I FANCY myself a backpack-carrying, adventure-seeking traveller, at home in hostels and on hiking trails. But there I was, on a luxury cruise ship, sipping wine with silver-haired foxes, fox-trotting with male escorts in the ballroom, and escorting …

London and The Cotswold's” begin with four nights at the Charingworth Manor Hotel and ends with three nights in a luxury city hotel. The adventure ends with a boat trip upstream on the Thames, from the Tower to Parliament. The final day is leisure time …

At the well-run, eco-friendly Jungle Bay, various daily excursions are included in its Adventure Package, such as guided hikes to waterfalls and the island's mysterious, bubbling Boiling Lake. On St Lucia, if you want to be active, stay in the dramatic …

Crystal's passion for creating exclusive, eye-opening luxury shore-side experiences are cornerstones of its Crystal Adventures program, earning the line top ratings for two decades. For more information and Crystal reservations, contact a travel agent …

The next phase of the adventure takes them to Croke Park next Sunday where they will face Mayo in the Division 1 semi-final to decide who plays Dublin or Cork in the final two weeks later. While that quartet pursue … Having come up from Division 2 …

This afternoon's luxury wine tasting, part of the new Jack and Olive Retreats' Queenstown Adventure Escape, feels like nirvana. I'd always wanted to go on a yoga retreat, but had wondered just how beneficial it would be to cut out life's pleasures …

This restored fortress flies the flag for understated luxury, so expect to pad barefoot around serene swimming pools as cocktails are delivered discreetly when you need them. The suite has a herb-fringed plunge pool and shady day beds on a private, sea …

Which helps explain the unlikely friendship that develops between Chris Evans' unfailingly forthright patriotic hero and Scarlet Johansson's ethically dubious operative in Marvel's latest comic book adventure, Captain America: The Winter Soldier …

JUST a three-hour flight from Australia's East Coast, we're surrounded by the dramatic landscape of snow-capped mountains and glacial lakes for which New Zealand's South Island is so famous. There's so much adventure here we're spoilt for choice, but …