Top 10 Most Romantic Getaways

Pastel villages clinging to vertiginous cliffs above the Tyrrhenian Sea, limoncello on terraces overlooking Positano, and winding roads that require your partner to hold on tight.

Bamboo groves, cherry blossoms, geisha districts, and ryokan stays with private onsen prove that romance doesn't need a beach — it needs beauty, and Kyoto has it in every season.

The city of love earns its cliché with Seine-side strolls, candlelit bistros in Le Marais, and a lock bridge tradition that no amount of cynicism can fully disenchant.

Overwater villas with glass floors, private sandbank dinners under the stars, and bioluminescent beaches where the ocean glows blue at your feet like nature's own mood lighting.

Medieval canals, horse-drawn carriages, handmade chocolate shops on every corner, and cozy candlelit pubs serving Trappist ales — Bruges is romance for people who prefer substance over spectacle.

The Lake Palace floating like a marble dream on Lake Pichola, rooftop dinners overlooking the City Palace, and Rajasthani sunsets that paint the sky in colors Europe cannot replicate.

A lakeside village so picturesque that China built a full-scale replica, yet the original's Alpine reflections in mirror-still water remain impossible to duplicate or photograph badly.

The Garden Isle's Nā Pali Coast cliffs, secluded waterfall hikes, and sunset catamaran cruises deliver raw natural romance without the resort-heavy atmosphere of Maui or Oahu.

Tango in San Telmo, steak dinners that start at midnight, bookshop cafés in converted theatres, and a passion woven into the city's DNA that makes every evening feel like a first date.