JOY Retreat

You can have a potter around the indie stores in the seaside village of St Aubin (15 minutes’ walk), with its photogenic harbour and cobbled streets lined with relaxed quayside pubs and refined seafront restaurants – just the job for enjoying supper as the sun sets over the bay. Views stretch to the 400-year-old Elizabeth Castle, an austere fortress that you can reach on foot in about 15 minutes at low tide. Once there, climb the impregnable battlements or inspect the rooms where soldiers were once billeted. Following Jersey’s former train line, the Railway Walk starts at St Aubin (15 minutes’ stroll from the pitches); you can follow the gentle trail through woodland to La Corbière (an hour and 20 minutes) on the island’s dramatic west coast. A causeway leads to the landmark La Corbière Lighthouse (an hour and a half), another splendid spot for glorious sunsets on clear days. To learn about the island during World War II, visit the Jersey War Tunnels (50 minutes). At this underground museum, you can explore the tunnels on a self-guided audio tour, see thought-provoking exhibitions on life under German occupation and hear about the Resistance movement.