7 honeymoon paradises around the world

However, to avoid going to familiar and always “overloaded” tourist destinations like Paris, Rome, Venice or Tokyo, why don’t you try to find other cities? Travellive suggests the 7 honeymoon cities below, the rest you “pick one” and make a detailed plan.

1. CZECH REPUBLIC -PRAGUE

The capital of the Czech Republic is also known as the "City of a Thousand Spires" because of the presence of countless church towers in the city. More fortunate than many other cities in Eastern Europe, Prague escaped destruction by Nazi bombings during World War II. Perhaps that is why Prague, despite the strong development of tourism, still retains its own soul as a city with a series of impressive architectural works from the Middle Ages. If you come here for your honeymoon, you must definitely visit the Charles stone bridge, known to tourists as the "Bridge of Love", adding a love lock hanging on the bridge with a couple's wish.

In Prague, you can feel the hustle and bustle of a tourist city in the morning, and at the same time immerse yourself in a peaceful and somewhat quiet Prague at night. That is when you and your partner walk arm in arm on Charles Bridge. At that time, the yellow lights cast a soft light on the hundred-year-old stone statues on the bridge, making the surrounding space suddenly become as thin as a pink thread, as if you just need to reach out a little bit to touch the fragility of the night falling on Prague.

Besides the impressive architecture and interesting historical stories about the city, Prague is also famous as a culinary city with delicious dishes and captivating Czech beer. A romantic dinner on the roof of an old house overlooking the Grand Square will make you remember this city forever.

More information:

-Itinerary: From Vietnam to Czech Republic, you can fly via Vietnam Airlines, Emirates, Thai Airways with an average one-way fare of about 600 USD (excluding tax).

-Visa: To go to the Czech Republic and some European countries in the Schengen area, you need a Schengen visa, apply at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hanoi or the VFS Global Visa Center in Ho Chi Minh City.

-Tip: One of the restaurants with the most beautiful panoramic view of the city is Terasa U Zlate Studne, located at U Zlaté Studne 4, on the rooftop of the Golden Well Hotel. You can refer to the schedule and famous tourist attractions in Prague at the website www.misagjone.com/vi/ with the keyword "Czech travel experience".

2. Italy -TUSCANY

The Tuscany region (Toscana in Italian) includes many large and small cities, the most famous of which are Florence, Pisa, Siena, and the famous Chianti wine region. While Florence and Pisa are already famous and always crowded with tourists, Siena, Chianti and other small towns are the ideal places for you to enjoy a romantic Italian-style honeymoon.

For a long time, Italian cuisine has been a formidable “competitor” to neighboring Gaul cuisine, from delicious food to fine wines. Some specialties of the Tuscany region are cured meats, bacon and crispy herb-marinated pork.porchettaEat with rye bread. Enjoy a fragrant and fatty loaf of roasted meatloaf while sipping a cold Azzurro beer.

When you are a bit “overwhelmed” by the crowds and noise of Florence, please visit the small city of Arezzo, where the film “Life is Beautiful” by director Roberto Benigni about World War II was filmed. The film received over 30 nominations in different categories at 11 famous film festivals around the world, and won almost all of them. Arezzo does not have churches with domes painted by Renaissance masters, or museums with paintings worth many fortunes combined. However, the small street corner where Guido walks with Miss Dora, or the red brick house with fresh flowers hanging carelessly will make you exclaim that life in Arezzo is truly beautiful!

In autumn, when the sky is still a heart-wrenching blue, and the wheat fields that have been harvested now have burnt yellow stubble, it is the perfect time to take romantic wedding photos in Italy. One of the most beautiful places to take pictures of Italy in autumn is Val d'Orcia, especially the stretch between Bagno Vignoni and Poggio Grande. From the top of one of the countless rolling hills, you can look out over the endless vineyards, the gray mountains fading into the twilight.

More information:

-Tip: In Florence, you can visit the famous shopping center The Mall, which is home to outlet stores of high-end fashion brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci... with prices only half the price of other stores. You can take the bus from the center of Florence. For more information, visit www.themall.it.

-Sightseeing: Siena Cathedral is one of the most beautiful churches in Tuscany with a series of decorative paintings on the ceiling and dome.

