Sybaritic Cities & Pacific Northwest Coves

From sybaritic cities and idyllic shores, we journey where Hollywood film crews regularly shoot movies. While Los Angeles may have risen on the back of the film industry, today it is a mecca for big dreamers, fashion designers, Michelin-ranked restaurants and more than 100 museums including the dazzling Getty.

The "red carpet” treatment continues in San Francisco, a shimmering city by the bay, where you can hike a coastal path with tech billionaires or haggle with lantern vendors in China Town. And where else but here can you stroll the Golden Gate Park to arrive at Haight-Ashbury, the...read more birthplace of counterculture in the 1960s, or walk the palm-lined Embarcadero to Pier 33 and hop a ferry to the island-penitentiary of Alcatraz? An overnight allows time to venture to Napa Valley and Sonoma, for new and notable wineries in the "Bordeaux of America”.

Seemingly plucked from the pages of a storybook, Astoria welcomes with cosy vibes where lush forests set the perfect backdrop for small-town America. When it comes to charm, British Columbia's Victoria is queen. A jewel crowned by a beautiful Parliament Building and adorned with manicured gardens and bright flowers that rightly earn her the moniker, City of Gardens.

From British high tea to the tallest free-standing totem pole honouring its Indigenous People, to quaint shops selling Scottish tweeds, Victoria is a melting pot of wonders. Across the island-dotted bay we find the capital of hip, Vancouver.

With a focus on being forever green, Vancouver boasts an amazing juxtaposition between urban oasis and a serene wilderness that stretches from seascape to mountains; a modern skyline cradles an old-growth forest whilst the thrilling Capilano Suspension Bridge literally connects all to nature. For truly immersive experiences, opt to enjoy excursions to Banff Springs and Calgary or hop the award-winning Rocky Mountaineer, a luxury train that slips through the wild, untamed Canadian Rocky Mountains.