Saint Peter Port Shopping

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St Peter Port's pedestrianised High Street is its main shopping area with its cobbled street running behind, and parallel to, The Quay and North Esplanade. Here you'll find a mix of familiar (UK familiar that is) chain stores side by side with many smaller individual establishments. There's the practical places such as branches of most major banks as well as the local Co-op grocery stores and Boots pharmacy and the more aesthetic little jewelry, craft and souvenir shops.

Interspersed amongs the retailers are a variety of cafes and restaurants, many with pavement terraces when the sun's out, which are equally ideal for resting your baggages or for just sitting watching the world go by.

Because Guernsey isn't a member of the EU there's no VAT payable on purchases and, at the time of writing, no local sales tax either - though this may change in the future as the Islands are in the process of discussing legislation to enable such a tax. This makes St Peter Port a shopper's paradise and has the added benefit of keeping prices in the cafes and restaurants down too.

However rather than being cheap most places concentrate on maximising quality and unlike most "Tourist Traps" there's many genuine bargains and very little tack around.