The crossing
How do you get to Sark? The passenger ferry from Guernsey takes about 45 minutes. Luggage, what the crossing feels like, and the climb at the other end.
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Stories from the island and the retreat: dark skies, coastal paths, getting here and slowing down.
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Getting here, staying, the island itself, things to do, what lives here, its history, and what a week of rest actually gives you.
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How to Get to Sark
Getting to Sark. What to expect.
8 articles CollectionStaying on Sark
Accommodation on Sark, and what it is like once the day boats have gone.
6 articles CollectionSark Island
What Sark is, who lives here, and how it works.
7 articles CollectionThings to Do on Sark
Cliffs, coves, dark skies and the paths between.
12 articles CollectionNature on Sark
What lives here, what grows here, and the rock it all sits on.
10 articles CollectionSark's Sea Caves and Hidden Coast
Below the cliff paths is another island: caves, pools and hidden history.
0 articles CollectionA History of Sark
A small island that keeps large stories.
8 articles CollectionThe German Occupation of Sark
Five years of German occupation, told through the people who lived it.
9 articles CollectionWitchcraft, Magic and Mystery
Sark had a witch trial, and in 1627 it ended in an execution.
11 articles CollectionPirates, Smugglers and Shipwrecks
Sark waters have carried raiders, contraband and disaster for eight hundred years.
4 articles CollectionMurder, Ghosts & Things in the Dark
Deaths, warnings and old beliefs attached to real places on Sark.
5 articles CollectionRestoration
What restoration actually means, and what a week here gives you.
13 articles Start here
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More from the Journal
How to Get to Sark from London
The simplest route from London to Sark is via Guernsey. Compare Gatwick and Heathrow flights, Sark ferry connections, luggage and sea-only options.
The Sark toast rack
The Sark toast rack carries passengers from Maseline Harbour up the steep hill from the ferry. Here is how it fits into arriving on a car-free island.
Coming to Sark from Guernsey
The Sark boat from Guernsey, from a Guernsey person's angle. Whether it is worth the trip for a day, an evening, a night, or five.
La Coup茅e
The only land route to Little Sark, sea falling away on both sides. Crossed on hands and knees before the rails, concreted by prisoners of war in 1945.
Sark's beaches
Sark's beaches sit below the island's cliffs, reached on foot and changed by every tide. The walk down is part of what makes them different.
The Venus Pool and wild swimming on Sark
The Venus Pool is only uncovered around low tide. How to time the walk down, what the rock is like underfoot, and where else on Sark you can wild swim.
What happens on a Sark Soul retreat?
A clear picture of the days of a Sark Soul retreat, from morning movement and shared meals to island time, optional massage, rest and evenings together.
Why some holidays leave you more tired than when you arrived
A holiday can change the location without changing the pressure. Here is why that happens and what a genuinely restorative trip does differently.
What makes Sark restorative?
Dark nights, quiet lanes, open water and a structured retreat week: the physical conditions that make Sark different for a restorative stay.
Slow travel on Sark
Slow travel is easy to admire and hard to practise. Sark removes the choice: no cars, a ferry, walking pace everywhere. What that does for a tired mind.
The solar eclipse from Sark, 12 August 2026
On 12 August 2026 the moon crossed the sun over Iceland and Spain, and the Channel Islands were forecast a deep partial eclipse at dusk. The record.
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