Insight Guide: Channel Islands

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This 322-page guidebook to Channel Islands presents their highlights in a comprehensive format, illustrated with hundreds of full-colour photographs and maps, and packed with essential travel tips. Key features include: Places - island-by-island gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; Essay Features - incisive essays on the islands' history, people and culture, from Victor Hugo's exile on Guernsey to Jersey's modern-day tax exiles; Photo Features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the country's most exotic sights, including Jersey Zoo, founded by writer Gerald Durrell, and the islands' famous dairy cattle; and Travel Tips - practical listings section, including accommodation, restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes, entertainment, nightlife, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers.