Guernsey: Nazi bunkers and cliffs on the English Channel

The German Occupation Tower, a museum housed in a former Nazi bunker, reconstructs the daily life of islanders under German occupation from 1940 to 1945.

A short walk away, Saint Peter Port, the island's capital with colorful houses facing the harbor, remains one of the English Channel's most picturesque ports.

Walking along the southern coast, you pass among the cliffs of Icart Point, among the island's most spectacular panoramic points overlooking the English Channel.

As evening falls, the Victor Hugo House, where the writer lived in exile for fifteen years, opens its rooms furnished according to his original taste.

Guernsey remained under German military occupation for nearly five years during World War II, the only British territory occupied by Nazi forces, a chapter of history well documented in local museums.

Victor Hugo wrote much of Les Misérables during his own exile on Guernsey, in a house the author himself personally decorated with eclectic furnishings still visible today.