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Walk 12: N WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LES MISERABLES AUTHOR VICTOR HUGO St Peter Port 2 HOURS moderate The climbs are relatively gentle to moderate 2 VICTORIA TOWER and, without stopping en route, the walk It was at the top of the tower, erected in honour takes about two hours. of a visit in 1848 by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, that Victor Hugo wrote some verses of Victor Hugo arrived in Guernsey on 31st October La Fin de Satan (The End of Satan). Hugo and 1855 and lived in exile for 15 years. The island his mistress Juliette Drouet engraved their that Hugo came to know so well is still largely initials inside the tower. recognisable today. From Hauteville House, he had a view of Havelet Bay where he liked to 3 THE GREFFE AND THE PRISON bathe, Castle Cornet and Herm of which he The Greffe houses Guernsey’s registry office, wrote and, on a fine day, his beloved France to courts and is the heart of the islands legal where he once feared he might never return. system. Hugo signed the purchase document for Hauteville House here in 1856. Guernsey’s 1 VICTOR HUGO STATUE old prison was also in this area, where Hugo The statue is situated in the beautiful Candie intervened, in vain, to save a convicted murderer Garden. Sculpted by the Breton sculptor from being hanged. Jean Boucher and unveiled in July 1914. 4 ST PETER PORT SEAFRONT Victor Hugo landed here in October 1855 and initially stayed on the seafront, as did his two sons and mistress Juliette Drouet. TALK TO US +44 (0) 1481 723552 VISITGUERNSEY.COM 1 START 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 END 10 5 TOWN CHURCH 8 CASTLE CORNET Victor Hugo writes of visiting the Victor Hugo enjoyed walking in this © CM6019 www.coast.gg parish church of St Peter Port, area during his exile in Guernsey. and also refers to it in his novel He saw the construction of the Toilers of the Sea (Les Travailleurs lighthouse and within the Castle de la mer). a lifebelt and lifejacket that Hugo gave to the then harbour master 6 GUERNSEY MARKETS can be seen. Victor Hugo enjoyed visiting the market buildings and was 9 HAVELET BAY impressed by them. His servants Victor Hugo would regularly swim shopped for him and his family in Havelet Bay and refers to it in at the French Halles, the oldest his novel Toilers of the Sea (Les of the market buildings. Travailleurs de la mer). 7 OLD QUARTER 10 HAUTEVILLE Victor Hugo regularly visited The site of St Peter Port’s most the Old Quarter of St Peter Port famous address, Hauteville to feed his passion for curios. House (No.38), as well as his Many of his purchases can still first residence in the street be seen at Hauteville House. No 20, where he completed Contemplations. His beloved companion Juliette Drouet settled nearby. #TASTYWALKS TALK TO US +44 (0) 1481 723552.

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