Honeymoon destinations

The ‘seven sisters’ of the volcanic Aeolian Islands are scattered like stars across the deep blue Tyrrhenian Sea, north of Sicily.

Boutique hotels in Aeolian Islands, Sicily

Craggy, winding and riddled with caves and secret beaches, the Amalfi Coast is one of the most spectacular stretches of coastline in the world. The volcanic headland reaches out from the ankle of Italy towards the Tyrrhenian, sheer mountainside plummeting into the sun-sparkled sea.

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What sets Antigua apart from other tropical Caribbean islands is its geography: the lush undulating hills promise postcard-perfect panoramas like nowhere else. Barbuda, Antigua’s far less developed little sister, is a petite coral island hemmed with pink-and-white talcum-powder sandy beaches and a swimming-pool-clean sea.

Boutique hotels in Antigua & Barbuda

Marrakech gives a very European impression of Morocco. Head just few hours out of the city and you'll find a completely different atmosphere.

Boutique hotels in Atlas Mountains

A melting pot of African, European and Indian cultures, the state of Bahia, up in the north of Brazil, is as indefinable as its ethnic make-up.

Boutique hotels in Bahia

Bali is a dozen flavours of paradise, and tastes different to everyone.

Boutique hotels in Bali

On Barbados – arguably the most charismatic of Caribbean islands – you’ll live like the locals do, eat with them, chill with them and most definitely party with them.

Boutique hotels in Barbados

The legendary Barossa Valley – home of big, ballsy red wines – makes a divine escape from Adelaide, and is just an hour’s drive to the north.

Boutique hotels in Barossa Valley

Easy does it is the mantra in this sub-tropical haven that features 144 islands, craggy coves and crystalline waters.

Boutique hotels in Bay Of Islands

The construction's finished, the Olympics is over, and Beijing is still showing off its facelift to the world.

Boutique hotels in Beijing

One of the world’s youngest countries, Belize has a landscape that shifts from Caribbean island paradise to jungle-clad mountain, and a culture that blends Mayan with Mennonite, European with Garifuna…

Boutique hotels in Belize

The world’s last surviving Buddhist monarchy may be modernising (slowly), but if you’re looking for a palpable sense of history in a jaw-plummeting mountain landscape, Bhutan is hard to beat.

Boutique hotels in Bhutan

Could there be a greater distinction between the city of Sydney, an hour or so's drive away, and the majestic landscape and ribbon of quaint villages that make up the Blue Mountains?

Boutique hotels in Blue Mountains

Some jokingly refer to Byron Bay as the most northern suburb of Sydney – everything you can find in the big smoke is right on the doorstep here too.

Boutique hotels in Byron Bay

Glorious beaches and soaring mountains frame this thriving city built on the foothills of Table Mountain, along the edge of the Atlantic.

Boutique hotels in Cape Town

The tiny island with a big following.

Boutique hotels in Capri

It might only be a couple of hours north of Sydney, but New South Wales' Central Coast couldn't be any more different.

Boutique hotels in Central Coast

An hour or so north of South Australia's more famous Barossa Valley, the historic Clare Valley in the Mid North district punches well above its weight in the wine stakes.

Boutique hotels in Clare Valley

Small and volcanically formed, Colima is the legendary domain of Mexico’s gods, who gaze down from the skies at the sweeping valleys, vast, open ranches, and dense subtropical jungle.

Boutique hotels in Colima

For a city boasting more past glories than the average continent, the capital of Tuscany is excitingly forward-looking.

Boutique hotels in Florence

If variety is the spice of life, this swathe of South Africa has to be one of the spiciest spots on earth.

Boutique hotels in Garden Route & Winelands

Victoria's Great Ocean Road, aka the B100, south-west of Melbourne, is one of the most famous drives in Australia, and for very good reason.

Boutique hotels in Great Ocean Road

Our tip – get to Grenada before the rest of the world does. Somehow, this nutmeg-scented island has remained untouched by major tourism and has the real-deal kick-back Caribbean vibe.

Boutique hotels in Grenada

Guatemala is a naturalist’s daydream, where virgin rainforest gives way to volcanic uplands, and kaleidoscopically feathered birds sharing tree-space with chattering monkeys.

Boutique hotels in Guatemala

If New Zealand is a destination to suit everyone, then Hawkes Bay is that again, just manipulated into an even more manageable package.

