Honeymoons

Where to Honeymoon in 2018: The Brides Honeymoon Awards

By
Rebecca Misner
Updated on May 22, 2018
Don't start planning before you read this.

Your wedding was amazing, but this is the part you’ve really been waiting for—the honeymoon, time alone with the one you love. Whether your idea of an ultrarelaxing, super romantic getaway involves sipping a cocktail on a private island in Indonesia, hiking the rugged New Zealand coast, or eating pasta alle vongole in a beachside restaurant on Italy’s Amalfi coast, we’ve got some winners for you.

Karyn Millet

The Unresort Resort

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 colonial town of Mérida understands balance: It has a mystical-meets-modern spa (treatments have a Mayan air) with a cenote for soaking, and it’s home to the world’s largest tequila collection.

Keep scrolling for the other winners in this category.

Matthieu Salvaing

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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Courtesy of Le Sireneuse

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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Courtesy of Singita Sabora Tented Camp

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 the absolute best version of Out of Africa 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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Courtesy of Amangiri

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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Courtesy of Hotel

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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Dave Lauridsen

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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Gab Scanu

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

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