With the Rocky Mountaineer Rail Service you can follow the route of the gold prospectors in the 1860′s as well as the route followed by early pioneers, pushing to the west coast. You can retrace the steps of 19th century explorers, travelling through the legendary Spiral Tunnels. Rocky mountaineer offers the only passenger rail...
Traditional train rides and journeys are a unique experience. Isango (020-7631 0109; www.isango.com) an online travel-experiences business gives you many retro-rail-journeys options. The George Loop Railroad, which travels for nine hours through the Colorado Rockies, is an old-style genuine 19th-century steam locomotive. At less than £53 per person, you can once again enjoy the...
Enjoy a 1920′s style African Safari holiday. Kenya’s renowned Masai Mara will give you a luxurious safari experience at the Cottars Camp (www.cottars.com). Luxury tents, with elegant 1920s furniture, Persian carpets and wind-up gramophones, silver cutlery and a dedicated butler are all par for the course at this splendid holiday location. Original Travel (020-7978...
The legendary Route 66 which traverses the American Continent from Chicago to Los Angeles is a great favourite among vintage holiday seekers. The route is dotted with motels and museums, there are many diners reminiscent of the fifties, a drive-in movie theatre and frozen custard haunts can also be found on this route. Bon...
Plantation managers in Sri Lanka (formerly ceylon) lived in elegant and graceful colonial bungalows. You can recapture that feeling by joining Premier Prestige’s (08444 937 554; www.premier-prestige.co.uk) five night break at Sri Lanka. The refined days of the British Raj are recreated by staying at elegant homes which have been renovated and restored to...
Enjoy a “Swallows and Amazons” sailing holiday in England’s Lake District. There are plenty of holiday cottages for hire around the lakes and plenty of places to sail. Pack up a picnic and after a hard mornings sailing, find an island on one of the lakes to relax over lunch. The locations in the...
