HOLIDAY GURU

Helping you find the perfect break

Q CAN you recommend a Panama Canal cruise for a single traveller? Angela, Leeds.

A TRAILFINDERS has a 16-night fullboard cruise with Holland america Line from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to San diego in California, passing through the canal linking the atlantic and Pacific. It costs from £3,149 for one traveller, flights included (020 7084 6500, trailfinders.com).

Or try Tui, which offers a seven-night cruise that begins and ends in Montego Bay, Jamaica, calling at Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama with a ferry day-trip along the canal. From £ 1,637 with Manchester flights included ( tui.co.uk).

Q MY PARTNER and I are pensioners and would love to visit Cornwall, but the thought of driving is daunting. Could a train take us near Mullion Cove Hotel on the Lizard Peninsula? Gil Brown, Wirral, Cheshire.

A REDRUTH station is closest to Mullion Cove Hotel, about 20 miles away. The taxi fare is £45 each way from Kernow Cabs ( kernowcabs.co.uk, 01326 464646), based in Helston.

Q I WANT to visit Oslo, but I can’t fly. Can you suggest a way by rail or ferry? John Sharp, Southsea.

A THIS is tricky — and could turn into quite an adventure. To get to Oslo take a train to Brussels ( eurostar.com, £66, 2h 31m), another to Copenhagen ( en.oui.

sncf, £ 216, 14h), then a ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo ( dfdsseaways.co.uk, £71, 17h). You will need to spend nights in Brussels and Copenhagen as well as on the ship.