St. Peter Port walking tour Guernsey (tour 4)

Walking tour

Duration 4 hours, including visit to Castle Cornet:

Tour start and finish at St. Peter’s port.
The tour will take you around old cobbled streets of St. Peter’s port. Visit the main St. Peter’s Cathedral – parish church with beautiful stain glass windows and learn about last 1000 years of Guernsey’s history.

Castle Cornet with Herm Island in the distance

Walk along the waterfront towards the Castle Cornet. St. Peter’s port is hiding centuries of storms and shipwrecks, smugglers and privateers stories.

St Peter Port Guernsey

Castle Cornet is one of the famous Guernsey’s symbols. First built in the 13th century, was rebuilt and expanded by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I in the years after 1600 to adapt the change in warfare from bows and arrows to artillery and guns. The walk way which connect Castle Cornet to St. Peter’s port was built in 1860.