The low-down on Twiggy’s trips

The style icon shares her best and worst holidays, plus some travel advice travel2014

IN THE latest of our regular series on the travel tales of the rich and famous, forever-young model Twiggy tells us about suncream disasters, rain in Spain and the timeless joys of North Wales.

I have only been on two cruises and enjoyed both. My first was in 2012, when I was invited by Seabourn Cruises to be godmother to one of their new ships.

What I like about cruising is that you get to visit lots of different countries but only have to unpack once.

Portmeirion in North Wales. It was designed in the style of an Italian village and feels like entering another world. It’s so colourful, with rhododendron, azalea and camellia bushes.

Le Touessrok in Mauritius. It was my daughter Carly’s 15th birthday when we went, and we treated her to lunch on the hotel’s private island. We also tried paragliding, and although I was screaming all the way, the views of the clear turquoise sea and surrounding landscape were well worth it.

My husband Leigh was playing Oberon in a Royal Shakespeare production of A Midsummer’s Dream in Japan, and we went to a restaurant for soup which had real gold leaf floating on top. It didn’t actually taste of anything, though.

A friend once lent us her villa near Valencia. Before we arrived, the sun had been shining continuously for three months.

But when we got there, it started raining and didn’t stop for the next eight days. We became good at jigsaws, though.

Roll up your clothes in your suitcase rather than laying them flat. Apart from not creasing as much, you can pack more in. Also, never pack any liquids – a bottle of suntan oil once opened in my suitcase and ruined my favourite clothes, which I was really upset about.

New York. Besides London, it’s my favourite city in the world. In the early 1980s, I was in a Broadway musical called My One And Only, which ran for a couple of years. I made lots of friends, so New York is now like a second home to me. – Daily Mail

ICONIC: Twiggy in the style which started the mini skirt craze in the 1960s.

MAGNIFICO: Portmeirion in North Wales was designed in the style of an Italian village.

DE LUXE: Le Touessrok in Mauritius is Twiggy’s favourite hotel.