Bucket List Holidays: 8 Trips To Take Around The World
From Cambodia to Iceland, you're sure to be inspired by these holiday destinations
Radio Times Travel - 19 November 2021
From the enchanting gardens of Japan to the Northern Lights of Iceland, take a look at eight of our top picks for your next adventure...
Discover Japan’s beautiful gardens
Visit 10 traditional and historic gardens in Tokyo, Hakone, Hiroshima, Okayama and Kyoto. Travel at 189 mph on the incomparable high-speed bullet trains. Stay in four-star accommodation, with breakfast daily and three included meals. Return flights, transfers and eleven nights’ accommodation included.
Go in search of the northern lights Join magnificent Ambience on a classic voyage to Iceland in search of the celestial Northern Lights, calling at a quartet of exciting ports, including the fascinating Icelandic capital Reykjavík. Calls at remote island outposts, including the Danish Faroes, Orkney and Shetland, complete this exciting journey.
Egypt, just the name is enough to set your imagination spinning back to the start of recorded human history – to a time when all-powerful Pharaohs controlled a mysterious and fabulously wealthy empire which lasted virtually intact for over 5,000 years! Our Nile cruise explores the mighty monuments, the intriguing history and the extraordinary artistic masterpieces from the greatest and oldest of all the ancient civilizations. We start in Cairo, the heart of modern-day Egypt.
Get up close to incredible numbers of penguins, seals and whales, stunning mountain scenery and gigantic icebergs on a trip of a lifetime to the Great White Continent. Aboard our strong, ice-class expedition vessel, the four-star MV Ocean Atlantic, we’ll get as close as possible to the dramatic coastline, full of rocky mountain peaks and immense glaciers breaking off into iceberg-filled bays and fjords. Our shore landings and cruises in sturdy Zodiac dinghies are a highlight and an integral part of the itinerary, enabling all our expedition guests to set foot several times on the Antarctic continent, as well as the many fascinating subantarctic islands.
Visit the major sights of Vietnam and Cambodia, the very essence of Indochina, experiencing their captivating blend of French colonial history, unique local culture and beautiful rural scenery. Overwhelming image retained by visitors to Vietnam is that of a country blessed with an extraordinary beauty. It’s a mosaic of mist-shrouded mountains, vibrant green forests, a patch-work of rice paddies and pristine white beaches, whilst its villages and cities are custodians of the culture and monuments of a unique 2,000 year old civilisation.
Make one of the world's must-do journeys through Canada's breathtaking scenery to Vancouver and Victoria - two of British Columbia's most charming cities. Discover the glories of Western Canada as you journey from the Stampede City of Calgary, via majestic Banff and its scenic heights, past sparkling Lake Louise to historic Jasper and its National Park. A stay in beautiful resort Sun Peaks is followed by the journey down to welcoming Vancouver, Canada's most liveable city, before your holiday ends with a stay in unashamedly "British" Victoria, British Columbia's charming capital on delightful Vancouver Island.
Enjoy all the comforts and amenities of a celebrated resort, including lighted-hearted fun in the snow on this wonderful wintertime break. Head to beautiful, breathtaking Switzerland for a few winter-warming days in idyllic Château-d'Oex, a welcoming, internationally celebrated resort set in a wide valley between Lake Geneva and the glorious Bernese Oberland. In addition to the chance to enjoy the village’s range of amenities and attractions, you will enjoy some marvellous wintertime activities, including a nature walk with the option to try snow-shoeing and a horse and carriage ride. With the chance to ride the GoldenPass train to lakeside Montreux on an optional excursion, this is picture-postcard perfection.
Escape the grey gloom of the British winter as you board Ambience and head for some much-needed warmth and blue skies. Sit back and relax as you sail south to the sun-kissed isles of Madeira, Tenerife, São Vicente, Cape Verde and Gran Canaria, with calls at Morocco and mainland Portugal.
From the enchanting gardens of Japan to the Northern Lights of Iceland, take a look at eight of our top picks for your next adventure...
