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. You are accommodated 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 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. Besides its shops, restaurants and pubs, Hugh Town has a church, a museum and three beautiful beaches - Porthcressa, Town Beach, and Porthmellon.

• Breakfast, Dinner

Enjoy a day exploring St Mary's on a guided walking tour of some of the region's best beauty spots. Your first visit is to Harry's Walls, an unfinished 16th century fort. 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, was the final resting place of former Prime Minister, Sir Harold Wilson, who was a resident of Hugh Town. Continue exploring this afternoon, possibly taking in the incredible views of St Agnes from Peninnis Head lighthouse before returning to Hugh Town. Pause enroute 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 where you enjoy one of your holiday highlights - the incredible Abbey Garden. These lovely gardens were established in the 19th century, around the ruins of a Benedictine abbey. Spread over 17 acres, the 17-acre, sub-tropical gardens benefit from the region's mild climate and sheltered position, 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 have free time to wander through the colourful pathways. The garden changes with the seasons, although flowers tend to bloom ahead of the mainland spring. In autumn the seasonal colour palette contrasts with subtropical plants such as proteas, aloes and camellias. Besides flourishing flowers and plants, the garden is a haven for wildlife, including red squirrels and golden pheasants.

• Breakfast, Dinner

Today you take a short flight to Lands End, then a coach transfer to Penzance where you enjoy a final lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch you travel by rail to Paddington where your holiday ends.

• Breakfast, Lunch