only resorts; Getaways for Just the Two
of You, such as camping, renting a
cabin, or chartering a boat; City Get-
aways; Beach Getaways; Recreational
Sports Getaways; Historical Getaways;
Getaways for Art, Theater and Music
Lovers; Getaways for Food and Wine
Lovers; Adventure Getaways.
Hone's book covers more than 500
hotels in 45 countries, including listings
of cruise ships, resorts on the world's
greatest beaches, French villas in impor-
tant wine regions, Italian hideaways,
Scottish and Irish castles, African safaris
and skiing resorts. If your budget
both in money and time is tight, go
somewhere wonderful close to home.
Consider staying in your city's most ele-
gant or historic hotel or most charming
bed and breakfast or inn.
Even though you're still where you
live, you might feel as though you're
elsewhere, simply because you've never
spent the night downtown where you
can stroll to great restaurants or dance
spots. A certain place might become an
easy favorite you can return to whenever
you seek a revival in your romance. Plan
activities you never seem to have time
for, and become a tourist in your own
town. For others, imagine strolling the
tree-lined boulevards of Paris, hand in
hand, exploring exceptional art, cuisine
and the essence of romance day and
night. Some of the world's most fabu-
lous hotels are in Paris, as are those leg-
endary Left Bank pensions.
Or consider Istanbul, one of the
world's most intensely intriguing cities
where shopping bazaars are teeming
with colors and exotic wares, and where
luxury hotels line the Bosporus just as
they have since the days of the sultans.
Perhaps New Orleans is your style,
the most bohemian of cities that seems
to combine elements of Europe with the
Caribbean in its architecture as well as
its restaurants, where ja7z romances you
at night.
"From cocktails to Cole Porter,
what's old is new again — and nowhere
has the age of elegance made a bolder
comeback than in Manhattan," declares
Travel er Leisure magazine in a story on
New York's "Return to Romance." Go
dancing in the Rainbow Room. Los
Angeles makes a living at fantasy. You
might stay at the incomparable Hotel
Bel-Air, a 1920s landmark where sever-
al buildings house exquisite, private
rooms and suites with wonderful gar-

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dens. And from there you're only min-
utes away to Sunset Strip, home to
such night life meccas as the House of
Blues, the Viper Room and the
Whiskey A Go Go, as well as such
recently lauded hotels as the Mondrian
and Chateau Marmont.
Or San Francisco, London, Hong
Kong, Capetown, Sydney, Rio de
Janeiro, Acapulco, Montreal, Rome...
Paradise is always a good honeymoon
destination. The epitome of paradise
might be Bora Bora, one of Tahiti's
most beautiful islands. James Michener
once called it the most beautiful island
in the world.
At the Bora Bora Lagoon Resort,
individual palm-thatched huts sit on
stilts over the island's crystal-clear
lagoon, where you can snorkel to your
heart's desire or feed tropical fish from
your glass-topped coffee table inside. A
special honeymoon touch is breakfast
delivered to your room by outrigger.
Also in Tahiti are several secluded
moms (tiny islands) where couples can
be whisked away for a day with no one
else on that island but the two of them.
Such uninhabited islands abound as
well in the Bahamas, which might make
for a perfect picnic spot during a day of
diving.
Jamaica may be the most popular
honeymoon destination in the
Caribbean, whether you choose to lie
on a beach, hike through fern forests,
raft on the Rio Grande or windsurf all
day long. Jamaica has all-inclusive, cou-
ples-only resorts, luxurious villas, as well
as small, intimate inns.
You might opt for the Concordia
Eco-Tents on St. John, the least-devel-
oped of the U.S. Virgin Islands. For $60
a night, these beachfront "Eco-Tents are
next to an unpeopled national park and
at least 30 feet from one another," says
Conde Nast Traveler magazine.
Maui may be the most fun of the
Hawaiian islands, with its lively Lahaina
for night life. But you'll also find in this
particular paradise spectacular resorts,
condos for rent, beaches, golf, surfing,
snorkeling, the old-world Hawaii of
Hana, and even the dormant Haleakala
Volcano.
Then there are Bermuda, Fiji, Puerto
Rico, Florida, Baja's Los Cabos,
Antigua, St. Kitts, Thailand's Ko Samui
or Phuket, France's Cote d'Azur, the
Aegean islands of Greece
It's your honeymoon. ❑

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