Spend a relaxing weekend in the Jersey countryside
Whether it’s beautiful botanic gardens or calming retreats, you’ll find the largest of the Channel Islands has all you need to take a break from city life
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Your support makes all the difference.With summer now a distant memory and autumn taking hold, a weekend escape to the country becomes ever more appealing.
Long walks, fresh air, leaves on the trees turning to orange and brown, the snap of twigs under foot and the thought of a fire crackling in the lounge at your hotel at the end of the afternoon. Such things add up to an enticing image - all the more so if you live in a big city, and are looking to escape for a few days.
Jersey is more than able to provide such rustic getaways. Not only is it hugely accessible from London – it’s a mere 40 minutes by plane from the UK capital – but, as the largest of the Channel Islands, it’s also blessed with a rural landscape that makes an ideal setting for time away from the din of the metropolis.
The island’s leafy calm is perhaps encapsulated by Samarès Manor, a medieval house in St Clement, in the south-east of the island, where the grounds have been put to beautiful use as a framework for botanic gardens. Here, you can wander amid the heady aroma of bright flowers and exotic blooms.
Of course, a stay in the countryside is also about finding a haven in which to relax. Jersey caters for this too, in a range of retreats in lovely locations, where the only sound likely to wake you from your lie-in is birdsong.
One such option is Greenhills Country House Hotel in St Peter’s Valley – in the west of the island – where 33 bedrooms, an outdoor pool and a superb house restaurant all help city-dwellers to switch off.
Just as alluring is Les Ormes Resort, a series of superb self-catering lodges and cottages which sits a short way inland from the west coast. Guests can take an evening stroll or cycle ride to the coast in time to see the sunset over the Atlantic Ocean.
Whether you want autumn tranquility or a chilled weekend in peaceful surroundings, Jersey is the countryside at its best. And with British Airways flights from as little as £35 per person each way, it’s the perfect tonic for escaping city life. Find more details at jersey.com/feel and click here for a chance to win a weekend escape.