

advance. The catacomb I was about to story, largely told from the perspective While the Occupation here wasn’t as who visits the War Tunnels will forget. ‘Remember the Past,’ says the inscription,

enter represented a big brick in that wall. of the people who lived through them. uniformly cruel as it was in Eastern Europe, ‘Live for the Present, Hope for the Future.’

Jersey endured a great deal of suffering. My immersion in Hitler’s grande folie was I quietly thank Tom for what he has shown

The Channel Islands were central to Hitler’s I saw something of the confusion the Many islanders were deported to one of many reminders of the Occupation in me. These have been two days well spent.

vision. An amazing 12% of all the materials islanders felt in the weeks leading up to the concentration camps, and as the war Jersey. Gun emplacements, bunkers and

used in the entire Atlantic Wall were invasion, not knowing whether the dragged on and supplies ran out, hunger set defences still dot the island. Tom took me to

Bie

La Hougue





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Mont Orgueil Castle



Open All Season

Time Travel

Pomme d’Or Hotel

Tony Robinson stayed at the Recently voted by one of the World's

Pomme d’Or Hotel. It’s part of Jersey’s leading tour operators as one of the top

1% of Hotels in the World, the Pomme d’Or

history, serving as the headquarters for

in the heart of St Helier, is perfect for a

Hitler’s Navy during the World War Two

short break. The main shopping district is

Occupation. Don’t worry – this luxury

less than 200 metres away, and with taxis

hotel has changed a lot since then. and buses stopping adjacent to the hotel, it

Pomme d’Or, Liberation Square, is an ideal base for exploring the island.

St Helier, Jersey JE1 3UF

Tel 01534 880110 All bedrooms have been recently refurbished

www.pommedorhotel.com and include air conditioning, flat screen

TV and free broadband internet access.

He Visited:

Jersey War Tunnels, St Lawrence Weekend Breaks from

Open daily until end of November, Durrell Wil

dlife £89 per room per night,

reopens early February. bed & breakfast.

Tel 01534 860808

www.jerseywartunnels.com

Stay 3 nights, pay for 2,

AA ####

La Hougue Bie available throughout the year. Liberation Square, St Helier, Jersey JE1 3UF

(just north-east of St Helier) T: 01534 880110

F: 01534 737781

Open daily until early November. E: enquiries@pommedorhotel.com

Tel 01534 853823 Elizabeth Castle, St Helier www.pommedorhotel.com

www.jerseyheritage.org One of Britain’s most complete castles.

Dating from 1590, but added to over the

centuries up until World War Two. At high

tide accessible only by ferry – the trip is Jersey’s Living Legend Village, St Peter Maritime Museum, St Helier Pallot Steam, Motor and General

Attractions and part of the experience. Open daily until Popular adventure and leisure complex with This hugely entertaining museum brings Museum, Trinity Peeping into

places to visit early November. multi-media show, golf, go-karts, crafts and Jersey’s seafaring past to life. Listen to sea Fascinating collection of steam engines and prehistory

Tel 01534 723971 outdoor play area. Open daily to end of shanties, sail a boat, walk the decks. Also other machinery. Open daily (except

History and heritage, wildlife and wine- www.jerseyheritage.org October, Saturday to Wednesday in November. contains the Occupation Tapestry, a Sundays) until end of October. The island is dotted with many

making... for such a small island Jersey paints Tel 01534 485496 monumental – and moving – work of art Tel 01534 865307 prehistoric graves and tombs that

a big picture. It’s brimming with fascinating Eric Young Orchid Foundation, Trinity www.jerseyslivinglegend.co.je based on World War Two island life. Open wwww.pallotmuseum.co.uk you can visit at all reasonable times.

sights and experiences throughout the year. One of the world’s finest collections of all year. For details go to:

Here’s a sample. orchids brings a splash of colour and exotic Jersey Museum and Art Gallery, St Helier Tel 01534 811043 Samarès Manor, St Clement www.jerseyheritage.org

scent to autumn and winter. Open Ranges far and wide in its subject matter, www.jerseyheritage.org Beautiful historic house set in splendid www.prehistoricjersey.net

The Channel Islands Military Museum, Wednesday to Saturday all year. telling Jersey’s story in an involving way. grounds, with exotic specimens, herb garden

St Ouen Tel 01534 861963 There’s also living history at an atmospheric Mont Orgueil Castle, Gorey and plant nursery. Craft demonstrations.

Jersey’s only display of German World War www.ericyoungorchidfoundation.com Victorian merchant’s house and an A true Jersey icon and one of Europe’s most Open daily until mid-October.

Two militaria plus other Occupation items, interactive Artzone. Open all year. commanding fortresses, carved into the cliff Tel 01534 870551

housed in a coastal bunker. Open until Grosnez Castle, St Ouen Tel 01534 633300 in a series of giant walled terraces. Its sheer www.samaresmanor.com

late October. A spectacularly located headland ruin www.jerseyheritage.org presence is overpowering. As a bonus, it’s

Tel 07797 732072 thought to date from the 14th century. full of imaginative exhibitions. Open daily Shell Garden, St Brelade

Accessible at all reasonable times. La Mare Wine Estate, St Mary until early November, then Friday to Monday The world’s largest garden made of shells,

Durrell Wildlife, Trinity Tasting tours available, attractive restaurant on in winter. millions of them. Need we say more?

A famous island attraction. Not just an Hamptonne, St Lawrence site. Vineyard open daily until end of October. Tel 01534 853292 Open until end of October.

animal sanctuary for exotic and endangered Jersey’s rural heritage and bygone customs Shop and restaurant open at other times into www.jerseyheritage.org Tel 01534 743561

species, but a wildlife conservation project live on at this cluster of restored farm winter – please call. There’s also a shop, www.jerseyshellgarden.com

with a worldwide reach. Open all year. buildings. Open daily until early November. Maison La Mare, in St Helier (open all year).

Tel 01534 860000 Tel 01534 863955 Tel 01534 481178 See overleaf for more

www.durrellwildlife.org www.jerseyheritage.org www.lamarewineestate.com autumn/winter activities 3





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The island is made for walking



Open All Season Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel

The Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel offers its guests

the most indulgent views, service and amenities in

St Helier; epitomising the luxurious Jersey lifestyle.



