SOUTH AFRICASingita Lodge
The Ebony Lodge nd Boulders Lodge are Both priced at R7,140 Per person, per day
Singita Lodge,P.O. Box 23367
Claremont, 7735 Cape Town, South Africa
Tele : +21-21-683 3424
Sensual Africa. Te untamed
Vista that Isaak Denisen wrote about Lived in. Loved in Lusted in. What could be a more passionate setting for a honeymoon. The Singita game reserve in South Arica has been voted by magazines like conde Nast Traveller and Andre Harpers Hideaway Report as one of Africa’s finest safari destinations.With five luxurious lodges, an Ayurvedic spa and a sine cellar with over 12,000 bottles of rare Afican wine it is meant for romantic connoisseur.
Ariver flows through it. The Sand. The endless savannah all around. The Ebony Lodge is hidden in a riverside grove of jackal berry tree. A colonial lounge, fireplace, amber coloured rooms, spacious ensuite bathroom and an outdoor deck and pool is meant for those who seek seclusion. The Singita Boulders Lodge is meant for honeymooners who like blend with their surroundings As if carved out of stone the suite show off Senufo ar
tifacts and bold native sculptures.
Candle-lit dinner by the private swimming pool, or even a clandestine dinner in the middle of the savannah, under the vault of a starlit sky.
tifacts and bold native sculptures.Candle-lit dinner by the private swimming pool, or even a clandestine dinner in the middle of the savannah, under the vault of a starlit sky.
A complimentary bottle of sparkling South African wine awaits you in your suite, served in the form of a ‘bubble bath turndown service’ . The sparkling wine is placed on ice beside the Victorian-style bath just before you return from your first safari. The candlelit bathroom is strewn with scented flower petals. Only Floris bath products are used. They always get their timing right-a bubble bath is run just minutes before you arrive from the drive. Aromatic candles, an exotic wine and a private dinner served in the intimate domains of their suite create the perfect mood. Into Africa
HAWAI Halekulani Resort
The three-night honeymoon package is priced at $1850 for the Ocean View suite, $1950 for the Ocean front suite. The Diamond Head Ocean front suite is price at $2150. This includes round-trip airport limousine transportation and final night turndown amenity.
A single night at the Vera Wang suite is price between $4000 to $5000
A single night at the Vera Wang suite is price between $4000 to $5000
Helekulani, 2199 Kalia Road
Honolulu, Hahai 96815 Tele: 808 9232311
‘Ho’I Hou Ke Aloha’- the Hawaiian phrase for ‘let us fall in love all over again’. A good start, then the beach resort of Halekulani overlooking the Waikiki Beach. Their extravagant three-night honeymoon package’s USP is its personalized service. The couple is welcomed with a bottle of complimentary champagne, a set of two Halekulani champagne flutes and chocolate-dipped strawberries. Rare island flowers brighten the honeymoon suite, chosen by the master florist of the hotel.
Inside, wireless TV with Internet, oversized bathtubs, exotic menus that include silver dollar flapjacks with orange-ginger syrup topped with seasonal fruit, sirloin burgers with fresh goat cheese served on brioche buns entice. The extensive drink menu is exclusive to the suite as well.
Inside, wireless TV with Internet, oversized bathtubs, exotic menus that include silver dollar flapjacks with orange-ginger syrup topped with seasonal fruit, sirloin burgers with fresh goat cheese served on brioche buns entice. The extensive drink menu is exclusive to the suite as well.The vera wang suite is the prize to cherish. It is the world’s first branded hotel suite. Bespoke is the word: gourmet dinners on Vera Wang china by wedgewood served on the private lanai, personal butler and chauffeur, Masterati Spyders to drive, spa treatments inspired by healers of the Pacific Islands, a private tour for two of Shangri-La, the fabled Diamond Head estate of the late Doris Duke, and also one of the world’s most extensive collections of Islamic art. Surfing programme, ‘For you, Everything’, get you VIP passes to the Honolulu Symphony, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Bishop Museum, The Contemporary Museum and Iolani Palace. And in the morning, be ready to a spoiled by the in-bed ‘Diamond Head Breakfast’ gourmet experience.