Boutique hotels in Hawkes Bay

At the southernmost tip of Africa, the seaside town of Hermanus sees one of the continent’s most amazing natural spectacles when, for several months a year, Southern Right whales come to calve around beautiful Walker Bay.

Boutique hotels in Hermanus

A couple of hours south of bustling Bangkok, the laid-back resort town of Hua Hin has been a Thai weekender’s favourite ever since the royal family started heading here back in the twenties. Of course, the rest of society followed suit. And they’re still coming.

Boutique hotels in Hua Hin

One of the largest, most populous, and busiest cities in the world, Jakarta is southeast Asia’s definitive megalopolis, but buried beneath the seemingly chaotic urban splash, you’ll find traces of a rich colonial past and a progressive dynamic present.

Boutique hotels in Jakarta

Skewered by the stunning Sierra Madre and edged by the warm waters of the Pacific, Jalisco is often said to be the most Mexican of Mexican states, and, since it gave the world tequila, mariachi, and rodeos, it’s not hard to see why.

Boutique hotels in Jalisco

A name which translates as ‘meal of crayfish’ gives a taste of the sumptuous scene in store.

Boutique hotels in Kaikoura

Touting itself as ‘Australia’s Galapagos’, Kangaroo Island (KI) has an amazing proliferation of wildlife – in the sky, the scrub and the sea.

Boutique hotels in Kangaroo Island

Coconut-studded coastlines, canal-like backwaters, and undulating evergreen hills – the tropical beauty of this south-west swathe of India is unrivalled.

Boutique hotels in Kerala

The twin islands of Koh Phi Phi ascend from the ocean like a jagged rock fortress, with beach-fronted jungle skulking enticingly behind the battlements. Simply put: it’s a mind-blowingly beautiful vision.

Boutique hotels in Koh Phi Phi

Trimmed with gorgeous beaches and filled with cool, verdant forests, Thailand’s third largest island is an altar to carefree tropical leisure.

Boutique hotels in Koh Samui

With world-renowned hotels, high-kicking nightlife, mountains of adventure, and countless beaches and islands a long-tail boat ride away, Krabi is deservedly one of Thailand’s rising stars.

Boutique hotels in Krabi

You won’t be able to stop staring. This is some of the most eye-popping, jaw-dropping landscape in New Zealand.

Boutique hotels in Lake Taupo

Peaceful, proto-tropical Langkawi retains a wonderfully laid-back, those-in-the-know atmosphere. A popular escape for discerning couples looking to explore the island’s gorgeous natural attractions – or simply to spend some quiet, cuddly time together at a top-end resort – Langkawi is one of Southeast Asia’s best-kept secrets.

Boutique hotels in Langkawi

Gorgeous, tropical Lombok is a life-enhancing antidote to bright lights and bling for honeymooning couples who prefer their barefoot luxury to be less bland.

Boutique hotels in Lombok

With its soaring volcanic peaks, turquoise lagoon, unspoilt beaches and rare plants, birds and marine life, ruggedly beautiful eco-retreat Lord Howe Island should bring out your inner David Attenborough.

Boutique hotels in Lord Howe Island

LA – a city of silver-screen dreams, where movie moguls, stars and starlets party in the California sunshine.

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Spread over 26 silk-sanded coral atolls lost in the heart of the Indian Ocean, the Maldives are the textbook desert-island paradise.

Boutique hotels in Maldives

If Margaret River didn’t exist, someone would have to make it up. Just three hours south of Perth, the region combines natural beauty with phenomenal dining and over 120 wineries that produce a quarter of Australia’s top wines.

Boutique hotels in Margaret River

Berber, Arabic and Moorish culture, oriental spices, desert landscapes, glamorous hideaways... all with a French accent.

Boutique hotels in Marrakech

When Mark Twain visited Mauritius in 1896, he came away saying that ‘God first made Mauritius, and from it He created Paradise’. He wasn't wrong.

Boutique hotels in Mauritius

Mustique is a 1,400-acre private island, managed by the Mustique Company (in turn belonging to a conglomerate of island home-owners). To arrive here is to step into a perfect world, where the beaches and ocean are whiter/more turquoise than a dream, road signs are hand-painted, and even the grass is cut with exceptional care.

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Mykonos was the first Greek island to be ‘discovered’ in the Fifties; Chora, the main town, rapidly gained a reputation as the Cyclades’ most happening harbour.