With an unrivalled view of Elizabeth Marina, Elizabeth

Castle and St Aubin’s Bay, this new hotel boasts 195

guest rooms and suites, Cocktail Bar, waterfront

brasserie as well as complimentary car parking. Its

leisure suite includes swimming pool, gymnasium,

sauna, steam room and four treatment rooms.



In addition to the hotel’s superior location and facilities,

the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel is determined to lead

from the front and offer its guests a variety of services

that showcase the island’s beauty, diversity and

cosmopolitan lifestyle.



We look to raise guest expectation and deliver first

l class services throughout your stay...

Jersey Bow

Call us to find out more about our customer service

concepts, which include:





Arts, indoor activities and entertainment Keeping active •100% Guest Satisfaction

• Free high-speed Internet access

• One Touch Service

• 3-hour Express Laundry

Jersey has a busy island life thanks to a Jersey Opera House, St Helier It’s easy to do in this fit, fresh-air island, • Super Breakfast buffet Rue de l'Etau, St Helier JE2 3WF

thriving arts and entertainment scene. Enjoy Beautifully restored Edwardian theatre, whatever the season. Autumn and winter • Express Check-Out T: 01534 671100

• Late Check-Out F: 01534 671101

a show or some live music. Go swimming or the premier performance venue in the are great for walking. In addition to our • Grab & Run breakfast E: info.jersey@radissonblu.com

10-pin bowling. Call into galleries and Channel Islands with a wide range of exhilarating clifftop coastal paths and big www.radissonblu.com/hotel-jersey

From £95

potteries. Unless otherwise stated, the productions and entertainment. beaches there’s an inland island of green Per room per night, including Super Buffet breakfast.

following places are open all year. Tel 01534 511115 lanes, hidden valleys, scenic reservoirs and

www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk thick woods – which, of course, come into

Aqua Splash, Waterfront Centre, St Helier their own in autumn.

Leisure pool, lagoon, outdoor pool, Les Quennevais Sports Centre, St Brelade

children’s play area, flumes and slides. Swimming and sports activities. Our lanes are officially Green with a capital Pick up a

Tel 01534 734524 Tel 01534 449880 ‘G’: Jersey’s famous Green Lanes cover a Jersey Pass

www.aquasplash.je www.gov.je/esc 50-mile network of idyllic country roads

where walkers, cyclists and horse riders It’s a must-have... and great value for

Fort Regent, St Helier St James, St Helier have priority, and there’s a 15mph speed money. The Pass gives you entry into

Jersey’s largest leisure and entertainment A highly flexible and atmospheric church limit on cars. many of the island’s leading attractions

venue, with a great programme of events conversion used for many community and places to visit. See page 35 for

and shows. Also offers a host of sporting events, performances, exhibitions and We organise a popular Autumn Walking Blown away by blokarting more details or go to:

facilities. workshops. Festival each year (see ‘Festivals and Events’

Tel 01534 449600 Tel 01534 700400 for details). And there are also all kinds of www.jerseypass.com

www.gov.je/esc www.artscentre.je quirky themed walks – food trails, history Golfers have a choice of courses to suit even sky diving. For the full picture go to:

trails, pub walks, Moonwalks (a unique their handicap and playing style, including www.jersey.com/active

Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier experience based on the island’s vast the challenging 18-hole championship

Two theatres, an art gallery and café. intertidal shores), Christmas ghost walks, courses of La Moye at St Brelade, the Royal The website also tells you all about getting

Tel 01534 700400

For details of etc. For more on walking get a copy of our Jersey at Grouville and Les Mielles at St wet in the most enjoyable, exciting ways.

www.artscentre.je galleries and free Walk guide (see the Publications page). Ouen. For details of all courses see: We’re talking sailing, kayaking,

potteries, please And go to www.jersey.com/walking www.jersey.com/golf wakeboarding, scuba diving and

Jersey Bowl, St Peter’s jet skiing. And, of course, surfing (it’s

see the ‘Top Shops’

18-lane bowling centre with automatic Cycling is a real pleasure on this peaceful We’re blokarting specialists. A blokart is a big-time here, including variations on a

scoring. Quasar, video games and outdoor

Jerseyfile .>> island. As well as those Green Lanes we have wind-powered go-kart that propels you theme – kitesurfing and windsurfing).

play area. miles and miles of other designated cycle along the beach at speeds of up to 55mph.

Tel 01534 490444 routes and tracks. Your one-stop shop for It’s an adrenaline sport suitable for all ages And if you’re into fishing we have a

www.jerseybowl.com two-wheeled information is: and abilities. Other adrenaline-pumping kaleidoscopic marine life with superb shore and

www.jersey.com/cycling activities include abseiling, rock climbing, boat fishing, plus freshwater trout and coarse

coasteering, high ropes adventures… fishing. Go to: www.jersey.com/fishing



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St Helier

Shopping in Bouchet Agateware

Saints alive

Top Shops

St Helier, the island’s capital, is your first department store, a family-owned

Our shopping scene is bigger than you shopping surprise. It’s attractively laid out independent retailer with all kinds of

may think. You’ll be surprised by what and very visitor-friendly, with everything high-quality products. Just off the main

this little island serves up when it comes focused along a central pedestrianised thoroughfare there’s the characterful

to retail therapy. Large stores and small street. You’ll find all the big-name stores Central Market, packed with stalls selling

speciality shops, craft centres and here plus – and this is where St Helier really everything from antiques to flowers, fresh

jewellers are all there to tempt you – comes into its own – a bazaar of smaller vegetables to jewellery. It’s a Victorian

especially in autumn and winter, when specialised shops, run by people with a gem, with a grand glass roof, ornate pillars

there are even more bargains to be had. passion for what they do. and beautiful central fountain. Seafood Shopmobility

What’s more, you’ll pay in pounds, not is the theme at the more modern

euros. Where better for some chilled- St Helier is home to four island institutions. Beresford Market (or Fish Market as it is This scheme operates from the lower

out Christmas shopping without big city The De Gruchy fashion and furnishing store, more commonly known) where, this being floor of St Helier’s Sand Street car park.

crowds? Or that special St Valentine’s established in 1825, is synonymous with Jersey, the stalls are simply spectacular, Electric scooters and chairs and manual

Day break? shopping in Jersey. Close by is Voisins brimming with catch-of-the-day freshness. pushchairs are available 10am–4.30pm

Monday–Saturday. Prior booking is

preferred but not necessary.

