Tour Jersey

May 14 - 21, 2025

Schedules and sites visited are subject to availability

Price per Person

$1,874 per person, based on double occupancy.  Registration deadline is January 3, 2025.  A downpayment of $937 is due at time of registration.  Balance of $937 is due March 3, 2025.  Use the Registration Form when it becomes available by mid-October.  See below for what is included and what is not included.

About the Tour

We will experience the history and culture of the place where our Poingdestre ancestors were born, lived, and died. We will meet people who live there now, and visit homes of the Poingdestre family including Swan Farm, where we believe George Poindexter was born.  The Isle of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, is located about 14 miles off the west coast of Normandy.

We see the land that was once the Fief ès Poingdestres, the north coast location of the former Poingdestre feudal lands.  We will visit St. Saviour Parish Church, the Poingdestre family’s church, and where Jean Poingdestre (1608-1691) and others are entombed.  Some of the other sites we see will include St. Ouen’s Manor, the private home of the Isle of Jersey’s de Carteret family, prominent family for centuries; the Neolithic dolmen La Hougue Bie, and Mont Orgueil with its cliff top castle where we can look across the Channel to see Normandy.

On our walking tour of St. Helier (Jersey's capital), we will visit the 11th century St. Helier Parish Church, Royal Square, the Central Market (local produce, opened in 1882 and a simply delightful place to explore), and Liberation Square where the end of the World War II occupation of Jersey was first celebrated in 1945.  We'll make a stop at the bookshop at the Société Jersiaise, by far the best place to buy books on Jersey history and view a short film about Jersey at the Jersey Museum.

During our daily bus tours, we become familiar with all of the 12 parishes (counties) of Jersey, each with its own unique history, views, and sites.   We travel the 45 square mile island from coast-to-coast-to-coast-to-coast and all in between.  On the extreme southwestern coast, we see Corbière Lighthouse, a beacon for sailors since the 1870s. Jersey’s beautiful countryside reveals to us stone farmhouses, green pastures, and of course the gentle Jersey cows. 

Upon your arrival in Jersey, you will have time for a nap and/or shower to refresh from your flight before we all meet for dinner at the hotel.  During or after dinner we will have a short meet and greet to review the week's itinerary.

Tour Guide in Jersey

Our daily bus and walking tours in Jersey are led by Jean Treleven, a Jersey native.  Jean is a Blue Badge Guide who has earned the highest professional guiding qualifications in Jersey.  Jersey born with a farming background, she had a career in primary and secondary education.  Jean can trace her family origins back to the Norman period.  As Jean travels with us, she will talk about people, places and events that are unique to our tour.

What is Included in the Tour Package

• Seven nights lodging at the tour hotel
• Breakfasts and dinners at the hotel
• Tour bus and driver to locations visited by the entire group
• Admission fees for sites visited by the entire group
• Professional tour guide throughout the tour
• Guided walking tour of St. Helier
• Transportation from Jersey Airport to the hotel
• Shuttle from the hotel to the Jersey Airport if returning to London after the Jersey tour
• Shuttle from the hotel to the ferry dock if joining us for the Normandy tour

What is NOT Included in the Tour Package

• Airfare from your point of origin to Jersey and return from Jersey or Paris
• Airline Baggage fees
• Travel insurance costs
• Ground transportation between London airports (if applicable)
• Lunches, snacks, drinks, etc.
• Personal items, souvenirs, shopping expenses, and any incidentals
• Laundry of your clothing

 

At the end the tour we say à bétôt to Jersey.