Honeymoon , or the vacation that the young couple enjoys after the wedding, has transformed over time in terms of destinations, duration, and concept. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, when the honeymoon concept experienced its boom, the most popular destinations in Europe were the French Riviera and Italy with its most romantic cities - Venice, Rome and Verona. Honeymoons tend to be all kinds these days, and LĪGAVĀM presents a compilation of their most popular concepts.

Honeymoon as an adventure

Such a concept will be especially suitable for active newlyweds who want adventures, plan to try all possible physical activities and consider sleeping by the hotel pool to be the biggest pain.

Instead, they will gladly climb mountains with backpacks on their shoulders, swim in rapids, dive, swim with sharks and indulge in other extreme activities.

Honeymoon with friends

Yes, this concept is also becoming more and more popular. It is usually chosen by couples going on a longer trip to more distant destinations, inviting chaperones or another couple close to them to join them.

It might seem that there will be less romance in the honeymoon of such a concept, but it is far from the case - shared adventures will certainly be mixed with romantic moments of double solitude.

Honeymoon with cultural flair

Those couples who love culture, admire cities, like to linger in museums for more than 20 minutes and know all the schedules of the latest art exhibitions, need just such a honeymoon.

Destinations can be various - visiting museums in Italy and Paris, learning traditional dances in Spain, visiting musical theaters in London.

Honeymoon before the wedding

The honeymoon is no longer limited in time and space. Circumstances and desires tend to be different, so there are couples who decide to go on their honeymoon trip before the wedding, thus calming down before the big day and spending time together.

Two in one - wedding + honeymoon

Those couples who have decided to say their vows in another country, holding a destination wedding , often decide to combine the big event and the honeymoon, staying there for several more weeks.

Such a concept is especially suitable in cases where an exotic destination has been chosen as the wedding venue. The added value of such a honeymoon could be the presence of a wedding photographer who could stay for a couple of days after the wedding and take a romantic honeymoon photo session with the new couple.

More about wedding photographers here.

Honeymoon with family

If the couple already has children, then a honeymoon together with the family could be the most suitable concept. Un noteikti nevajag domāt, ka tur, kur sākas ģimenes atvaļinājums, beidzas romantika - pāri, kas devušies kāzu ceļojumā kopā ar bērniem norāda, ka tas ir laiks, kad saliedēties ne tikai viņiem pašiem, bet visai ģimenei kopā. 

Honeymoon as a gastronomic adventure

Undeniably, food is one of the greatest pleasures of this life. There are couples who mostly want to focus their honeymoon on visiting the finest restaurants and bars.

An excellent destination for such a format could be New York, where there is no shortage of world-renowned restaurants.

Honeymoon without technology

In an age when you want to put every step of your life on Instagram and other social networks, this is a really great honeymoon concept that allows you to turn off your phones, not use computers and not use social networks, but just be with each other.

A honeymoon consisting of several smaller honeymoons

There are couples who decide to go on several shorter trips the following year after the wedding instead of going on one long one. Such a concept allows you to prolong the honeymoon mood and create a romantic spark in the relationship every several months.

Author of the article: LIENE PÄLĆA

Photo: Anni Graham