Boutique hotels in Mykonos

On a peninsula at Sydney’s northern extremities lies an enclave for the rich, famous and reclusive, including the occasional Hollywood superstar.

Boutique hotels in Northern Beaches

Paris is a dream project for pedestrians, with endless secrets hidden away from all the wonderful clichés.

Boutique hotels in Paris

Dropped like a giant verdant pearl in the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the gorgeous tropical island of Phuket is rightly one the most popular traveler’s destinations in Thailand.

Boutique hotels in Phuket & Khao Lak

Australia’s most famous state is a land of extremes: one side, vast plains of ruddy bulldust stretch off into the Outback, while off the Pacific coast, the tropical islands of the Reef bask in year-round sunshine.

Boutique hotels in Queensland & Great Barrier Reef

Set on the banks of Lake Wakatipu, postcard-perfect Queenstown boasts a striking setting beneath jagged mountain range The Remarkables, a pretty town centre and a rich menu of restaurants and bars.

Boutique hotels in Queenstown

The Red Centre is a ruddy sprawl of desert wilderness in the middle of Australia – a desolate and seemingly endless landscape of dunes and shrubland, with the iconic mound of Uluru towering imperiously at its heart.

Boutique hotels in Red Centre

Rio is one of the most spectacular spots on earth, where lush mountains plunge into the tropical sea. From Sugar Loaf mountain you can survey the skip-a-beat views down to the world-famous beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana.

Boutique hotels in Rio De Janeiro

When the Spanish conquistadors arrived off Mexico’s Riviera Maya in the 16th century, they found an idyllic Caribbean coast of white sand beaches and turquoise waters…

Boutique hotels in Riviera Maya

This rugged Aegean beauty, the southernmost of the Cyclades, is famed for its sunsets, wine and the turquoise sea that surrounds it.

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This Mediterranean island has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and if you venture inland you’ll find breathtaking countryside.

Boutique hotels in Sardinia

An archipelago of 155 islands that lie scattered like birdseed to the east of Africa, the Seychelles are known throughout the world for their idyllic tropical climate and desert-island beauty.

Boutique hotels in Seychelles

Bustling cities, miles of coastline, and world-class wining and dining – this Southern Italian island showcases Med living at its most vibrant.

Boutique hotels in Sicily

The Ancients believed that mariners were lured to the islands and towering cliffs of the Amalfi Coast by the songs of the Sirens, mythical temptresses who gave their name to the seductive town of Sorrento.

Boutique hotels in Sorrento

You could call it Paris-on-sea – with all the poise, style and Missoni bikinis that it implies. St Barths is one of the original jet-set destinations, where celebrity meets society in a cosmopolitan crowd.

Boutique hotels in St Barths

Shades of emerald, ebony and teal form the colour palette on this breezy and relaxed island – making St Lucia, the second largest of the Windward Islands, the ultimate Caribbean destination.

Boutique hotels in St Lucia

‘Undiscovered tropical idyll’ barely does it justice – with perfect beaches, swirling cerulean surf and lush tropical forests, the island of Sumba, almost untouched by tourism, is somewhere you’ll want to keep to yourself…

Boutique hotels in Sumba

The Grampians National Park is known as Gariwerd to the local Jardwadjali and Djadjawurung Aborigines and has been a sacred place for many millennia.

Boutique hotels in The Grampians

A cluster of coral-fringed isles in a sea that seems to shift through shades of turquoise neon, the Turks & Caicos islands offer lie-on-the-beach luxury with a totally tropical taste.

Boutique hotels in Turks & Caicos

When mother Nature was handing out charm, she really piled the goodies up high when it came to this above-the-knee patch of Italy.

Boutique hotels in Tuscany

It may seem curious in a city that sits out in the sea and is characterised by its glittering waterways, but it’s walking you should prepare for when you visit Venice.

Boutique hotels in Venice

A quaint and ancient town surrounded by an art-inspiring backdrop of jagged crags and winding waterways, Yangshuo is as appealing for its scenery as it is for its laid-back, tea-sipping atmosphere.

Boutique hotels in Yangshuo

Yogyakarta may be difficult to pronounce, but it's easy to love: it has temples to rival Angkor Wat; a centuries-long history as a centre of academia and the arts, and an atmospheric mountain backdrop.

Boutique hotels in Yogyakarta