New York
Four seasons
The Executive Suite is priced at $1900, &1175 for Park View Tower Room, $1075 for the City View Tower Room and $1015 for the Deluxe Room with Terrace, per room, per night. The honey moony package is inclusive of food and beverage taxes.
The presidential sute are priced at $15000, per suite per night.
Four Seasons Hotel, 57 east 57th street,
New York, USA 10022
Tele: 1-212-758-5700
Honeymoon love season. At the Manhattan Four Season Hotel between Park and Mdison Avenues the honeymoon package is tailor made for each couple. A helicopter ride over the Big Apple after breakfast, evening horse rides through the leafy Central Park, Private elevators to the suites with a view of Manhattan below.Honey moon couple are welcomed with complimentary bottle of Veuve Clicquot Champagne and a bowl of assorted covered strawberries. The choice is eclectic; the Four Seansons Exutive Suite, Park View Tower Room, City View Tower Room or Deluxe Room with Terrace. But the heights to get dizzy in are either of the two 1500 sq ft new Presidential Suites on the 51st floor of the hotel; floor-to-ceiling bay windows and elaborate balconies leaves the world at your feet. Presidential Suite 5101 is mellow: Bronze, bone and brown. In the sitting room is a marble fireplace, satin wood game table and a cabinet top with semi-precious stones. The walls have embossed mocha leather panels and rare oil paintings. The electronic is state of the art. The Presidential Suit 5102 is flamboyant, tones of yellow, gold and cashew, with cabinets Lacquered with pearliest metal. A baby grand piano takes cantre- stage. Every thing speaks a larger-than-life opulence. The full marble bathroom has a deep soaking tub and the bathroom faucets feature rock crystal handles.
Pairs
The Ritz
The Hemigway Suite is priced at 2000 pound, Windsor suite costs 5350 pound, per person, per day
The Hemigway Suite is priced at 2000 pound, Windsor suite costs 5350 pound, per person, per day
Hote Ritz Paris, 15, Place Vendome;
Tele: 33-0-143163030
You have Paris! And Paris has Ritz, that gilded mounument to luzury, sensuality, and decadence with pedigree. The honeymooners who stay ther are participants of a long legacy of romance and history. Take the Ernest Hemingway suite, named after the mestro of romance with an edge. It over-looks the lush Cambon gardens, its pale yellow walls encrusted with gilded Iyres, rich tapestry and exquisite period furniture with vermillion red upholstery. Or feel the trill of dethroned romance in the Duc de Windsor suite privy to the secret, passionate world of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor whose marriage threatened the very foundation of the English monarchy. Its inspiration came from Versailles and Fontainebleau, replete with Louis XVI marquetry and sleek tapestries set against an almond green, pearl grey and salmon backdrop. For the Windsors, this was their private heaven, over looking the Palace Vendome-the finest royal square in Paris The Duchess has left her imprimatur on the place the floral patterns on the bedroom walls based in her favorite colour-Wallis blue. Ideal for a date with history and the making of your own personal legend.
MOROCCO
Amanjena
The Al-Hamra Mansion with private pool, garden and butler service is price $3000 per person, per day, Taxes and service charges extraRates includes round trip transportaion by private car to and from Marrakech Airport and Amanjena.
Amanjena, Route De Ouarzazate
Km12, Marrakech, Morocco
Tele: 212-24 403 353
Aladdin and Sscheherezade
Made Arabia the trope of romance. For romantics, the rose-tinted pavilions of Morocco’s Amanjena Amanresort’s first property in Afirca is sensuality central. Bordering the ancient city of Marrakech, th
is Moorish paradise recreates the architectural extravagance of traditional palace. Perfectly manicured lawns, impressive marble fountains, colonnaded walkways, dazzling hand-cut, glazed tiles and swaying palms surroundAkanjena’s 32 pavilions and six, tow-storey maisons. The resort has an atmosphere of seclustion and mystery that sybolises lovers’ trysts-private outdoors heated pools overlooking the central basin, hammanms and lush private gardens. At the coveted Al-Hamara Mansion, the besotted can lazily dine in secluded minzahs. Beyond the blush-pink walls of Amanjena is rugged Central Moroccan landscape, as magnificent as an Arabian dram-the lavish 19th century El Bahia palace, the quaint berber village doting the High Atlas Mountains, Marrakech’s medina or ancient quarters laden with souks full of merchants selling rich textiles, carpets, leather-work, jewelery, wood work and beaten copperware. The unforgettable place Djemaa el Fna square is an nocturnal carnival of fortune-tellers, snake charmers, acrobats and Moorish entertainers.
