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Travel for Couples

Couples travel is its own category — long dinners, slow mornings, and the kind of trip you actually want to share a room for. Here you will find romantic destinations, honeymoon and anniversary ideas, adults-only stays, and itineraries that balance downtime with just enough adventure to make the photos interesting.

  • Sonoma

    Sonoma

    Sonoma is Napa’s more relaxed neighbor — fewer limos, more farm stands, and a town square where you can taste world-class Pinot Noir without the Napa Valley markup.

  • San Quirico D’Orcia

    San Quirico D’Orcia

    San Quirico d’Orcia is the Val d’Orcia’s quiet center — Horti Leonini gardens, a Romanesque church, and the cypress-lined road that appears in every Tuscany screensaver.

  • San Gimignano

    San Gimignano

    San Gimignano still has 14 medieval towers standing in a Tuscan hill town the size of a few city blocks — the gelato won a world championship and the Vernaccia wine is only made here.

  • Saint-Malo

    Saint-Malo

    Saint-Malo is a walled Breton port city where the tides are among Europe’s largest — walk the ramparts at high tide and the beach appears at low, like clockwork.

  • Ravello

    Ravello

    Ravello sits above the Amalfi Coast at 350 meters with Villa Rufolo’s gardens and a view that Wagner used as inspiration for Parsifal. It’s quieter than Positano, and better for it.

  • Provence

    Provence

    Provence peaks in July when the lavender fields bloom purple and the markets overflow with rosé, olives, and cheese. The rest of the year is just as good, minus the crowds.

  • Positano

    Positano

    Positano tumbles down a cliff to a pebble beach on the Amalfi Coast — the pastel buildings are vertical, the limoncello is strong, and the staircases are the workout.

  • Portland

    Portland

    Portland keeps it weird on purpose — food carts in parking lots, Powell’s Books filling an entire city block, and a craft beer scene that set the template for the country.

  • Playa Del Carmen

    Playa Del Carmen

    Playa del Carmen is Cancún’s cooler sibling — Quinta Avenida for the evening stroll, cenotes for the morning swim, and Cozumel a ferry ride away.

  • Pienza

    Pienza

    Pienza was redesigned by a pope as the “ideal Renaissance city” and the Val d’Orcia views from its walls are exactly what every Tuscan postcard promises.

  • Pisa

    Pisa

    Pisa has the Leaning Tower, obviously — but the rest of the Campo dei Miracoli, the university quarter, and the Arno riverfront give this Tuscan city more depth than a photo op.

  • Phuket

    Phuket

    Phuket is Thailand’s largest island with Patong’s nightlife on one coast and quiet Rawai beaches on the other — the range between party and peace is a 40-minute drive.

  • Paros

    Paros

    Paros is the Cycladic island between Mykonos and Naxos with Naoussa’s fishing harbor, Kolymbithres’ smooth-rock beach, and a village pace that Mykonos traded away.

  • Phi Phi Islands

    Phi Phi Islands

    Phi Phi’s Maya Bay (the one from The Beach) reopened with visitor caps — the limestone cliffs, snorkeling, and boat access make it Thailand’s most photogenic day trip.

  • Park City

    Park City

    Park City hosts Sundance, has two ski resorts connected by a single gondola, and a Main Street lined with galleries that stay open after the lifts close.

  • Parma

    Parma

    Parma makes two of Italy’s most famous exports — Parmigiano-Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma — and the factory tours let you taste both at the source.

  • Osaka

    Osaka

    Osaka is Japan’s kitchen — takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and a Dōtonbori strip that glows neon over a canal. The locals are louder than Tokyo’s, and proud of it.

  • Padua

    Padua

    Padua has Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel frescoes, Europe’s oldest botanical garden, and Prato della Valle — a square so large it’s basically a park. Venice is 30 minutes away.

  • Omis

    Omis

    Omiš sits where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic with zip lines over a canyon, a pirate fortress on the cliff, and Dalmatian beaches without the Dubrovnik premium.

  • Orvieto

    Orvieto

    Orvieto perches on a volcanic plateau in Umbria with a striped Gothic cathedral, underground Etruscan caves, and a white wine (Orvieto Classico) that tastes better here.

  • Oberwesel

    Oberwesel

    Oberwesel has 16 medieval towers still standing along the Rhine with a castle-turned-hotel above and vineyards that drop to the river below. Textbook Rhine Valley.

  • Nusa Dua

    Nusa Dua

    Nusa Dua is Bali’s manicured resort peninsula — gated beaches, international hotel brands, and a calm that’s the polar opposite of Kuta’s chaos up the road.

  • New Orleans

    New Orleans

    New Orleans runs on jazz, beignets, and a second-line parade energy that turns any Tuesday into an event. The French Quarter is just the opening act — the neighborhoods beyond are where the city lives.

  • Naxos

    Naxos

    Naxos is the largest Cycladic island with the best beaches, a marble doorway to an unfinished Apollo temple, and a local cheese-and-potato cuisine that Mykonos can’t touch.