Where to Honeymoon in 2018: The Brides Honeymoon Awards

The Unresort Resort, Mérida, Mexico

You want to lounge by the pool or on the beach, maybe get a massage and do a little yoga, but big resorts and built-up towns aren't really your jam.

ABOVE: Chablé Resort and Spa, Yucatán, Mexico

This stylish retreat outside the Mérida, Mexico, understands balance: Its spa has a cenote for soaking, and it’s home to the world’s largest tequila collection.

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Bahia Vik José Ignacio Country House, Maldonado, Uruguay

Villadorata, Noto, Sicily

Halcyon House, Cabarita Beach, Australia

Latitude 10, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Playa Grande Beach Club, Dominican Republic

Rancho Pescadero, Todos Santos, Mexico

Rockhouse, Jamaica

Sanará, Tulum, Mexico

Turtle Inn, Placencia, Belize

Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa, Trancoso, Brazil

Affordable Hotels

Just because you totally blew the budget on the wedding doesn't mean you can't go somewhere fabulous.

ABOVE: Bachaumont, Paris

The buzzy lobby restaurant at this 2nd arrondissement boutique hotel is where twenty- and thirtysomething locals in flowy dresses and jackets are ushering in a new era of dressing for dinner. The 49 rooms above are similarly sophisticated, sans the crazy price tag.

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Auberge de la Petite Anse, St. Barts

Casa del Coliseo, Cartagena, Colombia

The Fifteen Keys Hotel, Rome

Ke Iki Beach Bungalows, Oahu, Hawaii

Playa Negra, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Small Hope Bay Lodge, Andros, Bahamas

Yemaya Resort and Spa, Little Corn Island, Nicaragua

Resort + Town

When you want to remain mostly horizontal but don't want to eat hotel food every night, these spots are a short hop to great restaurants and chic shops.

ABOVE: Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy

If you can pull yourself away from the views of the terraced rooftops, domed churches, and cobalt-blue Med, take a five-minute boat ride to Da Adolfo for an alfresco dinner, then a stop at Pepé Positano, in the center of town, for made-to-order leather sandals.

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Borgo Egnazia, Savelletri di Fasano, Italy

Coqui Coqui Mérida, Mexico

Hotel Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Hôtel Les Roches Rouges, Saint-Raphaël, France

Hotel Le Toiny, St. Barts

Kyrimai Hotel, Mani, Greece

Splurge-worthy Honeymoon Resorts

When you want to go unapologetically big, these properties are worth it.

ABOVE: Singita Sabora Tented Camp, Grumeti Game Reserve, Tanzania

Here you’ll find African decor in the middle of the Serengeti. Go in July and you’ll see millions of wildebeests (joined by zebras and gazelles) migrating north to Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve.

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Amanemu, Ise-Shima National Park, Japan

And Beyond, Matetsi River Lodge, Zimbabwe

Cuixmala, Jalisco, Mexico

Gladden Private Island, Belize

GoldenEye, Jamaica

Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli, Lake Garda, Italy

Hotel Esencia, Xpu-Ha, Mexico

Miavana, Madagascar

One & Only Le Saint Géran, Mauritius

Perivolas Hideaway, Therasia, Greece

Silversea Silver Cloud Expedition to Antarctica

Get Very Away

Where to completely peace out on everything and everyone (except that person you just vowed to spend the rest of your life with).

ABOVE: Amangiri, Canyon Point, Utah

No, it’s not easy to get there (it's more than four hours away from the closest major airport in Vegas), but that—and the pool built around a 165-million-year-old rock formation—is what makes this super-luxe hideaway so special.

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Alila Fort Bishangarh, Rajasthan, India

Dar Ahlam, Morocco

Dunton Hot Springs, Dolores, Colorado

Explora Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile

Fogo Island Inn, Newfoundland

Nayara Springs, Costa Rica

Tierra Atacama Hotel & Spa, Chile

Treehotel, Harads, Sweden

The Best All-Inclusives

Know what's not sexy? Tip-calculating face. Leave your wallet in the room; everything here is taken care of.

ABOVE: The Brando, Tetiaroa, French Polynesia

You’ll sleep even sounder knowing that this 35-villa private island surrounded by the most unreal cerulean water is both eco (its AC runs on sea-water, the golf carts are solar, bikes are the main mode of transportation) as well as chic.

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Couples Negril, Jamaica

Guana Island, British Virgin Islands

Hermitage Bay, Antigua

Laucala Island, Fiji

The Meridian Club, Turks and Caicos

Panama Jack Resorts Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Paul Gauguin Cruises

Sandals, Barbados

Three Day Minimoon Ideas

When the wedding's a wrap and you have zero vacation days left, these short-haul heroes are easy to get to for a long weekend.

ABOVE: L’Horizon Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, California

This mid-century-modern resort has the most elegant pool scene in town. Request a west-facing bungalow and you can watch the sun set over the San Jacinto Mountains from your outdoor shower.

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Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas

The Dewberry, Charleston, South Carolina

Four Seasons at the Surf Club, Miami

Playa Largo, Key Largo, Florida

Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, California

Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona

The Surfrider, Malibu, California

The Great Outdoors

Because being in nature is your first second love.

ABOVE: Awasi Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

Belmond Andean Explorer sleeper train. , Peru

Cempedak Private Island, Indonesia

The Point, Saranac Lake, New York

Primland, Meadows of Dan, Virginia

Shakti Ladakh, the Himalayas

Split Apple Lodge, Kaiteriteri, New Zealand

Treebones Resort, Big Sur, California

The Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino, British Columbia

Wild Coast Tented Lodge, Yala, Sri Lanka

Windstar Cruises. (Yokohama, Japan, to Seward, Alaska)

The Most Romantic Destinations of 2018

The best places for no-guilt, do-nothing (or everything), damn-that-wedding-was-exhausting honeymoons.

Australia

We can’t decide what we love most about this antipodean Eden—its effortlessly cool cities, Mars-like Outback landscapes, epic beaches, or that every day starts with a flat white and avo toast. Go for two weeks; any longer and you’re never coming home.

The other most romantic honeymoon destinations include:

Anguilla

Antigua

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Cayman Islands

Costa Rica

Fiji

Greece

Hawaii

Italy

Maldives

Mexico

Philippines

Seychelles

St. Barts

Tahiti

Thailand