is Moorish paradise recreates the architectural extravagance of traditional palace. Perfectly manicured lawns, impressive marble fountains, colonnaded walkways, dazzling hand-cut, glazed tiles and swaying palms surroundAkanjena’s 32 pavilions and six, tow-storey maisons. The resort has an atmosphere of seclustion and mystery that sybolises lovers’ trysts-private outdoors heated pools overlooking the central basin, hammanms and lush private gardens. At the coveted Al-Hamara Mansion, the besotted can lazily dine in secluded minzahs. Beyond the blush-pink walls of Amanjena is rugged Central Moroccan landscape, as magnificent as an Arabian dram-the lavish 19th century El Bahia palace, the quaint berber village doting the High Atlas Mountains, Marrakech’s medina or ancient quarters laden with souks full of merchants selling rich textiles, carpets, leather-work, jewelery, wood work and beaten copperware. The unforgettable place Djemaa el Fna square is an nocturnal carnival of fortune-tellers, snake charmers, acrobats and Moorish entertainers.FIJI
Taveuni IslandThe Honeymoon Special package $960 per night plus taxes, for couple
Taveuni Island Resort
PO Box no 51
Matei, Taveuni
Fiji Islands
Tele: +679- 8880441
It’s the ultimate place for a honeymoon date-Taveuni Island lies on the International date line. One of Fiji’s most exlusive private resorts, it lazes upon a silvery beach on the exotic garden island of Taveuni. Privilege is the signature here couples who have paid for the Honeymoon Special get the exclusive of
private beachfront villa; watch the liners do a slow sail along the smoky blue horizon of the south pacific ocean.
private beachfront villa; watch the liners do a slow sail along the smoky blue horizon of the south pacific ocean. The villas afford private alfresco experiences; couples can go paganin the indoor-outdoor bathrooms with their large rock showers. Worship the sun while he rubs you down with suntan oil or at night, lie with abandon under the Milky way on the terraces of personal villas. Each villa here has its own private beach front, pool, and personal staff.
Ask the chefs to create an authetic Fijian feast with fresh island grown produce. Private candle-lit dinners on the beach or on the multiple dining decks are a highlight of this amorous package. Honeymoons have whimsical moments-anticipating these, the resort has five romantic, private dinging locations whose settings vary according to the guest’s moods, be it a private rendezvous on the beach, a moon-lit poolside meal or a cultural theme night with table side cooking and Fijian band to serenade the couple.
The resort spa offers bevy of nurturing wellness treatments designed to help a couple relax. The Tropical Sugar Scrub forms the ideal prelude to the Island Relaxation Massage using aromatic plant, fruit and coconut oils.
NEVIS ISLAND
Nisbet Plantation
The sex night-seven day Honeymoon package is priced at $3845 for a premier suite, the superior cottage is priced $2895. Each cottage includes a bedroom, well appointed bathroom and a screened patio. All rates are per couple. Taxes and service charges extra
Nisbet Plantations
Nevis
Tele: 469 9235
It’s a different sort of caibbean voodoo. Hushed candle-lit dinners, moonlight walks on stretches of secluded beach, 30 acres of tropical gardens, colonial plantation cottage, lanai suites wooed by the ocean breeze. The Nisbit Plantation on Nevis Island is known to cast its compulsive spell over honeymooners. Take a cruise on the blue Caribbean water and spend afternoon with Pina Coladas of island’ Speciality cocktail-Plantation Daiquiris. Have gourmet dinners on the beach under the great blue vault of the nightsky or savour an elaborate five-couse dinner at Nisbet plantation’s historic 18th century restaurant, Great House. Experience the warm hospitality of great House, while sampling dinner in the antique setting of the eatery.
The island has old secrets; be soothed at eh therapeutic Bath Hotel and Spring House known for its hot spring baths.
The island has old secrets; be soothed at eh therapeutic Bath Hotel and Spring House known for its hot spring baths.