Tel 01534 739672 or

07797 736797

www.shopmobility.org.je







Out of town

Shopping in Jersey isn’t just confined to the made in its birthplace, then pick up a classy Genuine Jersey

capital. Large craft and retail centres scattered Christmas gift from a huge range set out in

across the island are popular attractions and spacious showrooms next to beautifully This non-profit making association has

shopping destinations in their own right. Even landscaped gardens. been created to generate an awareness

the farms get in on the act – for details of of those products that have a sufficiently

farm shops and farmers’ markets please see Other leading players on the shopping strong Jersey content to be labelled

‘A Taste of the Seasons’ Jerseyfile. scene include Jersey Goldsmiths, genuinely ‘local’. It applies to a wide and

St Lawrence (www.jerseygoldsmiths.com), wonderful range of goods that use local

All the places mentioned below are open in and Jersey Pearl, St Ouen ingredients and local skills. Look out for

autumn and winter, though some may have (www.jerseypearl.co.uk), large complexes the Genuine Jersey logo when you’re out

limited opening. Please check at Jersey that attract thousands of visitors a year. and about.

Tourism’s Visitor Centre, Liberation Place, Catherine Best Jewellery at St Peter Tel 01534 735253

St Helier (tel 01534 448877). (www.catherinebest.com) is on a more www.genuinejersey.com

intimate scale. Based at a lovely old windmill,

Start your shopping trip across the bay this award-winning jeweller is known for

from St Helier at St Aubin, home of her classic jewellery with a modern feel.

the Harbour Gallery and Studios

(www.mnlg.com – click on ‘Art in the Frame’ Bouchet Agateware Pottery, St Ouen

and follow the links). This inviting arts and (www.agateware.co.uk), is another

crafts centre sets high standards. Run with a well-known studio, selling a unique

rare commitment to the arts, it’s a colourful range of pottery made to resemble

confection of original paintings, textiles, semi-precious agate stones. It’s not far

sculpture and designer fashion. There’s a from La Mare Wine Estate, St Mary

great little café too. (www.lamarewineestate.com). This

immaculate estate has benefited from major

Jersey Pottery at Gorey Village investment in recent years. As well as

(www.jerseypottery.com) is another ‘must offering guided tours it’s a great shopping

Stylish shopping at Voisins visit’. Originally a cottage industry, it has destination – see ‘Open all Seasons’

grown into a global brand – watch it being Jerseyfile for details.





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Somerville Hotel

Festival and Events 09/10 Nestling on the hillside, overlooking St Aubin’s

Harbour, the views from the Somerville Hotel

Jersey is full of life throughout the year. It’s a Tuesday 29 September – Sunday

living, working island that – unlike many other 4 October are breathtaking. The hotel is one of the

travel destinations – doesn’t go to sleep when Festival of Arts and Crafts island’s finest 4* country house hotels,

summer’s gone. Here’s a sample of what’s Over 80 exhibitors, mostly from the UK and combining luxury, warmth and comfort

happening here this autumn and winter, Europe, will be showcasing their arts and with 56 individually designed rooms, most

including events with a strong seasonal twist. handmade crafts at the Royal Showground,

For the full picture go to: Trinity. Conveniently located all under one roof, with sea views.

www.jersey.com/events the festival will also include food, drink and

unusual gifts. With Tides Restaurant offering fine food

Saturday 5 – Sunday 6 September and panoramic views across the bay, the

Jersey Live Music Festival Thursday 1 October – Thursday Internation

The biggest little ‘Indie rock’ festival in Europe. 12 November al Air Displ Somerville is the perfect place for a short

ay

Past acts include Snow Patrol, Kasabian, Tennerfest break, including Christmas and New Year.

Razorlight and The Prodigy. Good food combines with great value at this For the latest special offers, or to book

popular annual event. Over 110 restaurants, Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October online, visit www.somervillejersey.com

Thursday 10 September bistros, hotels and cafés across Jersey serve La Faîs'sie d’Cidre (Cider Festival)

International Air Display tasty Tennerfest menus (lunch and dinner) Celebrate the cider of today and yesterday

The skies above Jersey come alive to the from just £10. £12.50 and £15 menus will with a variety of activities and tastings at the

sights and sounds of arguably one of the also be offered. rural life museum of Hamptonne. From £40.00 - £94.50

largest free air displays in Europe.

Thursday 1 – Sunday 4 October per person per night

Thursday 22 – Saturday 24 October

Friday 11 – Sunday 13 September Branchage Film Festival Black Butter Making bed and breakfast

Brewin Dolphin Jersey Regatta A lively boutique film festival hosting an array AA ####

Join the National Trust for Jersey as they make

The island’s ‘Flagship’ sailing event welcomes of diverse and entertaining films, dazzling Le Mont du Boulevard, St Brelade JE3 8AD

this delicious local delicacy from the island’s

visiting yachts from the UK, Channel Islands special events, talks, exhibitions, training and T: 01534 491906

apple harvest. Peel the apples, stir the pot and

and France. St Aubin’s Bay, the dedicated education. Features films by some of the F: 01534 499574

learn about the history and tradition of Black

sailing area, will offer a full programme of races world’s most accomplished directors and the E: somerville@dolanhotels.com

Butter making in Jersey and how it can be used

for dinghies, beach catamarans, sports boats freshest new talent. Branchage promises to be www.somervillejersey.com

with different foods today.

and racer/cruising yachts. a banquet for all with comedy, live music,

weirdly wonderful venues, parties and an Thursday 26 November – Sunday

Saturday 12 – Saturday 19 September entourage of film-makers, visiting and 13 December

Autumn Walking Week homegrown. La Fête dé Noué

Morvan Hotels Merton Hotel JQA ###

Experience the wonderful autumnal colours of The island is ‘lit up’ with a full programme of Rouge Bouillon House, St Helier, Jersey JE2 3ZB Belverdere Hill, St Saviour, Jersey JE4 9PG