3. NETHERLANDS -AMSTERDAM

Although it is the capital of the Netherlands, with all the characteristics of a modern city, Amsterdam is small enough for you to comfortably explore the city on foot. If you want to experience the feeling of being a “real” Dutch person, rent a bicycle and leisurely ride the iron horse with your other half. Don’t be afraid if you are not good at determining directions. Simply because… you can’t get lost in Amsterdam.

Besides the two “specialties” of bicycles and small canals reflecting the pretty brick houses, Amsterdam is also famous for its art museums. Among them are the Rijksmuseum with the painting “The Night Watch” by Rembrandts and the Van Gogh Museum. If you like to learn about history, you should not miss the Anne Frank House – also known as the Anne Frank Museum, where Anne Frank and her family and several other Jewish families hid during the time of being persecuted by the Nazis during World War II.

From Amsterdam, you can buy a day tour package to the ancient village of Zaanse Schans, also known as the “windmill village”. Here, you can learn about the process of making cheese and making traditional wooden clogs of the Dutch. You will witness with your own eyes the giant windmills that are hundreds of years old and still operate like new.

More information:

-Note: Currently, Amsterdam is a very "hot" destination in Western Europe. Therefore, long queues to buy tickets are inevitable at famous tourist attractions, especially the Anna Frank House. You should book tickets online to save time.

- Tip: The I amsterdam City Card is a convenient travel card that integrates public transportation, entrance tickets or discounts at some tourist attractions and museums, very convenient for tourists. You can find more information about this card on the websitehttp://www.iamsterdam.com/en/i-am/i-amsterdam-city-card.

4. NETHERLANDS -UTRECHT

It takes only about 30 minutes from Amsterdam to reach Utrecht, the fourth largest city in the Netherlands. Like a rough gem, Utrecht is somewhat less prominent if you put it next to Amsterdam, which has long been famous and is also a notorious "party" city in Europe. But the charm of Utrecht is from... bicycles! With a population of only about 16.8 million people, Utrecht has up to... 19 million bicycles. There is nothing more ideal than renting an iron horse and exploring the city with a companion.

For some reason, the city center, which dates back to the 6th century, is connected by very narrow streets. They are narrow enough to barely fit people on foot. And still today, by bicycle. Every day, around 100,000 bicycles travel through the city, accounting for 50% of all trips made by Utrecht residents. Even the mayor rides his bike to work every day!

Reading up to here, you will probably think of the song “Bicycles” by the musician-singer duo Phuong Thao – Ngoc Le, a very popular song in the late 1990s. That will also be the feeling that you and your partner will feel when you both ride around Utrecht.

Traffic laws in the Netherlands and many other European countries do not allow carrying an adult on the back of a bicycle. (You can carry children, but you must equip a special seat for them.) But that does not make your “bicycle” journey in the Netherlands any less romantic. Because perhaps just having a partner accompany you on every wandering road, any place, any city, becomes poetic and dreamy in the eyes of a lover.

More information:

-Itinerary: From Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam), you can take the train to Utrecht, which takes about 30 minutes. Ticket prices start from 8.5 Euro.

-Tip: If you want to see the whole city and test your endurance, you can climb 465 steps to the top of the 700m high Dom Tower. The reward for you is a panoramic view of the beautiful city of Utrecht below your feet.

5. GREECE -SANTORINI

Santorini Island is one of the ideal places for couples to take photos. If you have been here once, you will definitely not be able to stop thinking that this island is reserved for lovers.

Everywhere on the island, you can see couples in love walking hand in hand, or exchanging loving glances in small coffee shops under the bright pink bougainvillea trellis.

Perhaps nowhere else on earth is the sunset so eagerly awaited as in Santorini. Every day, at the moment when the red sun gradually sinks into the sea and is sweeping the last rays of the day over the typical whitewashed houses of Greece, hundreds of tourists gather on the balconies facing the sea, holding their breath waiting for this wonderful dance of the universe. What could be more romantic than admiring that moment with your other half?

If you’re planning a romantic dinner with delicious food and booze, Santorini is the place to be. Sip some dry, aromatic Greek wine, and gaze out over the deep blue Aegan Sea, and you’ll almost hear the ocean whispering mythical tales of the gods.

