Place
Victoria Tower
Historic and Protected Site
Open4.6(94 reviews)Saint Peter Port, Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Victoria Tower is a historic and protected site in St Peter Port, Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
Rating
4.6
out of 5 · 94 reviews
Open every day
10 AM–3:30 PM
1Opening hours
- Every day
- 10 AM–3:30 PM
2Reviews8 excerpts, newest first
Great views! Free to enter, but you need to get the key from the museum.
Great experience to visit the tower - you can get the key for 30mins & enjoy the view. Well worth a visit!!
Great monument and although I didn’t get the chance to climb to the top thanks to the museum hosing the key being shut, I would still recommend anyone to visit when in the town. It’s a really peaceful area and well kept, with good views over the sea. The signage explaining the history and the cannons present is good and there’s plenty else to do in the nearby area.
In 1846 Queen Victoria became the first reigning monarch to visit Guernsey so the tower was built to commemorate the visit. When she revisited with Prince Albert in 1859 she inspected the tower. The key to the door is available from the local museum. After climbing the 99 steps the views of the whole island and across St Peter Port harbour then to Herm, Sark and the French coast are fantastic. There are a couple of WWI German howitzer guns in the adjoining garden.
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Free visit. Sign the key out from the Guernsey Museum. Limited number of visitors at any one time.
We visited while our cruise ship anchored in St. Peter Port. Amazing views after a bit of a climb. It is free to enter, the key to the door is at the museum and you can have it for 30 minutes. It was a fun experience. The local people are lovely. Highly recommend visiting this island.
Great views and a fun experience picking up the keys from the museum. Also free!! Worth it if you are in the area and can go for a walk round Candie gardens afterwards.
Went here on Saturday morning, walked down to candie gardens museum to collect the key for the Tower. Your aloud to sign the key out for 30 minutes a time to view the inside of the tower and climb the stairs to the top. Great views across the surrounding area and out to sea. Finished off the morning with a walk around candie gardens when we returned the key.