Discover Japan’s beautiful gardens
Visit 10 traditional and historic gardens in Tokyo, Hakone, Hiroshima, Okayama and Kyoto. Travel at 189 mph on the incomparable high-speed bullet trains. Stay in four-star accommodation, with breakfast daily and three included meals. Return flights, transfers and eleven nights’ accommodation included.
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Iceland's Land of the Northern Lights
Go in search of the northern lights Join magnificent Ambience on a classic voyage to Iceland in search of the celestial Northern Lights, calling at a quartet of exciting ports, including the fascinating Icelandic capital Reykjavík. Calls at remote island outposts, including the Danish Faroes, Orkney and Shetland, complete this exciting journey.
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Wonders of the Nile: Cairo to Aswan
15 Days - River Cruises
Egypt, just the name is enough to set your imagination spinning back to the start of recorded human history – to a time when all-powerful Pharaohs controlled a mysterious and fabulously wealthy empire which lasted virtually intact for over 5,000 years! Our Nile cruise explores the mighty monuments, the intriguing history and the extraordinary artistic masterpieces from the greatest and oldest of all the ancient civilizations. We start in Cairo, the heart of modern-day Egypt.
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Voyage to Antarctica
14 Days - Ocean Cruise
Get up close to incredible numbers of penguins, seals and whales, stunning mountain scenery and gigantic icebergs on a trip of a lifetime to the Great White Continent. Aboard our strong, ice-class expedition vessel, the four-star MV Ocean Atlantic, we’ll get as close as possible to the dramatic coastline, full of rocky mountain peaks and immense glaciers breaking off into iceberg-filled bays and fjords. Our shore landings and cruises in sturdy Zodiac dinghies are a highlight and an integral part of the itinerary, enabling all our expedition guests to set foot several times on the Antarctic continent, as well as the many fascinating subantarctic islands.
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Vietnam & Cambodia with Laos Extension
19 Days - Classic Escorted Tours
Visit the major sights of Vietnam and Cambodia, the very essence of Indochina, experiencing their captivating blend of French colonial history, unique local culture and beautiful rural scenery. Overwhelming image retained by visitors to Vietnam is that of a country blessed with an extraordinary beauty. It’s a mosaic of mist-shrouded mountains, vibrant green forests, a patch-work of rice paddies and pristine white beaches, whilst its villages and cities are custodians of the culture and monuments of a unique 2,000 year old civilisation.
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Canadian Rockies
Canada's spectacular scenery
Make one of the world's must-do journeys through Canada's breathtaking scenery to Vancouver and Victoria - two of British Columbia's most charming cities. Discover the glories of Western Canada as you journey from the Stampede City of Calgary, via majestic Banff and its scenic heights, past sparkling Lake Louise to historic Jasper and its National Park. A stay in beautiful resort Sun Peaks is followed by the journey down to welcoming Vancouver, Canada's most liveable city, before your holiday ends with a stay in unashamedly "British" Victoria, British Columbia's charming capital on delightful Vancouver Island.
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Swiss Alps Wintertime Adventure
Winter activities in the heart of the Alps
Enjoy all the comforts and amenities of a celebrated resort, including lighted-hearted fun in the snow on this wonderful wintertime break. Head to beautiful, breathtaking Switzerland for a few winter-warming days in idyllic Château-d'Oex, a welcoming, internationally celebrated resort set in a wide valley between Lake Geneva and the glorious Bernese Oberland. In addition to the chance to enjoy the village’s range of amenities and attractions, you will enjoy some marvellous wintertime activities, including a nature walk with the option to try snow-shoeing and a horse and carriage ride. With the chance to ride the GoldenPass train to lakeside Montreux on an optional excursion, this is picture-postcard perfection.
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Cape Verde, Madeira, Canaries & Morocco Winter Sunshine
Sail south to the sun
Escape the grey gloom of the British winter as you board Ambience and head for some much-needed warmth and blue skies. Sit back and relax as you sail south to the sun-kissed isles of Madeira, Tenerife, São Vicente, Cape Verde and Gran Canaria, with calls at Morocco and mainland Portugal.
FIND OUT MORE