More information:

-Itinerary: From the capital Athens, you can get to Santorini by plane or ferry.There are many flights to Santorini every day from Greek airlines such as Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air, or some low-cost European airlines such as EasyJet, Ryan Air. It takes about 45-50 minutes to fly from Athens to Santorini.

-Tips:There are several ferry/speedboat companies that operate to Santorini, but the most popular is Blue Star Ferry. From now until October, Blue Star Ferry usually departs from Athens in the afternoon and arrives early the next morning, saving you a night in a hotel. You can book your ferry tickets online in advance for around 38 Euros one way. Check www.greeka.com, www.bluestarferries.gr/en/ or www.ferries.gr.

6. FRANCE -BORDEAUX

There is more to this seaside city in southwestern France than just the name of a world-famous wine. However, while you’re here, you shouldn’t miss the chance to visit the region’s famous wine châteaux. There are over 10,000 of these in Bordeaux and many tour companies offer half-day wine tours and tastings.

Some people call Bordeaux a mini-Paris, but native Bordeaux people probably don’t like it. In the past few years, Bordeaux has changed a lot. From a small, quiet city, it has suddenly become more famous and dynamic, with many interesting cultural, artistic, tourist and culinary activities for visitors. Maybe that’s why Bordeaux is called “little Paris”?

However, unlike the tourist attractions that are always crowded with tourists and the towering buildings that make the Paris sky seem cramped and stuffy, Bordeaux offers you the opposite. With the blue sea and red wine right next to it, perhaps that is why the people of Bordeaux only want their city to be Bordeaux forever.

Coming to the city of wine, you cannot miss the famous Place de la Bourse castle with its giant “mirror” in front of the building. This “mirror” is a large area paved with granite on which water is pumped up to 2cm high, just enough to turn the entire area of ​​water into a giant mirror, reflecting the clear blue sky of the South of France and the magnificence of the Place de la Bourse castle. Occasionally, the “mirror” also sprays water, making both children and adults excited.

More information:

-Itinerary: There are currently no direct flights from Vietnam to Bordeaux. You can fly to Paris and then connect to Bordeaux.

-Tip: If you like taking photos, go to the wine shop L'Intendant (2 Allée de Tourny) to take pictures of the famous wine staircase. This is a large spiral staircase with walls on both sides of small wine compartments, enough to fascinate even "non-wine" people.

7. JAPAN -KYOTO

The ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto, is becoming a favorite destination for Vietnamese people. True to its role as an ancient capital, it has everything you can imagine about ancient Japan, with geisha wearing wooden clogs, their hair tied up high, revealing their seductive white necks, and tea houses with a quiet appearance in the Gion district. Or the more than 1,000 bright red Tori gates at Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine that always appear in almost every picture of Kyoto.

One of the interesting destinations in Kyoto is the bamboo forest in the Arashiyama district. The bamboo forest with tall bamboo trunks, intertwined into an arch like a giant green tunnel. It is not difficult to see Japanese girls in brightly colored kimonos, with a large flower in their hair to be charming, walking together under the green bamboo canopy. Occasionally, they stop to take pictures or... take a selfie, then chat and laugh with their friends. Perhaps there are few places other than Japan where tradition and modernity go together so harmoniously.

If you come to Kyoto in autumn, you will be immersed in the red and yellow colors of maple leaves and the blue color of the cold autumn water. In the early autumn cold, sitting in a cozy tea house with your other half, perhaps in the heart of lovers, they will softly exclaim "Oh Kyoto, how golden is autumn"!

More information:

-Itinerary: You can fly directly to Osaka from Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, then continue to Kyoto by Kyoto Access Nankai Line train, ticket price 1230 Yen. You have to change stations 3 times from Kansai airport to get to Kyoto.

-Sightseeing: Entering the bamboo forest is completely free, but if you want to visit the Okochi Sanso garden and enjoy Japanese tea ceremony, you have to buy a ticket for about 1000 Yen. The ticket price includes enjoying the tea ceremony.

Article: Ngoc Quyen. Photos: Various authors

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