Turn back the hands of time, with curated trips where luxury and education are combined for an other worldly experience, from rail to literary inspired escapes

Forget about exhausting sight-seeing holidays and delayed flights – it’s time to embrace luxury train travel, says Jessica Salter

Who hasn’t dreamt of sailing around the Caribbean in a private yacht? Well, I’ve found a way to get the experience without having to become – or befriend – a millionaire. I booked on to a week-long cr

The North Country Rover ticket offers four days’ travel within an eight-day period and covers the north of England from Halifax up to Newcastle and Carlisle (excluding heritage railways). Available at

The stand-alone spa building at the South Lodge hotel, near Horsham, has to be seen to be believed. From the long, window-lined pool that overlooks an outdoor hydrotherapy area to the Botanic restaura

Ingliston Estate & Country Club, Old Greenock Road, Bishopton, Renfrewshire PA7 5PA T 01505 864333 W thepaddocksrv.com OPEN All year The 100-acre Ingliston Estate, positioned between Loch Lomond and G