Jersey and join in a full, free programme of Friday 2 – Sunday 4 October festive activities in the weeks before T: 01534 873006 T: 01534 724231

countryside, coastal and heritage walks with Jersey Open Shore Bass Festival Christmas. Street entertainment and parades F: 01534 768804 F: 01534 768603

some of the island’s most experienced guides. Explore some of the finest bass habitats in E: bookings@morvanhotels.com E: enquiries@mertonhotel.com

in St Helier, late-night shopping under a

Highlights include the ‘Around Island Walk’. Europe during this three-day fishing event, a www.morvanhotels.com www.mertonhotel.com

canopy of Christmas lights, traditional food

roving shore-based competition open to visitors and gift markets, guided ‘winter wonderland’,

Sunday 27 September and islanders alike with numerous prizes. heritage and ghost walks, carol concerts... and

Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon much more.

Starting in the streets of St Helier, the Friday 9 – Saturday 10 October

marathon runs through some of the island’s Jersey Rally Monday 15 February – Saturday

most scenic spots, taking in country lanes, Drivers’ and navigators’ skills are tested to the 27 March

picturesque valleys and beautiful coastline. As limit through the lanes of Jersey. Vehicles Spring Specials

well as the main marathon, there’s a relay race range from Minis to World Rally Cars, all New season cuisine at extraordinary value.

and fun run. A run for everyone! providing superb entertainment for the Over half of the island’s restaurants will be

thousands of spectators attending each year. participating with special set-priced menus,

Monday 28 September – Thursday showing off the best of their culinary skills.

1 October Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 October

National Nines Golf Series Final Autumn Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show Monday 8 – Sunday 14 March

Teams from across the British Isles, Ireland and The Royal Jersey Horticultural Society invites Textile Showcase

Europe compete in this annual golf you to experience the shades of autumn with Showcasing contemporary, innovative, exciting

competition. floral displays and fruit and vegetables and historical textile art from the UK, France

arranged in the most creative of ways. There and the Channel Islands.

will also be a poultry and small animal display

and the Island Autumn Cattle Show. Morvan Hotels are Jersey’s most diverse hotel group. Six quality hotels offer you a

Saturday 27 – Sunday 28 March

choice of indoor leisure facilities, superb award-winning gardens, seafront or town

Spring Flower Show

centre locations, Victorian town house, contemporary or traditional Jersey granite Home of the unique Aquadome indoor leisure pool and the only Flowrider

The Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural

architecture, hotels or self-catering apartments – the choice is truly yours. surfing wave in the UK, the Merton Hotel is located 15 minutes walk

Society’s springtime show, featuring displays,

demonstrations and competitions. from the shopping centre of St Helier. Part of the Seymour Hotel Group.

Locally owned and run by the Morvan family, long-established hoteliers, Morvan Hotels

have a proven record for friendly professional hospitality and hold an ‘Investor in People’

award. For online booking and special internet rates, visit: www.morvanhotels.com From £51.50

Christmas packages at the Monterey Hotel (JQA ###) per person per night, bed & breakfast.

& Best Western Royal Hotel (AA###n)

nerfest dish Special offers available.

A tasty Ten

3 nights from £223.50 per person Open until 12th Dec and from 25th March 2010

La Fête dé

Noué

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First, the view. You’re gazing west into It’s the kind of place that takes attention to The influence of the sea also washes into

the unfathomable expanse of the Atlantic detail as a given and raises it onto a different the Ocean Restaurant. Stylistically, it’s a

Ocean. Directly below your balcony, plateau. Take our room, for example. It’s not cross between upscale eastern seaboard

perfectly landscaped grounds dip down to flash. It’s not decorated in the trendy-today, USA and classic ocean liner. Michelin-starred

the sea along St Ouen’s Bay. The contrast tired-tomorrow neo-industrial style that’s chef Mark Jordan makes full use of Jersey’s

between land and water is profound: nature still being churned out by hip interior bountiful maritime larder, serving up juicy

might have been tamed amongst the hotel’s designers who have forgotten (or perhaps scallops, flaky turbot and – when we

immaculately clipped lawns and manicured never knew) the dangers of faddy dine – a sensational mix of halibut and

cypresses, but it effortlessly casts those bandwagons like avocado bathroom suites. braised oxtail.

chains aside in the savage jumble of reefs

and big seas that characterise St Ouen’s. The room is classic, contemporary and – The service is slick and professional, but

more to the point – timeless. On a practical never oleaginous. And despite the hotel’s

The Yin and Yang of the Atlantic – ocean level, it also works. My wife, a demanding studied fastidiousness, it’s a laid-back kind

and hotel – is pitch-perfect: a dark, restless customer when it comes to the quality of of place where, judging by our experience,

sea and, overlooking it, a luminous, calming the bed, gives The Atlantic ten out of ten happy families co-exist along with couples

oasis of comfort. But before I tell you more (praise indeed). I like the comfy sofas, the on that indulgent weekend break and groups

about the hotel, let’s put the finishing two flat-screen TVs and the Niagara- of islanders out for a special treat.

touches to that view. powered bath taps and shower.

The Atlantic is almost too good to be true.

The Atlantic Ocean takes a giant’s bite out I know that we expect hotels to be better

of Jersey’s west coast as it crashes on to a ‘The Atlantic Ocean than our own homes, but a few small,

vast 3½-mile beach framed by rocky reassuring blemishes here and there

headlands. From our room we can see takes a giant ’s bite out wouldn’t go amiss, if only to narrow that

La Rocco Tower. This squat fortification, gap between hotel heaven and earthly

standing amongst inky black low-tide reefs of Jersey’s west coast as domestic reality. But I couldn’t find any.

at the southern corner of St Ouen’s, is Walking back to our room after a sublime

probably the most impressive of the ring it crashes on to a vast meal neither could I find fault in the

of Martello towers built to guard Jersey comment, ‘Even the corridors are beautiful’.

against Napoleonic threat. 3½-mile beach framed

To the north of La Rocco there’s the by rocky headlands.

beginning (or end) of miles of sand, steely









A Room

in a strong October light. To the south we From our room we can

have to take a short walk to catch a glimpse

of Corbière Lighthouse, an island icon see La Rocco Tower,

looking like a subject for one of Edward

Hopper’s maritime paintings in that intense built to guard Jersey.’







with a View

autumnal spotlight.



