Guernsey

A large island castle on a tidal rock at the entrance to St. Peter Port harbour, dating mainly to the 13th to 17th centuries and now a heritage museum.

A large Georgian-period fort above St. Peter Port, built in the 1780s as the island's main military headquarters with extensive barracks and batteries commanding panoramic Channel Islands views.

The Guernsey home of French writer Victor Hugo, where he lived in exile from 1856 to 1870 and wrote much of Les Misérables; now a museum preserved as it was during his occupation.

A tidal island nature reserve off Guernsey's west coast, accessible on foot at low tide via a causeway, with seabird colonies, coastal ecology, and the ruins of a 10th-century Benedictine priory.

The largest public park in Guernsey, with formal Victorian gardens, a children's playground, nature trails, the Guernsey Folk Museum, and panoramic views across the island.

Guernsey's capital town and main port, set on a granite hillside above a sheltered harbour guarded by Castle Cornet, with a strong French-influenced character.