Original Sins

Welcome to wickedness, luxury travel-style, with Original Sins from Original Travel. These holidays are sinfully enticing... original yes, deadly no.

Lust

These surroundings are so sexy that it would be a sin to abstain: Marrakech riads, The Capri Palace, the Fasano, Rio de Janeiro; Perivolas, Santorini; Muscat's Chedi; Soneva Fushi Maldives, Blancaneaux Lodge, Belize; Wolwedans, Namibia.

Gluttony

If you are an enthusiastic wine taster, you'll be in good company among the vineyards of South Africa, New Zealand, Chile or Argentina. Eat with abandon at the Michelin-starred Rosa Alpina restaurant in the Italian Dolomites, in gourmet heartland the Basque Country, or start an entire weekend of excess at Chateau de Bagnols with a private aeroplane journey... guaranteed you'll weigh more on the way home.

Greed

Want more stuff? Take yourself souq-shopping in Istanbul, Syria or Marrakech. Want it faster? It doesn't get much nippier than the skeleton bobsleigh descent of the Cresta Run, Switzerland or (for the ladies) the Lillehammer in Norway. Want it all to yourself? Private camping in Oman's Empty Quarter is for you. Want 24-hour skiing? Head for Riksgransen, Sweden during the summer months.

Sloth

Get seriously lazy in Lamu, float on the Dead Sea in Jordan, lounge about in the Cyclades Islands or chill out at Fundu Lagoon, on Pemba Island.

Wrath

Feeling angry? Blow off some steam by... dog-sledding in Swedish Lapland, kitesurfing in Egypt and Morocco, snowmobiling across Iceland's glaciers, or dune-bashing in Oman.

Envy

Want to make everyone jealous? For some serious post-weekend bragging to your colleagues, head off on a Friday and go snorkelling with orcas, tracking gorillas or polar bears, skiing by boat in Norway's Arctic Circle, or drive a Ferrari through Tuscany and sail a private yacht off Ibiza.

Pride

Reaching the summit of Mont Blanc or Kilimanjaro is as good an excuse as any to feel pleased with yourself. You're entitled to feel chuffed if you manage to catch the breaks at surf school in Monte Velho in Portugal, or get a photo of the elusive jaguar in the Brazilian Pantanal. Or how about spotting a pride of lions on safari in Tanzania?