Saint Peter
Saint Peter, also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.
Saint Peter, also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels, as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Catholic and Orthodox tradition treats Peter as the first bishop of Rome – or pope – and also as the first bishop of Antioch. According to Christian tradition, Peter was crucified upside down in Rome under Emperor Nero.
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Worth seeing in and around Saint Peter
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gustavus Adolphus College
Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States.
1.1 km · American college · Wikipedia - 02Eugene Saint Julien Cox House
The Eugene Saint Julien Cox House, now known as the E. St. Julien Cox House, is a Carpenter Gothic-style house in St.
1 km · historic house in Minnesota, United States · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Consider buying a Jersey Heritage Pass for the main attractions. In 2022 it costs £36.75 adult, £33.25 senior, £24.40 child or student. It's valid for four sites over 7 days, so effectively it saves the fourth entry fee.
- 01Elizabeth Castle
Castle on a tidal islet, built from the 16th century when the stronghold at Mont Orgueil became vulnerable to improving cannon power.
- 02Maritime Museum
Apr-Oct: daily 10AM-5PM; Nov-Mar: Sun 10AM-4PM.
- 03Jersey Museum & Art Gallery
Apr-Oct: daily 10AM-5PM; Nov-Mar: daily 10AM-4PM.
- 04Samarès Manor Botanic Gardens
Grande Route de St Clement JE2 6QW (Bus 1a),.
- 05Government House
The official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
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Things to do
What's on? Check the Jersey Evening Post, Jersey.com, or BBC Radio Jersey on 88.8 FM. Check the tides a few days in advance for those attractions reached by tidal causeway, since low tide comes 45-60 min later each day. Elizabeth Castle website (above) posts crossing times that will be close enough for the others. Otherwise check Easytide (free) with the reference port as St Helier.
- 01Jersey Opera House
This theatre and opera house remains closed for reconstruction and is not planned to reopen until 2025, but is running performances at other locations in 2024.
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Where to eat
Occasional themed food weeks celebrate the different cuisines of Jersey. Tennerfest in Oct/Nov is a promotion where you can sample top-rated restaurants for a fixed price. Midtown places include Quayside Bistro, Casa Paco, Bohemia (below), Colmar (below), Cafe Spice, Abilio's, Mano's and Park House Thai. East of the harbour are Moita's, Roseville, D L'Etang and Thai Dicq.
- 01Cafe JAC
Phillips Street, St Helier JE2 4SW (Underneath Jersey Arts Centre),.
- 02Halkett Pub & Eating House
Halkett Place, St Helier JE2 4WG,.
- 03Brasserie Colmar
Slick friendly bistro with a good menu selection.
- 04Great Wall
Chinese takeaway, mostly good standard of food.
- 05Trinity Arms
Pleasant slick place for pub grub — the full car park tells you it's popular.
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Getting to Saint Peter
- Airports
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP), 85 km
- Minneapolis → Saint Peter91 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · $9–12
- Des Moines → Saint Peter304 km · quickest by road, 5h 19m · $29–39
- Omaha → Saint Peter377 km · quickest by road, 7h 22m · $39–55
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Saint Peter
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Saint Peter. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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