What’s Guernsey Really Like? What to Know Before You Go…

Want to know what Guernsey is really like? Here’s my honest review of my recent trip to Guernsey, and what I think would’ve been good to know before I went.

This was the first time I’d visited Guernsey, and really, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew it was popular for the beaches, there’s VAT-free shopping and that Brits love to pop over for a summer holiday, but that was about it. 

Being so close to England though, I was intrigued.

As part of the British Isles, but not of Great Britain or the United Kingdom, Guernsey is a Crown Dependency, along with Jersey and the Isle of Man. Don’t get this muddled up when you’re there! 

With its unique location just 30 miles off the coast of Normandy, in France, and 70 miles from England’s coast, it’s interesting to wonder how French, or how English, Guernsey really is. 

Well, with my British accented sat nav, in my German Ford Fiesta rental, reading out the French road names, I did feel like a Brit abroad and