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Romantic

Romantic destinations and cities for couples, with practical guides to the setting, the best time to go and where to stay.

Romantic cities and destinations: Bruges, Kotor, Venice, Vienna, the Amalfi Coast, Bali, the French Riviera and Santorini.

Cities

Kotor, Kotor
Montenegro

Kotor

A walled Venetian town at the head of the Adriatic's most dramatic bay
Bruges, Bruges
Belgium

Bruges

Canals, brick Gothic and Flemish masters in Europe's best-kept medieval city
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna
Austria

Vienna

Imperial palaces, classical music, and legendary coffeehouses.
A canal in Venice, Italy
Italy

Venice

Canals, gondolas, and a city built entirely on water.

Destinations

Whitewashed houses and blue domes of Oia, Santorini, at sunset
Greece

Santorini

Whitewashed villages perched on volcanic cliffs above the Aegean.
Tegallalang rice terraces, Bali
Indonesia

Bali

Rice terraces, temples, and a globally influential wellness and surf scene.
Positano on the Amalfi Coast, Italy
Italy

Amalfi Coast

Cliffside towns and hairpin coastal drives on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The French Riviera coastline near Nice
France

French Riviera (Côte d’Azur)

Mediterranean glamour from Nice to Monaco and Saint-Tropez, connected by an easy coastal train line.

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