Euro honeymoon suggestions please.

At the tender age of 43 I will be held at gun point in June to be married for the first time ever in the world. Seeing as she doesn’t want to wild camp in the Pennines for a fortnight we’ll have go somewhere warm ish.
I’ve been to lots of Greek islands years ago which I loved but I wondered about the likes of Yugoslavia which I’ve fancied going to for a while. Looks very nice.
Any advice?

Center Parcs?
(Sorry!)

Congratulations!

Yugoslavia which I’ve fancied going to for a while

..clearly quite a while 🙂

Montana Pine Resort, Oludeniz, Turkey

This place is a bit special. Secluded, quiet, great service, free shuttle bus down to [widely regarded as] one of the best beaches in the world, taxi-able to Fethiye (for the boat charters and the old market).

If you like an active holiday, the Lycian Way (long-distance trail) crosses the end of the driveway to the resort. Also, it’s the no. 1 destination in Europe for paragliding.

There’s also a local mountain biking scene and bike hire, plus guided trips etc.

Tour of Italy. Sorennto to see amalfi, Capri and Pompei. Then Rome. Then end in Lake Garda from where you can have day trips to Venice, Verona & all the gorgeous little towns around Garda.

Italian Lakes? Malcesine for lakes, mountains and water perhaps followed by a few days in Verona?
Or French alps? Train from London to Grenoble, hire and car then a week somewhere in the hills?

Tour France and Spain in an open-top car staying in Blois, Cahors, Pau, St Jean de Luz, Zarautz, Castro Urdiales, Comillas, Leon, Jaca, Oloron Ste Marie, Bordeaux, La Rochelle… .

My sister and BIL, who travel a lot, said Lucca near Pisa is one of the nicest towns they have ever visited. Off the tourist trail but gorgeous, they said.

Sounds good jekkyl. Lake Garda was on the list anyway. Ta.
Hebdencyclist. That looks spot on. 🙂

We went to Madeira for our honeymoon. Plenty to do as a couple and if you play your cards right there is some good cycling to be done there. Weather is pretty good as a year round destination.

You’ll probably enjoy Croatia, I know a few who have been there and they love it.

Off the tourist trail

I was one of many tourists in Lucca in the Summer, firmly on the tourist trail but you might bump into an Italian now and then.

Loads of brilliant suggestions. Thanks.
Of course I’ll have to have somewhere to partake in cycling. Can’t wait.

Alps
May as well take a bike too…

Kasbah du toubkal, Morocco … Great location, interesting country, highly regarded.
Definitely a bit special

+1 Italy

I’d say that even if you weren’t limiting it to Europe.

I have been to Croatia quite a few times and it’s great. The Islands near Split are my favorite places.

Italy is great honeymoon country. Lakes are lovely (Garda better for any sports inc mtb, Como more about the general surroundings) as is the Almalfi coast. I would suggest you plan a few days R&R to start with nice hotel, honeymoon suite (don’t be shy about telling hotels and restaurants you are on honeymoon, best rooms and tables, the odd treat). As it’s your honeymoon it wouod be politic not to arrange any mtb, you may stroll pasy the hire place in Malcesine by cable car and wait for the new wife to suggest it. Have a look when in June you are getting married and try and get the honeymoon in before school holidays – save £ and everywhere being full.

Congratulations and best of luck. A very good friend of mine is getting married next year for the first time at 54, you’re just a kid 🙂

My honeymoon was in Lagos, Portugal. I can recommend

We did Italy – couple of nights by Maggiore to recharge the batteries, couple of nights by Garda, over to Venice for a night, down to Rome for a good look round then a week on the Amalfi coast. Don’t know if I’d change a single thing. Congratz, BTW. 🙂

Italy is nice – what sort of holiday though – relaxing or interesting? Wife and I loved Florence – very romantic I thought. Rome ok, but much preferred Florence. Lake Garda meant to be really nice but I’ve not made it there yet.

Slovenia is lovely, lots of posts on here in the past.
My brother spent 2 weeks in Montenegro & Croatia a couple of years ago. They had a fab time. He said the food and wine was great, the scenery stunning and away from the usual honeypots, the locals really appreciated tourists visiting
I’ve since added Kotor bay to my bucket list.

Kornati Islands in Croatia. Back on the mainland, Zadar is a lovely old city with a rather unique sea organ. There is also a great bunch of lagoons in a forest that I have forgotten the name of, but is on the way back up to the airport at Zagreb.

I wouldn’t rate Oludeniz beach. Very photogenic from above due to the lagoon but the sand isn’t great.

Lucca is touristy but I wouldn’t let that put me off. Overall Italy works but so much depends on what you expect to do, eat and pay.

There is also a great bunch of lagoons in a forest that I have forgotten the name of, but is on the way back up to the airport at Zagreb.

Plitvize lakes. Probably the most beautiful place I have ever seen.

I’ve since added Kotor bay to my bucket list.

I had it on mine, but was told it was full of russian gangsters?