A self-catering holiday in Jersey is an opportunity to sample
the amazing richness of the activities our small island has to
offer.
Jersey is well suited to family self-catering holidays, with a
wide range of indoor and outdoor activities to delight children of
all ages and their parents.
The
Jersey Heritage Trust manages a fabulous
network of heritage sites, including the iconic Mont Orgueil
castle, Elizabeth Castle which dominates the bay off St Helier, the
Jersey Museum and Jersey Maritime Museum, both of which have won
awards for excellence and are brilliantly geared towards younger
visitors, the fascinating country life museum at Hamptonne, and the
extraordinary neolithic burial chamber and associated museum at La
Hougue Bie.
For sports lovers, the fantastic facilities at
Les Ormes Leisure
Village will provide plenty of great opportunities, with golf,
tennis, indoor soccer and indoor pool and gym all on one
site.
If the Nazi occupation of Jersey is of interest, there are
many bunkers and military installations left by the occupying
forces after Jersey's liberation on 9 May 1945. But the jewel in
the crown is the
Jersey War Tunnels site, an incredible network
of tunnels built by slave workers for the German forces into the
side of a sheltered verdant valley. The tunnels are now home to a
range of displays and depictions of life in occupied Jersey. A
highly recommended visit.
If the outdoor family fun is what you're after, the
excellent facilities at
Amaizin! will provide what you're looking for.
With go-karts, tractor rides, petting farm, crazy golf, huge
climbing frames, the towering toboggan and, in summer, a huge maize
maze, this award-winning fun park will leave you with great
memories.
Last, but most definitely not least, you should not
leave Jersey without visiting
Durrell, the world famous wildlife preservation
centre founded by the late author and naturalist Gerald Durrell.
This astonishing place, which is home to groups of endangered
species from all over the world, has been responsible for some of
the most important captive breeding programmes for highly
endangered animals, and exports its knowledge and expertise
worldwide. The centre is set in beautiful parkland in the heart of
Jersey's lush countryside and merits a commitment of at least half
a day to do it justice.
