The Unspoilt Isles of Scilly

Meet your Tour Manager at the First Class Lounge at Paddington Station. From here, board the Riviera Sleeper Train, a rail service that runs through the night to Penzance. Enjoy accommodation in sleeper cabins for your journey.

After a night riding the rails, arrive into Penzance, gateway to the Isles of Scilly. Transfer to Penzance harbour for the ferry to St Mary's. Alternatively, on some departures you'll transfer to Land's End Airport for the short flight to St Mary's. The Isles of Scilly are located just 35 miles off the coast of Cornwall yet feel a million miles away, with pristine beaches and fascinating indigenous wildlife. St Mary's is the largest of the Scilly Isles, although it only covers 2.5 square miles. The island offers up picture-perfect scenery, with pretty coves, sandy beaches, and lovely blue waters. Check into your hotel for three nights in Hugh Town, the perfect base for exploring.

• Breakfast, Dinner

Enjoy a day exploring St Mary's. Your first visit is to Harry's Walls, an unfinished fort dating back to the 16th century. Continue through the nature trail of the Lower Moors, an area of wetlands, to the quaint village of Old Town, thought to be the oldest settlement on the island. The church, St Mary's Old Church, is famous as the final resting place of former Prime Minister, Sir Harold Wilson, who was a resident of Hugh Town. Continue exploring this afternoon, perhaps taking in the incredible views of St Agnes from Peninnis Head lighthouse before returning to Hugh Town. Pause en route at the Grade II listed Buzza Tower windmill and the island's intriguing Bronze Age burial chambers.

• Breakfast

Visit Tresco, the second largest of Scilly's Islands and home to one of your holiday highlights - the incredible Abbey Garden. First opened in 1834, the gardens were built around the ruins of a Benedictine abbey dating back to 964 AD and are Grade I designated. The 17-acre, sub-tropical gardens benefit from the region's mild climate, and tall hedges and walls shelter it from the wind, making it a haven for sun-loving plants from all around the world. The collection of flora here is as diverse as it is beautiful, and you enjoy free time to wander along the exotic-lined pathways.

• Breakfast, Dinner

Take the ferry to remote St Agnes today. Free time here allows you to stroll St Agnes' remote beaches and perhaps visit the island's only pub, keeping the island's 72 inhabitants refreshed all year round. You could also visit the island's main landmark, its pretty white lighthouse dating back to 1680. Later, return to St Mary's where you join the ferry to Penzance. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant, before boarding the Riviera Sleeper train back to London.

• Breakfast, Dinner

Your holiday ends this morning as the train pulls into Paddington Station.

On some departures, this itinerary is 5 days in length. All your holiday excursions remain the same, however you will not travel on the Riviera Sleeper Train on Day 5. Instead, you take a short flight to Lands End and continue by First Class rail to London, where your holiday ends in the early evening.