Everything about Italy defines the word "Romantic". The Italian people have a love for all things beautiful, and they love people in love.

A long country shaped like a boot, a little like Florida only quite a bit longer and wider. There are 4 distinct areas: Northern Italy including the Lake Area, Venice and Milan. Mid-Italy includes Florence and Tuscany. The Capital area with Rome and the outlying towns. Southern Italy includes Naples, the Amalfi Coast and the offshore islands, most famous of which are Capri and Sardinia.

Unless you're going for months and months, you can't possibly take in this fascinating country on one honeymoon. With our help we can help identify which areas would be of the ones for the two of you to focus on for your honeymoon.

$4,000 - $8,500 per couple (7-14 Days) Book Early: 6 - 9 months ahead especially for the Amalfi Coast.

Northern Italy: the beautiful areas with miles and miles of lakes that make up most of Italy's border with Switaerland are known as the Lake Region. Some of Italy's most beautiful and quaint little hotels dot the shores of this huge lake region. You can even ferry over to Switzerland for the day. Beth loves this one tiny island which has nothing but this one restaurant, which you get to by boat and where you'll enjoy dancing and dinner with the whole shoreline of Switzerland lit up on one side, and Italy on the other.

Go about a hundred miles southeast to Venice -the legendary series of islands off the shore of mainland Italy. With its canals, everything is done by boat or walking. The romantic thing is to take a gondola ride with the gondolier serenading you Italian love songs as you float through canals, passing by open-air restaurants and cafes. Explore the local stores, see the lace makers, art galleries, movie stars, take in the outdoor cafés and terrace restaurants, concerts. Milan is also situated in the Northern region - known for being Italy's headquarters for industry, finance, and fashion. This is where the work gets done.

OUR TOP 2 PICKS FOR NORTHERN-ITALY
Luna Hotel Baglioni		Hotel Bauer
The oldest hotel in Venice, opened in the 14th century\y offers 115 rooms with marble bathrooms, mini bars, and satellite TV. Buffet breakfast is served in the original ballroom, decorated with beautiful frescoes. Located on the Grand Canal, the hotel is just steps from Piazza San Marco ad the wonders of central Venice.			Within sight of San Marco Square, with breathtaking view of Santa Maria Della Salute and Island of San Giorgio, this hotel is run like an elegant and private Venetian Palazzo. It's designed with two distinct personalities: the luxurious Bauer hotel in the modern wing with 121 rooms, and suites, and II Palazzo at the Bauer, an opulent boutique hotel in the 18th century palace, offering 75 rooms and 32 suites.

Mid-Italy: A lot of people don't realize that the whole region is called Tuscany. Florence is its center - surrounded by vineyard-covered hills and quaint towns that literally haven't changed in 800 years, each with its own local summertime festivals and traditions. The food and the wine are fabulous. Experience everything form quaint inns to world-class luxury hotels.

OUR TOP 2 PICKS FOR MID-ITALY
Lungarno		Villa La Massa
From its location on the Arno, this hotel overlooks the Ponte Vecchio, with the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio in the background. Designed in a modern style amid ancient surroundings, it offers 69 contemporary rooms, most with views of the river from the balcony or terrace. Try the new restaurant specializing in fresh fish and local cuisine.			An elegant 19th century Renaissance building on the Arno River in the Tuscan countryside houses 38 lovely guest rooms and suites. Each unit is decorated with antique furnishings and offers panoramic views. During the summer, enjoy the swimming pool and outdoor dining in the garden overlooking the river. The hotel offers free shuttle service to the center of Florence, just 15 minutes away

Rome: is the legendary capital City. Most honeymooners opt to save its rich history and cultural attractions for another trip. If you're honeymooning in Italy, a day or two at either end of your trip will suffice to give you a taste of its ancient significance. This gives you time to take in the Trevi Fountain, St. Peter's Basilica, the famous Roman coliseum, and views of the city lit up at night from a restaurant overlooking the city.

OUR TOP 2 PICKS FOR ROME
Hotel Eden		Hotel De Russie
An exclusive hotel between Via Vento and the Spanish Steps, where guests can experience elegance, comfort, and efficient service .Its 119 guest rooms are beautifully designed with every attention to detail, including CD players (in suites), in-house movies, marble baths, robes, and towel warmers. The hotel has a rooftop restaurant, a piano bar, a fully equipped gym.			Located between the famous Spanish Steps and the Piazza del popolo , this new hotel offers first-class comforts reflecting the unique atmosphere of Rome and Italy. The lower part of the historic building was originally designed in 1816 by Giuseppe Valadier. The hotel has 129 air-conditioned rooms, including 27 suites. Comforts and amenities include a spa, salon, and spectacular terraced garden.

Southern Italy: The Amalfi Coast: The most beautiful, picturesque coastline in Italy, with its romantic, tiny hill towns looking down at the sea and the yachts anchored below. Stay in one of the cute towns on the Amalfi Coast - the rugged beauty of jagged mountains plunging into the pounding waters of the cobalt Mediterranean, embraced by incredibly picturesque whitewashed villages clinging to slopes. Then, explore the surrounding region by day -see the ruins at Pompeii, take a boat out to the islands for lunch, and explore Capri, the crown jewel of the Italian islands and perhaps one of the most romantic islands in the world. Unlike the Caribbean islands, it rises up and up out of the sea. No real beaches, but famous blue grotto caves and little swimming pools at hotels on the cliffs overlooking the fabulous view below. Accommodations here are for the person who can pay for a unique, unusual, elegant, sophisticated & romantic Hotel.

OUR TOP 2 PICKS FOR SOUTHERN ITALY
Hotel Villa Franca		Hotel Le Sirenuse
In a commanding position over the white-sand landscape the Hotel Villa Franca spans the horizon, offering magical visions of the breathtaking poetical nature of tings. There is the immediate warm and welcoming atmosphere of the old seigneurial villa architecturally re-designed and decorated by Vivai del Sud of Rome: tiled floors, stone from Vesuvius, lacquered terracotta vases typify the surroundings and blend in with the original architecture in which white predominates.			The hotel "Le Sirenuse" in Positano was opened in 1951 and gradually expanded to its present size. Originally, it was the summer house of a noble Neapolitan family, the Marchesi Sersale, to whom the Hotel currently belongs. Its nucleus is an old patrician house where the Presidential suite, the drawing rooms and the bar are located. The new rooms and suites have been arranged all around this area. In fact all rooms and the reception are still furnished, wherever possible, as a big and comfortable private home where the old blends with the new to combine the r\tradition and the way of life of yesterday with the comforts of today.

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