Honeymoon guides
The 30 best honeymoon destinations for 2026
Every destination below is rated for US couples in 2026, with real budget estimates, the actual best months to go, and the trade-offs nobody else mentions.
Europe
Santorini, Greece
The caldera-view honeymoon Instagram built.
- Best
- May–June
- 7-night
- $4,200–$6,800
Amalfi Coast, Italy
Lemon groves, cliffside villages, and pasta worth flying for.
- Best
- May
- 7-night
- $5,500–$9,000
Tuscany, Italy
Cypress-lined hills, Brunello, and dinners that last 4 hours.
- Best
- May–June
- 7-night
- $4,400–$7,500
Iceland
Glaciers, geysers and a Blue Lagoon soak — the honeymoon for couples who hike.
- Best
- June–August (midnight sun); February (aurora + ice caves)
- 7-night
- $4,200–$7,000
Paris, France
It earned the cliché. Lean into it.
- Best
- April–June
- 7-night
- $4,000–$7,500
Lisbon & the Algarve, Portugal
Lisbon tiles + Algarve cliffs = Europe's best-value honeymoon.
- Best
- May–June
- 7-night
- $3,500–$6,000
Scotland Highlands
Castles, lochs, and a honeymoon that ends in a Speyside distillery.
- Best
- May–June
- 7-night
- $4,200–$7,000
Swiss Alps (Zermatt + Lauterbrunnen)
The Matterhorn from your hotel window. That's the whole pitch.
- Best
- June–September (hiking)
- 7-night
- $5,500–$9,500
Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast
Walk medieval walls, sail to Hvar, swim in Adriatic blue.
- Best
- May–June
- 7-night
- $4,000–$6,800
Barcelona & Mallorca, Spain
Gaudí + Mediterranean coves + tapas crawls. Easy, energetic, romantic.
- Best
- May–June
- 7-night
- $3,800–$6,500
Asia
Maldives
Over-water villas, glass floors, and absolute silence.
- Best
- November–April (dry season)
- 7-night
- $7,500–$18,000
Bali, Indonesia
Rice terraces, cliffside villas, and the world's best spa value.
- Best
- April–October (dry)
- 7-night
- $2,400–$5,500
Kyoto, Japan
1,600 temples, kaiseki dinners, and bamboo silence.
- Best
- Late March–early April (cherry blossom)
- 7-night
- $4,800–$8,000
Phuket & Phi Phi, Thailand
Limestone cliffs, $20 massages, and resort luxury at half the Caribbean price.
- Best
- November–March (dry
- 7-night
- $3,000–$6,000
Vietnam & Cambodia (Hoi An + Siem Reap)
Lantern-lit Hoi An, then sunrise at Angkor Wat.
- Best
- November–April (dry)
- 7-night
- $3,200–$5,800
Pacific
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
The lagoon that made over-water bungalows famous.
- Best
- May–October (dry
- 7-night
- $9,000–$20,000
Fiji
The Pacific honeymoon with shorter flights than Bora Bora and warmer hosts than anywhere.
- Best
- May–October (dry
- 7-night
- $5,500–$12,000
Maui, Hawaii
The honeymoon that doesn't require a passport — or jet lag.
- Best
- April–May
- 7-night
- $5,200–$8,500
Queenstown, New Zealand
Adventure capital with Pinot Noir vineyards on the side.
- Best
- December–March (summer)
- 7-night
- $6,500–$10,000
Kauai, Hawaii
The Garden Isle: Na Pali cliffs, Waimea Canyon, and no high-rises allowed.
- Best
- April–June
- 7-night
- $5,000–$8,000
Caribbean
Africa
Marrakech, Morocco
Stay in a riad, eat in a souk, sleep in the Sahara.
- Best
- March–May
- 7-night
- $3,200–$6,000
Cape Town & Safari, South Africa
Wine in the morning, lions in the afternoon. Pair Cape Town + Sabi Sand.
- Best
- October–April (Cape Town summer); May–September (safari)
- 7-night
- $7,500–$14,000
Seychelles
Granite boulders, pink-tinged beaches, giant tortoises on a private island.
- Best
- April–May
- 7-night
- $8,500–$16,000
Zanzibar (post-safari)
End your safari on a white-sand spice island in the Indian Ocean.
- Best
- June–October
- 7-night
- $8,000–$15,000 with Serengeti safari (10 nights total), 2 people
Americas
Costa Rica
Volcanoes, hot springs and beaches — the active honeymoon that's a 4-hour flight.
- Best
- December–April (dry season)
- 7-night
- $3,800–$6,500
Tulum, Mexico
Jungle-meets-beach Mayan riviera with cenotes for diving.
- Best
- December–April
- 7-night
- $3,500–$7,000
Patagonia (Argentina + Chile)
Glaciers, granite spires, and the wildest landscape in the Americas.
- Best
- November–March (Southern summer)
- 7-night
- $7,500–$14,000