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Reviews of adventure holidays from luxury travel reviews website ALadyofLeisure.com written by journalist Sarah Bridge

Seeing Svalbard by land, sea and air: my Arctic Adventure with Hurtigruten’s Svalbard Express

by Sarah Bridge
added July 18, 2023

The Svalbard Express from Hurtigruten Norwegian shipping line is back – and last week I was on only its third ever sailing for 40 years. This iconic route up the Norwegian coast to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle originally ran between 1968 to 1982 and...

Family-friendly camping and wild swimming at Wild Canvas

by Sarah Bridge
added August 24, 2022

If you’re trying to find a family-friendly campsite with wild swimming and no stress, then you’ve come to the right place. Wild Canvas is a pop-up camping experience which runs throughout August every year, and its style of camping is on the more rel...

Sun, sea and simply fabulous: a week sailing in Turkey with SCIC Sailing

by Sarah Bridge
added July 22, 2022

A week sailing in Turkey around its Aegean coastline with SCIC Sailing is possibly one of most relaxing holidays you can go on. While some holidays can be so hectic you feel like you need another holiday immediately afterwards, the only risk you ...

Dolphins, rum, yoga and sun: my action-packed Mauritius holiday

by Sarah Bridge
added December 22, 2020

A Mauritius holiday is probably what many of us are dreaming of right now - winter sun, sandy beaches, rum cocktails and luxury hotels. What to do on a Mauritius holiday I was lucky to spend a fortnight in Mauritius including a weekend trip to ...

Living in Herceg Novi and Boka Bay, Montenegro

by Sarah Bridge
added November 7, 2019

Moving to Montenegro and exploring Herceg Novi Living in Herceg Novi and indeed moving to Montenegro for five weeks was done on a whim. By chance I saw a Facebook post from travel bloggers and friends Kach and Jon Howe, aka Two Monkeys Travel (w...

Speed, saunas and Mercedes driving experience at Brooklands hotel

by Sarah Bridge
added August 13, 2019

Driving full-pelt towards a solid-looking wall is both terrifying and exhilarating but that's exactly what you get from a day at the Mercedes driving experience at Brooklands in Surrey. A day at the Mercedes driving experience in Brooklands,...

How to hike the Inca trail to Machu Picchu – and enjoy the journey!

by Sarah Bridge
added October 9, 2018

It had been a lifetime dream for me: to find out how to hike the Inca trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. Now, for the last four days, I had been hiking through stunning Peruvian mountains to reach my destination, the famous UNESCO World Heritage site of ...

My perfect Jamaica holiday: beaches, boats and beauty

by Sarah Bridge
added August 7, 2018

My idea of a perfect Jamaica holiday was sunbathing on a beach drinking rum cocktails. Instead, I'd somehow agreed to a trying out zip-lining for the very first time. I took a deep breath and ran, like a cartoon character, right off the edge. It was ...

My epic food tour of Japan: sushi, sake, puffer fish and bullet trains

by Sarah Bridge
added January 19, 2018

Japanese food can be some of the most intricate food in the world but can also be some of the most simple. I was lucky enough to go on a food tour of Japan to learn all about Japanese food from top chefs and restaurants, from Tokyo to Osaka and the f...

Island-hopping and sailing in the Aegean with SCIC Sailing

by Sarah Bridge
added September 1, 2017

Some holidays are so jam-packed with things to do, places to visit and sights to tick off that you end up needing a holiday afterwards to recover. A island-hopping voyage around the Aegean with SCIC Sailing (it stands for Sailing Cruises in Comfort a...

Setting sail in the Arctic on ‘the world’s most beautiful sea voyage’ (with eagles and dolphins for company)

by Sarah Bridge
added August 23, 2017

Being in the Land of the Midnight Sun can do strange things to you. A few days into my cruise along the Norwegian coast, I’d been chatting on deck after dinner with my fellow passengers. I went to bed thinking that it wasn’t a particularly late night...

Skiing on a Mark Warner ski holiday – on your own but never alone

by Sarah Bridge
added December 3, 2016

As skiing is such a sociable sport - there's the long lunches, the dancing-on-tables après-ski, the cosy chalet dinners and oh yes, the skiing itself, going on a ski holiday by yourself with a tour operator such as Mark Warner holidays might be an al...

Volcanoes and fire-dancing: just a typical trip to Papua New Guinea

by Sarah Bridge
added November 11, 2014

Swimming near a school of dolphins, walking on a recently-erupted volcano and diving to a wreck of a World War 2 Japanese fighter plane might seem like once-in-a-lifetime holiday but if you are exploring Papua New Guinea, it is just an average mornin...

A holiday of a lifetime learning to dive in the Cayman Islands

by Sarah Bridge
added October 25, 2014

It was an interesting introduction to my holiday of a lifetime learning to dive in the Cayman Islands: ‘The thing about the Cayman Islands is that the best sights are underwater,’ said my taxi driver as he drove along the dusty road from the airport....

Center Parcs Woburn Forest: a reviewer-proof staycation destination

by Sarah Bridge
added June 3, 2014

Center Parcs is practically immune from criticism. With occupancy (in normal times) running at a staggering 97.1 per cent all year round, the private-equity owned leisure company is the envy of its peers. In spite of the complaints about high ...