We conclude that if you’re going to build a If anything, the downstairs is even

hotel with a view, you couldn’t choose a better: acres of space with cleverly The Atlantic Hotel and

better spot. But The Atlantic Hotel hasn’t contrived private niches for that intimate Ocean Restaurant

always lived up to its location. Its salvation tête-à-tête, antique terracotta floors, and Le Mont de la Pulente

came in 1970 when the current owning artefacts and art that validate that St Brelade

Does the view from The Atlantic measure up to the family bought a tired, traditional business consistent Atlantic ‘look’. Like the bedrooms, Jersey JE3 8HE

and gradually transformed it into a there’s nothing loud. The colours are muted Tel 01534 744101

promise of the hotel’s name? And what ’s it like to world-class hotel, the only member of and cool, the style ‘seaside marine’ as if a www.theatlantichotel.com

the prestigious ‘Small Luxury Hotels of the grand 1930s hotel had been remodelled,

stay here? Roger Thomas checks it out. World’ in the Channel Islands. revitalised and reincarnated.









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Publications 09/10

Jersey Tourism offers a selection of publications to help you plan your holiday and to enhance Jersey Tourism Visitor Centre

your experience during your visit. To receive any of the items below, remove these pages from

your magazine, complete your personal details on the opposite page and with the necessary

opening hours:

payment return them to Jersey Tourism. Festival programmes and other useful information are

October – March:

also available before you arrive. Please specify from the list provided and return the form to

Monday – Friday 0830 – 1730 hrs

Jersey Tourism to receive this information.

Saturday 0900 – 1300 hrs

These hours are subject to change.

Whilst in Jersey why not visit the Visitor Centre at Jersey Tourism for a comprehensive

selection of gifts, souvenirs and travel information and to pick up your Jersey Pass.

April – September:

For more details please telephone our Visitor Centre on 01534 448877 Monday – Saturday 0830 – 1730 hrs

or visit www.jersey.com to download the information. Sunday 0830 – 1415 hrs





ITEM DESCRIPTION PRICES LANGUAGES QUANTITY TOTAL COST





Jersey Street Atlas 1:19,000 Map £3.95 English Fun

Comprehensive island, St Helier

and villages map



Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 Map £8.50 English

Map Comprehensive island and St Helier map



This is A pictorial view of Jersey £9.99 English/

Jersey DVD (approx 40 mins) French



Perry’s Pocket Official Jersey maps of town and £4.99 English

Guide island, full street index, colour maps



Jersey Jaunts 33 circular walks £5.95 English



2010 Calendar 12 images including Jersey’s £3.99 English

famous cows, beaches, castles

and Battle of Flowers



Jersey Rambles 30 island walks for £5.95 English

you to enjoy



A Brief History Highlights of the island’s £6.95 English Personal Details Payment Details

of Jersey eventful history Name: I wish to pay by: Visa: Barclaycard: Mastercard: Maestro: Carte Bleu:



Jersey Cycles 12 suggested island £5.95 English Address: Eurocards: Sterling Cheque:

cycle tours Credit Card No: Expiry Date:



‘What’s On’ guide (Please tick required month) Card Holder’s Name: Start Date:

Oct 2009 - Mar 2010* La Fête dé Noué (26 Nov - 13 Dec)* FREE Issue No.: Security Code No:

(Last 3 digits – see reverse of card)

Autumn Walking Festival 12-19 Sept 2009** FREE

Spring Walking Festival 15-22 May 2010** FREE

Wedding Guide FREE Card Holder’s Signature:

Postcode:

Island Tourist Map including Cycle Routes FREE Total Amount:

Walking Guide (English, French and German) FREE Telephone: (To Include handling fee)



Sub Total Email: Complete this order form and send both pages and your payment to:

* Guides are available two weeks before start of the month or event Handling £2.50 or Jersey Tourism, Liberation Place, St Helier, Jersey JE1 1BB Tel: 01534 448877.

** Available approximately one month before the event Charge €4.00 All despatches are subject to a £2.50 or €4.00 handling charge.

Please allow 10 days from receipt of payment for delivery. Orders subject to availability.

Total Cost All information correct at time of print – July 2009.



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Biarritz, St Brelade 742239 www.biarritzhotel.co.uk F 47

for the Jersey Quality Assured (JQA) scheme. Please be aware that #### #### Fort D’Auvergne, St Helier 873006 www.morvanhotels.com R 65

ratings may change throughout the year. Atlantic, St Brelade 744101 www.theatlantichotel.com F 50 ò Bay View, St Helier 720950 www.bayviewjersey.co.uk R,F 12 Mornington, St Helier 724452 www.morningtonhotel.co.uk R 31

ò Club & Spa, St Helier 876500 www.theclubjersey.com R 46 Harbour View, St Aubin 741585 www.harbourviewjersey.com F 16 Norfolk, St Helier 632000 www.norfolkhoteljersey.com R 100



The AA and Visit Britain now assess hotels, guest accommodation De France, St Saviour 614100 www.defrance.co.uk R 290 ò La Bonne Vie, St Helier 735955 www.labonnevie-guesthouse-jersey.com F 10 Seascale, St Martin 854395 www.seascalehotel.com F 9

ò Grand, St Helier 722301 www.grandjersey.com R,F 122 Sabots D’Or, St Aubin 743732 www.sabotsdor.com F 12

and self-catering to the same criteria and award one to five stars or Greenhills, St Peter 481042 www.greenhillshotel.com G 31 Undercliff, Trinity 863058 www.undercliffjersey.com F 12

one to five pennants for campsites. The rating reflects the overall ò La Place, St Brelade 744261 www.hotellaplacejersey.com G 42 Guest Accommodation

quality of the experience. ò L’Horizon, St Brelade 743101 www.handpickedhotels.co.uk F 106 ###

