Saint-Helier, the bubbling over with life..

The town has been named Saint-Helier because of the Saint which came here about the 6th century. Capital of the Island, Saint-Helier is both the seat of government and main commercial center of Jersey. Saint-Helier is a living city. Many of its streets still have French names, sometimes surprising alongside their English version thus "Chuch Street" was called "rue Troussse Cotillon" an elegant french word for a skirt chaser ...

Cherbourg, the daughter of the sea.

Sentinel city at the Gateway to the Channel. Situated between to extremely dangerous capes, Barfleur and la Hague, and vulnerable on its isolated peninsula facing the English enemy, Cherbourg was the Kingdom Achille’s Heel for a long time. If Cherbourg exerts a fascination over our imagination, it is because the harbour was also the symbol of the American dream. .

Saint-Malo, the corsair city

The city is named after the Welsh monk Mac Low came in around the 6th century, then, became bishop of Alet, the birthplace of the ancient city today. Sitting on a rock, Saint-Malo is surrounded by ramparts walls dating from the 12th century for the oldest. With its seafarers and its merchant serve on vessels for India, China, Africa and the Americas, the prosperity of Saint-Malo is prodigious to the 17 and 18th centuries...