From panoramic rail trips in the Swiss Alps to ancient temples and bullet trains in Japan, JILL STARLEY-GRAINGER selects six of the best escorted tours on offer this year

Having fled the prison island of Alcatraz, ANDREW TOTMAN and family take in other highlights ranging from Vegas to Hollywood

If you’re one of those people who last climbed on a bike when you were 10, you don’t know what you’ve been missing says BOBBIE THURGOOD

In the final part of our series on guided tours, JAMES ELLIS looks at the best new trips on offer outside Europe

In the first of a two-part series on escorted tours, JAMES ELLIS picks some of the best new trips

TOM MORGAN takes the Canterbury trail to pay homage to St Thomas and discovers some heavenly dining

From the pearls of the Adriatic to the palaces of Rajasthan, there are some wondrous sights waiting to be discovered on an escorted tour, says ANDREW EAMES

TRAVEL to India and be surprised by what you find in Mumbai, the city which made Slumdog Millionaire an Oscar winning movie.