First-time cruiser KATHRYN SPENCER is wowed by her island-hopping adventure in a tropical paradise

JOHN WILMOTT finds bear cubs, vast gorges and a 2,000-year-old tree on a self-drive tour of the Sierra Nevada mountain range

Cable cars, steep hills and the food of many nations help give picturesque San Fransisco a unique flavour...

Express Travel shops, scoffs and star-spots in San Francisco....

It’s only 50 miles south of Los Angeles but laid-back San Diego feels a million miles from the City of Angels.

I was halfway through a lesson with Santa Monican rollerblading legend Debbie Merrill when I was overtaken by an octogenarian on a skateboard propelled by a sail.

FORGET Baywatch beaches and Disney delights, Northern California is a land of snowy volcanoes, huge tress, primeval coast and quaint towns. John Wilmott takes to the blacktop on a fly-drive…

Radical, occasionally reclusive but always relaxed, Marin County in California is in every sense an alternative to San Francisco.

Where do the stars go to ski? Felix Milns is wowed by the Californian resort of Mammoth, a four-hour drive from Los Angeles.

OUTSIDE an old saloon bar and next door to a jailhouse, six cowboys are having a stand-off.