ò Pomme D’Or, St Helier 880110 www.pommedorhotel.com R,F 143 Au Caprice, St Aubin 722083 www.aucapricejersey.com F 12 Bromley, St Helier 723948 www.jersey.co.uk/hotels/bromley R 9

ò Radisson SAS, St Helier 671100 www.jersey.radissonsas.com R,F 195 Bon Viveur, St Aubin 741049 www.bonviveurjersey.com F 19 Caverna, St Helier 873366 R 8

Jersey ratings made easy ò Royal Yacht, St Helier 720511 www.royalyacht.com R,F 110 De L’Etang, St Helier 721996 www.jersey.co.uk/hotels/deletang F 13 Franklyn, St Helier 730108 info@franklynguesthouse.co.uk R 7

★ Acceptable – simple, practical, no frills St Brelade’s Bay, St Brelade 746141 www.stbreladesbayhotel.com F 82 Fairholme, St Helier 732194 www.jerseyisland.com/fairholme.html F 15 Huntley Lodge, St Helier 870145 peteralanmackay@jerseymail.co.uk R 5



★★ Good – well presented and well run Savoy, St Helier 727521 www.hotelsavoyjersey.com R 55 Lorraine, St Helier 735164 lorraineghouse@hotmail.com R 10 ò Kensington, St Helier 732827 Kensington@jerseymail.co.uk R 12

ò Somerville, St Aubin 741226 www.dolanhotels.com F 56 ò Lyndhurst, St Brelade 720317 www.lyndhurstguesthouse.com F 11 ò La Barca, St Aubin 744275 F 4

★★★ Very good level of quality and comfort Maison Chaussey, St Helier 723836 Maisonchaussey@jerseymail.co.uk F 8 ò Prince of Wales, St Ouen 482085 www.princeofwales.je F 13

★★★★ Excellent standard throughout ### ò Ocean Walk, St Brelade 742163 www.oceanwalk.co.uk F 16 Richelieu Lodge, St Saviour 727216 jillpace@jerseymail.co.uk G 10

★★★★★ Exceptional with a degree of luxury ò Chateau La Chaire, St Martin 863354 www.chateau-la-chaire.co.uk F 14 ò Olanda, St Aubin 742573 olandaguesthouse.com F 10 Rocqueberg View, St Clement 852642 www.rocquebergview.co.uk F 9

ò Ambassadeur, St Clement 724455 F 89 Peterborough House, St Aubin 741568 www.jerseyisland.com/peterborough-house.html F 14 ò Seacroft, St Helier 732732 seacroft38@msn.com R 9

ò Apollo, St Helier 725441 www.huggler.com R 85 Porthole Cottage, St Aubin 745007 www.porthole-cottage.com F 11 ò St Francis, St Helier 732112 R 5

Outstanding examples in each star category are highlighted in red Beau Rivage, St Brelade 745983 www.jersey.co.uk/hotels/beau F 28 Seawold, St Peter 720807 www.seawoldguesthouse.co.uk F 21 ò Thalatta, St Helier 730156 www.thalattaguesthouse.com R 15

or yellow. Beausite, Grouville 857577 www.southernhotels.com F 76 St Magloire, St Aubin 741302 www.stmagloireguesthouse.com F 12 ò Villa Isis, St Helier 632000 www.norfolkhoteljersey.com R 21

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Metropole, St Helier 888811 www.modernhotels.com R 144 Avoca Villa, St Helier 731171 www.jersey.co.uk/hotels/avoca R 7 Boscobel Country Apartments,

Key to Location Symbols ò Monterey, St Helier 873006 www.morvanhotels.com R 73 Havelock, St Helier 730663 www.havelockguesthouse.com F 16 St Peter 490100 www.boscobel.co.uk G 7 3/4



F Coastal location G Countryside location R Town location ò Moorings, St Martin 853633 www.themooringshotel.com F 15 ò Sylvania, St Lawrence 725347 www.sylvaniaguesthouse.com F 11 Brabant, Trinity 725259 www.freedomholidays.com G 1 7

Old Court House, Grouville 854444 www.ochhoteljersey.com F 58 ò Cherry Tree Farm, St Helier 07700 700576 buchanan_builders@hotmail.com G 2 6

Ommaroo, St Helier 723493 www.seabird.co.je R,F 84 Awaiting Grading Cheval Roc, St John 862865 www.chevalrochoteljersey.co.uk G 4 3/5

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Tourism. It features the majority of Jersey’s hotels, guest houses Beachcombers, Grouville 875236 www.beachcombershotel.co.uk F 45 #### Officers Quarters,

and self-catering accommodation and offers many great deals and Cheval Roc, St John 862865 www.chevalrochoteljersey.co.uk G 42 ò Amani, St Brelade 608062 www.selfcateringjersey.com F 9 3/4/7 ò Greve de Lecq Barracks, St Mary 725259 www.freedomholidays.com F 1 6



special offers. JerseyLink is a free service with no booking fees. ò Dolphin, St Martin 853370 www.dolphinhoteljersey.com F 16 La Planque Farm ò St Peter’s Country Apartments,

Highlands, St Brelade 744288 www.highlandshotel.com F 56 Country Cottages, Trinity 860773 www.laplanquefarm.com G 4 3/6/7 St Peter 495495 www.jerseyselfcatering.com G 41 2/3/4/6

Lavender Villa, Grouville 854937 www.lavendervilla.co.uk F 21 ò Saco Merlin House, St Helier 0845 1220405 www.sacoapartments.co.uk R 24 2/4/6 Water’s Edge, Trinity 744202 www.watersedgehotel.com F 7 4

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available to advise you on the full range of accommodation and can ò Maison Gorey, Grouville 857775 www.maisongorey.com F 28 ò Undercliff, Trinity 863058 www.undercliffjersey.com F 2 2/3

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General Information Travelling to Jersey

For further information log on to www.jersey.com Air Travel to Jersey from the UK and other Channel Islands Sea Travel to Jersey from the UK and other Channel Islands

Jersey Tourism Electricity Public Holidays Alderney Aurigny (via Guernsey) 0871 871 0717 www.aurigny.com Guernsey Condor Ferries 0870 243 5100 www.condorferries.com

