Designer Seychelles

North Island, the designer resort with just 12 villas due to open in May on a private Seychelles island, is featured in a new luxury Indian Ocean brochure from Travelpack. Twin-centre options include a seven-night cruise on a luxury catamaran combined with seven nights at Fisherman's Cove in the Seychelles; and four nights at the Hilton Dubai, followed by nine nights at the Hilton Mauritius.

Seven nights at North Island starts at £4,317pp including full board and World Traveller Plus flights with British Airways; the Seychelles cruise and stay costs £2,852pp; the Dubai-Mauritius twin-centre costs from £1,720pp. Book with Travelpack (08705 747102, travelpack.co.uk).

Games onboard

Teenagers have their own top-deck hi-tech zone with electronic games and a dancing machine on the Mont St Michel, Brittany Ferries' new flagship, which began services on the Portsmouth-Caen route just before Christmas. The £80m ship, which has a capacity of 2,200 passengers and 800 cars, has four restaurants, two bars, two cinemas and a shopping mall.

A return crossing in June for a car with two adults and two children under 15 costs £208 with Brittany Ferries (08705 360360, brittanyferries.com). A day cabin costs £26 each way.

High line reopens

Trains will run again this summer along the world's highest standard-gauge railway line - the Peruvian High Central Sierra - which closed in 1992 because of terrorist activity. There will be a limited service on the 335km track between Lima and Huancayo, whose highest point at Ticlio is 4,829m above sea level.

A return rail journey with three nights' B&B hotel accommodation at Huancayo costs from £253 with Journey Latin America (020-8747 8315, journeylatinamerica.co.uk).