Santorini Crowned as Best Honeymoon Destinations for Newlyweds

Santorini, Greece. Photo source: Pixabay.

The Greek island of Santorini has been named the Top Honeymoon Hotspot for 2023/2024, according to a list recently released by luggage storage & package acceptance company, Bounce.

“This Cycladic island offers one of the most uniquely romantic environments in the world, with its whitewashed villas and blue-domed churches that cling to terraced cliff sides or gazing at the spectacular sunsets overlooking the Aegean Sea,” said Bounce.

To compile the list, Bounce’s team of researchers included a list of destinations taken from Travel + Leisure and took into account average weather condition data (Climate-Data.org) and the number of fully operational romantic hotels, restaurants and activities on Tripadvisor. Research also included the average cost of a week’s stay (Kayak) and UK Google searches (GoogleKeywordPlanner).

Total scores resulted from a calculation of a normalized average of scores across each factor. Temperature, rainfall, searches, and hotel costs were given weightings of .5, while hotels, restaurants, and activities per 10,000 people were given weightings of 1.

Santorini ranked as the most romantic honeymoon location in the world for 2023/2024 with an average score of 8.51/10.

Source: Bounce.

Boasting 389 romantic hotels and 201 romantic restaurants per 10,000 people, respectively, an average yearly temperature of 65.78 F and very little rain (1.09 in), Santorini was also one of the top three romantic destinations most searched for over the last year. It was also named the “top honeymoon hotspot with the most romantic hotels.”

Source: Bounce.

Other international destinations that followed Santorini on the list were: Negril, Jamaica (2nd), Tulum, Mexico (3rd), Key West, Florida (4th) and Venice, Italy (5th).

Ravello, Italy was named the “honeymoon hotspot with the most romantic restaurants” while Coles Bay, Tasmania was chosen as the “honeymoon hotspot with the most couples activities.”

Finally, Dubai, UAE claimed the titles of the “most popular honeymoon hotspot” and the “honeymoon hotspot with the warmest weather” with Antananarivo, Madagascar was named the “most budget-friendly honeymoon hotspot.”