Liberation Place 240 volts AC UK sockets only. The same as the UK, with the addition of Blue Islands 0845 620 2122 www.blueislands.com Manche Iles Express 01534 880756 www.manche-iles-express.com

Birmingham Flybe 0871 700 2000 www.flybe.com Poole Condor Ferries 0870 243 5100 www.condorferries.com

St Helier Liberation Day, 9th May. Bristol Air Southwest 0870 241 8202 www.airsouthwest.com Portsmouth Condor Ferries 0870 243 5100 www.condorferries.com

Jersey JE1 1BB Facilities for the Disabled Flybe 0871 700 2000 www.flybe.com Sark Manche Iles Express* 01534 880756 www.manche-iles-express.com

Tel 01534 448877 You can use your Blue Badge and Radar key in Shopping Bmibaby 0871 224 0224 www.bmibaby.com Weymouth Condor Ferries 0870 243 5100 www.condorferries.com

East Midlands Bmibaby 0871 224 0224 www.bmibaby.com

Fax 01534 448898 the island. Please ask for the comprehensive The markets and some shops are closed on Exeter Flybe 0871 700 2000 www.flybe.com Sea Travel to/from France

email: info@jersey.com booklet ‘A Guide to Jersey for the Disabled’ Thursday afternoons, otherwise normal Gloucester Manx2 0871 200 0440 www.manx2.com

from Jersey Tourism. shopping hours apply, usually 0900 – 1730 hrs. Guernsey Aurigny 0871 871 0717 www.aurigny.com Saint Malo Corsaire* 01534 870720 www.compagniecorsaire.com

Blue Islands 0845 620 2122 www.blueislands.com (Brittany) Condor Ferries 0870 243 5100 www.condorferries.com

Bringing your Own Car There is no general Sunday opening in Jersey. Flybe 0871 700 2000 www.flybe.com Granville & Manche Iles Express 01534 880756 www.manche-iles-express.com

Visitors must have an insurance certificate Hearing Resource Centre Isle of Man Blue Islands 0845 620 2122 www.blueislands.com Carteret

or an International Green Card, the vehicle 01534 623030, Fax 01534 623031. Smoking Restrictions Manx2 0871 200 0440 www.manx2.com (Normandy)

Liverpool Easyjet 0871 244 2366 www.easyjet.com

registration document, a valid driving www.health.gov.je Please enquire at time of booking if smoking London City VLM 0871 666 5050 www.flyvlm.com * Service ceases at the end of September

licence or International Driving Permit (UK rooms are available at your chosen London Gatwick British Airways 0870 850 9850 www.ba.com

International Driving Permits are not valid). Insurance accommodation as smoking is generally Flybe 0871 700 2000 www.flybe.com Additional Departures

Manchester Bmibaby 0871 224 0224 www.bmibaby.com Many airlines offer connecting flights from the majority of UK airports.

Photocopies are not acceptable. A nationality Like any time away from home, a visit to banned in all enclosed public places across Flybe 0871 700 2000 www.flybe.com

Please contact airline direct for details.

plate should be displayed on the back of Jersey should be accompanied by appropriate the island. Plymouth Air Southwest 0870 241 8202 www.airsouthwest.com

your vehicle. holiday insurance for all travelling passengers. Southampton Flybe 0871 700 2000 www.flybe.com

Seasonal Charters

Most operators will provide insurance on Telephones Many tour operators also offer seasonal charter flights from a choice of UK

Buses and Other Transport request or you can arrange it directly with The code for Jersey is 01534 from the British regional airports. To find out more information about services to Jersey in your

area please visit ‘Transport’ information pages on www.jersey.com or call our

Connex – It is easy to access all parts of your own insurers. Isles and +44 1534 from any other country.

Visitor Services on 01534 448877.

the island using the local bus service, whose Mobile networks require a roaming facility

routes radiate from Liberation Station, Jersey Blind Society plus international dialling code and some Tour Operators – Jersey Specialists

St Helier. To obtain a copy of the current bus Westlea Centre, Rue de Huquet, St Martin ‘Pay as you Go’ phones do not operate in Airways Holidays 0844 415 6651 www.airwaysholidays.com Year-round air & sea packages, short break, flight & accommodation only

Channel Islands Direct 0844 493 7095 www.channelislandsdirect.co.uk Hotel only, air & sea packages including low cost airlines

timetable, please visit www.mybus.je JE3 6HL. 01534 864689. Jersey. Please check with your provider. Channel Islands Travel Service 01534 496600 www.jerseytravel.com Year-round air & sea packages, short break, flight & accommodation only

or call 01534 877772. Condorbreaks.com 0845 230 3241 www.condorbreaks.com Year-round sea packages & short breaks

Discover Jersey 0844 415 6653 www.discoverjersey.com Year-round air & sea packages, short breaks, flight & accommodation only

Licensing Hours Vehicle Hire Flyjersey 0845 230 3240 www.flyjersey.com Year-round air packages, short breaks & accommodation only

Caravans/Motorhomes At the discretion of the proprietor, certain Full details of car, motorbike, scooter and Jersey Travel Service 0844 770 8082 www.jerseytravelservice.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages, short breaks & accommodation only

Caravans/motorhomes can only be public bars are open between 0900 - 2300 cycle hire are available from Jersey Tourism or Modern Holidays 01534 759529 www.modernhotels.com Year-round air & sea packages

Premier Holidays 0844 493 7777 www.premierholidays.co.uk Hotel, self-catering, camping, car hire, air & sea packages including low cost airlines

accommodated on the following sites for a hrs weekdays and 1100 - 2300 hrs on please visit www.jersey.com Preston Holidays 0844 770 8084 www.prestonholidays.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages, short breaks & accommodation only

maximum of one month during the summer Sunday to persons over 18. Children under Travelsmith 01621 784666 www.travelsmith.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages, short breaks & accommodation only

TRAVTEL International 01534 496677 Year-round air & sea packages, short breaks & accommodation

season. Beuvelande 01534 853575, the age of 18 are allowed in up to 2100 hrs if Visitors’ Medical Treatment

Rose Farm 01534 741231 and accompanied by an adult. Jersey no longer has a Reciprocal Health