PARIS
Saint-James & Albany
St. James & Albany
202 Rue de Rivoli 75001, Paris
Tele: 33-0-1-44-58-43-21
Romance gets an edge when bloodstained with history. Like the St. james & Albany, the 1672 villa once belowved of the doomed Marie Antionette. The Place is located near the Tuileries gardens and the Orsay and Louvre museums in Paris and was once owned by the Dukes de Noailles. Royalty by limousine is exciting-arrive ar any of 11 regal suites in one. St james & Albany has 184 room, including nine luxury executive rooms, including nine regal suites. The honeymoon package offered by the hotel includes a one-way limousine transfer to/from the
airport or train station and two nights spent in an impressive junior suite. As chilled champagne sharpens the sense, open a special gift exclusively meant for each partner. The elaborate three course candle-lit dinner at Le Noailles- the hotel’s authentic French restaurant is an elegant experience. When the night are warm, it’s the terrace.
airport or train station and two nights spent in an impressive junior suite. As chilled champagne sharpens the sense, open a special gift exclusively meant for each partner. The elaborate three course candle-lit dinner at Le Noailles- the hotel’s authentic French restaurant is an elegant experience. When the night are warm, it’s the terrace.The Wellness centre is almost decadent in its aristocracy- vitality cocktails served in the spa lounge, frangrant aromatherapy treatments, soothing massages, hamman baths and dips in dimly-lit, Zen-like indoor pool. After all truffles and champagne, the departing couple gets a bath and body care gift.
ITALY
L’Albereta Relais & Chateaux
The tow night honeymoon package is priced at 1190 euro
L’Albereta Relais & Chateaux,Via Vittoria Emanuele, 11 Erbusco-Franciacotra(BS)
Italy
Tele: 39-030-7760550
It’s different, honeymooning with the ghost of Shakespeare. The L’Albereta Relais & Chateaux of Verona gives you a chance to rewrite the haunting tale of Romeo and Juliet with a happy ending; or in this case a beginning. The 19th century ivy-cloaked Italian manor sits in the middle of the Franciacorta vineyards and was once the estate of the Moretti family. Perfect for oenophilic couple to toast each other with vintage wines from bellavista and Contadi Castald. The honeymoon package gives you tow nights in the DeLuxe room with complimentary bottle of Franciacorta Contadi Castaldi and bowl of aphrodisiacal strawberries served upon arrival. Scented candles and floral bounquets create a heady ambience. You have choice of a lavish continental breakfast served in your room or in the Sala Valentina restaurant. The Newlywed message programme holds erotic promise. Couple are given a fitness card allowing them free access to the aqua fitness area of the Espace Vitalite Henri Chenot Spa.
Mexico
Las Alamandas
Las Alamandas, Apartado
Postal No: 201
San Patrico,
Melanque,
Jalisco 48980
Mexico
Tele: 52-328-555-00 or 888-882-9616
November-may: The package starts at $570 for two in a one-bedroom suite.
$2788 for six in a three bedroom villa.
June-October the package starts at $470 to $2060
Rates inclusive of all meals, tennis, mountain bikes, a boat ride on the San Nicolas River and a horseback ride for one hour. The resort also maintain a 3300 ft long private airstrip and can arrange for charter planes. Car rentals and taxis are available at the Puerto Vallarata airport. Airport pickup in four wheel drive vehicle will cost $180 each way, plus 15% taxes and 15% service charges.
GREECE
Elysium
Two-bedroomed Royal Suite Costs CY$875 per night. The Artemis Suite is priced at CY$180 per night. The Queen Verenikis Suite costs CY$130
The Elysium
Queen Verenikis St.
Box 60701
Paphos 8107 Cyprus
Tele: 26844444
According to Classical Greek mythology, The Elysium is place of perfect happiness. The Greeks were the virtuosos of metaphor, and the Elysium has some really exclusive and special honeymoon packages. It’s a colossal luxury destination in Crete, overlooking the Tomb of Kings with the endless blue of the Mediterranean all around. The architecture mimics historical collage; Greek, Roman and medieval Venetian styles abound. Epicurean royal mansions basking in warm earthy tones, Cyprian maisonettes and lush garden villas with sunken indoor pools.
