Top 10: Romantic Travel Ideas
Romantic holidays don’t have to be all rose petals on the bed and candlelight dinners. Check these out for ten great swoon-worthy travel ideas that will light up your love life.
1. Country Bed and Breakfast
Rolling hills, fresh country air and a quaint B&B all add up to a fabulously romantic getaway for two. Think picnics, trail rides on sturdy horses and farm fresh eggs for brekky.
2. Over-water Resort
What’s better than a holiday near the water? A holiday on the water, of course! Destinations like the Maldives are famous for their accommodation that is built right out over the clear, sparkling ocean. Head there with your partner for a blissful week of relaxation.
3. Breathtaking treks
Perhaps you’re a couple that likes their exercise. Book onto a trekking adventure for the trip of a lifetime. What could be more romantic than sharing a sunrise over Machu Picchu or Cradle Mountain together after a long week of hiking?
4. Isolated cabin, middle of winter
Holidays aren’t just for summertime. Find a secluded cabin with a fireplace and a spa bath and head there in the middle of winter, equipped with marshmallows for roasting, blankets for snuggling and red wine for warming.
5. Island holiday
The quintessential romantic escape is the island holiday – bronzed bodies, white sands, palm fronds rustling quietly in the background while you and your other half swing gently in a hammock, sipping coconuts…. Need I say more?
6. Five star city escape
Tell everyone you know you’re leaving town for the weekend, then sneak to a five star luxury hotel in the middle of the city and indulge for the weekend. Breakfast in bed, day spa treatments, canapés on the hotel club floor. Bonus points if you can do it all without leaving the hotel grounds even once.
7. Camping for two
It doesn’t have to be five-star to be romantic. Pack up a little two-man tent, some fishing poles and a bunch of snacks and go feral for a few days. Zip your sleeping bags together, catch your own dinners and bathe in a creek, snuggle up as you scare each other senseless with ghost stories.
8. Wine region
Whether it’s your local wineries or an international holiday to Champagne, Bordeaux or the Napa Valley, wine regions have all the romance you need. Beautiful working vineyards, quaint cellar doors and lunch beside the vines all the while with a wine in hand.
9. USA roadtrip in a classic convertible
The big, wide US of A was just made for roadtrips. Hire yourselves a classic convertible and hit the road – we recommend the historic Route 66 for a true authentic trip. Make sure to visit the famous eat in diners and stay in roadside motels along the way.
10. Romantic Europe
Of all the continents in the world, it’s Europe that is brimming with the most romantic places you could possibly hope to visit. The sheer beauty and history of Europe’s cities and provinces scream romance. Tour Paris, Venice, Prague, Barcelona and soak in the charm.
Wherever in the world you go, so long as you are there together you can make it romantic. Employ a spirit of adventure and the rest will fall into place. Happy travels, lovers.
Of all the continents in the world, it’s Europe that is brimming with the most romantic places you could possibly hope to visit. The sheer beauty and history of Europe’s cities and provinces scream romance. Tour Paris, Venice, Prague, Barcelona and soak in the charm