Bakers Dolphin 01934 415000 www.bakersdolphin.com Air & sea packages

Rozel Camp Site 01534 855200. Only Agreement with the United Kingdom. Channel Islands Arrivals 0871 666 1947 www.channelescapes.com Year-round air & sea breaks of any duration

small campervans are permitted at Bleu Soleil Parking Co-op Breaks 0844 553 3503 www.co-opbreaks.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages & short breaks

David Urquhart Sky Travel 0845 700 0400 www.davidurquharttravel.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages

Campsite 01534 481007. For further Payment is required in advance for parking Emergency treatment only will be provided in Glenton Holidays 0800 024 2424 www.glentonholidays.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages

information and Licensing Applications in St Helier, parts of St Aubin and Gorey and the Accident and Emergency department and Go Jersey 01424 423330 www.gojersey.co.uk Year-round packages by sea

H F Holidays 0845 470 7558 www.hfholidays.co.uk Walking & cycling holidays

please contact the campsites above or wherever the parking signage is displayed. it is strongly recommended that all visitors to

Leger Battlefield Tours 0845 408 0769 www.battlefields.leger.co.uk Heritage tours

Jersey Tourism – 01534 448877. This is done by paycards you can purchase the Channel Islands be in possession of Leger Holidays 01709 839839 www.leger.co.uk Air & sea packages

from many outlets but not in the car parks appropriate travel insurance, which includes Little Escapes 01534 869 078 www.littleescapes.com Year-round air & sea packages

Mann Link 01624 628574 www.ortg.co.uk Isle of Man departures

Currency themselves. Payment is required Monday to cover for doctor’s fees and all other medical Saga Holidays 0800 414 441 & 444 www.saga.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages

All major debit and credit cards are widely Saturday 0830 – 1700 hrs excluding expenses including repatriation. Shearings Holidays 01942 244246 www.shearings.com Year-round air & sea packages

The Royal Blind Society of the UK 01903 857023 www.royalblindsociety.org Year-round air & sea packages for blind and visually impaired travellers

accepted. Sterling is the currency of the island. Bank Holidays. Details are available from car The UK Holiday Group 01603 619450 www.theukholidaygroup.com Year-round air & sea packages

Chip & Pin is widely used in the island. Euros hire venues and Jersey Tourism. Please visit www.Jerseytravelinsurance.com to Titan HiTours 01293 450640 www.titantravel.co.uk Year-round air & sea packages

are accepted in a limited number of outlets. obtain a quote for travel insurance to Jersey. Travelsphere 0800 567 7372 www.travelsphere.co.uk Air packages only

Travel Solutions 0289 045 5030 www.travel-solutions.co.uk Northern Ireland departures

There is no counter service for Building Societies Passports 3X Travel 0871 434 1410 www.3xtravel.co.uk Year-round packages by sea

in Jersey but there are Link Card machines in No passport is required for visitors travelling Renal Dialysis Zenith Holidays 01737 852242 www.zenithholidays.co.uk Activity holidays

St Helier, St Saviour, St Peter and Red Houses. from the British Isles and the Republic of The General Hospital Renal Unit, Jersey Specialists in Ireland

Please check with your own society regarding Ireland. All airline passengers must have a Gloucester Street, St Helier, provides holiday J Barter Travel 00 353 (0) 21 485 1700 www.travelnet.ie Year-round packages by air

Jersey cash transactions before you leave, as valid photo ID. However, a passport is required dialysis throughout the year. Advance

these differ from the UK. Pensions from the when travelling to France from Jersey. The booking is essential. E111 does not apply. Self-Catering Specialists

UK will only be payable if the pension book Jersey Passport Office 01534 448000. 01534 622126. Country Holidays 0845 268 0773 www.country-holidays.co.uk Self-catering specialists

Freedom Holidays 01534 725259 www.freedomholidays.com Year-round air & sea packages

indicates Group 13 membership. Hoseasons 01502 502588 www.hoseasons.co.uk Self-catering specialists

Pets Jersey Heritage 01534 633304 www.jerseyheritage.org Year-round accommodation at various Heritage sites

Customs Allowances Pets can travel freely from the British Isles Macole’s Self-Catering Holidays 01534 488144 www.macoles.com Year-round air & sea packages



As Jersey is not part of the EU you can still and the Republic of Ireland. For other areas DISCLAIMER

purchase your duty-free items en route to and ‘Pets Passport Scheme’ regulations apply. From All travel details are correct at time of going to press (July 2009) and may change during the course of the year. Please check schedules and departure points

from the island. For further information please May to September between 1030 and 1800 before finalising any arrangements by visiting www.jersey.com or by contacting your local ABTA bonded travel agent. Jersey Tourism cannot be held responsible

for any changes, errors or omissions.

refer to www.jersey.com hrs dogs on beaches must be on a lead. For

further information log on to www.jersey.com

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Cricket Kiosk Motor (cycle) Racing Toilets

Cricket Carting Marchand de glaces Course automobile (ou moto) Bureau de poste Terrain de sport Toilettes Planche à voile

Cricket Gokart-Bahn Kiosk Auto- / Motorradrennen Postamt Sportplatz Toiletten Windsurfen

Minor Road Canoeing

Autre Route Icho Tower

Canoë-kayak

Nebenstrassen Kanufahren M WC

Fishing Golf Lighthouse Museum Prehistoric Site Sub Aqua Yachting

Pêche Golf Musée Site préhistorique Plongée sous-marine Toilets (disabled)

Phare Toilettes (handicapés) Navigation de plaisance

Angeln Golf Leuchtturm Museum Prähistorische Stätte Tauchen Segeln

Green Lane Car Park Toiletten (für Rollstuhlfahrer)

Chemins de Randonnée Parking

Parkplatz NT

Football German Occ. Site Riding Stables Surfing

Site de l’occupation allemande Jersey Tower National Trust for Jersey Zoo

40 Car Park (disabled)

Parking (handicapés)

Parkplatz (für Rollstuhlfahrer)

Football

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Jersey Tower

National Trust de Jersey

National Trust für Jersey

Centre équestre

Reiterhof

Surf

Wellenreiten

Zoo

Zoo

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