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How to plan a luxury honeymoon in Spain
Where to go, where to stay and what to plan for two, step by step.
By Ramin Jafari · Published · Updated
To plan a luxury honeymoon in Spain, choose two or three places that differ from one another, then the hotels, then the few things you want to plan for two, and how you will travel between them; leave room for rest, and for a surprise or two. Start with our honeymoon trips to Spain, for the places, the hotels and a fourteen-day itinerary; this article is the longer read on how we would plan one with you.
Where to go
Choose the places
Spain is several countries for a honeymoon: cities to walk, a coast and islands, and wine country. The places we would start from:
- Barcelona — Gaudí’s city on the sea, with a beach at the end of the street.
- Seville — a carriage through the old town at dusk, and flamenco in a historic palace.
- Mallorca — quiet coves by private boat, and the villages of the Serra de Tramuntana.
- San Sebastián — the bay of La Concha, and a tasting menu at one of the Michelin-starred tables in and around the city.
- Granada — the Alhambra, and its palaces again by night.
For a honeymoon on one island, see our honeymoon in Mallorca.
Where to stay
Choose the hotels
Look for a suite or a room with a terrace of its own, a small house rather than a large one, or a building with a story. Seven we recommend, one for each place above and two more (Hotel Arts is being renovated until June 2027; its page says what that means for a stay). For more, see our ten boutique hotels and our five-star hotels in Spain.
Santa Cruz
Hotel Alfonso XIII
Landmark grandeur: Seville's famous 1929 grand hotel, with a colonnaded courtyard restaurant and an outdoor pool.
Deià
Belmond La Residencia
Twin 16th- and 17th-century manor houses on a Deià hillside, with 67 rooms, a spa, indoor and outdoor pools and an art gallery.
Igeldo
Hotel Akelarre
A five-star house of 22 rooms on Monte Igeldo, every one looking out to sea, with Pedro Subijana's restaurant and an adults-only spa.
Centro histórico
Seda Club
A twenty-room five-star Gran Lujo house on the Plaza de la Trinidad, with a rooftop bar and a heated pool.
Milla de Oro
Marbella Club
A five-star resort on the Golden Mile's beach, with rooms, suites and villas in subtropical gardens, a Beach Club, a Thalasso Spa and a Kids Club.
Elciego
Hotel Marqués de Riscal
Sixty rooms in and beside Frank Gehry's ribboned building, in the grounds of the Marqués de Riscal winery at Elciego.
For two
Plan a few things for two
Not too many: a honeymoon needs empty afternoons. Each of these is on request, subject to availability.
- Wine country — a visit and a tasting at a bodega in La Rioja, and lunch among the vines; or cava in the Penedès, a day out from Barcelona.
- A balloon at first light — over Segovia’s Aqueduct, Cathedral and Alcázar, with cava when you land, or over the countryside of Catalonia, wherever the wind takes it.
- Flamenco for two — an intimate performance in a historic house in Seville; see private flamenco in Seville.
- The Alhambra by night — its own night visit to the Nasrid Palaces, after a day there with a private guide.
- A cove of your own — a day on a private boat off Mallorca, with a swim and a picnic in a quiet cove.
More ideas are among the experiences across Spain we arrange.
Getting around
Travel between them
Between places, a car and a driver of your own; between the great cities, Renfe’s high-speed AVE, in Prémium, its class with the larger seat and food and drink served at your seat. And once at least, a day on the water: a private yacht with a skipper along the Marbella coast or around Mallorca. For a slower journey, see Spain’s luxury trains.
Rest and small touches
Leave room for rest, and for surprises
Give the trip a slow day for every two busy ones. Spend an afternoon in a hotel spa — the seawater pool and treatments of the Thalasso Spa at Marbella Club, for one — or in one of Granada’s Arab baths, with a massage.
The small things are ours to arrange, and to keep quiet until the moment: champagne and flowers in the suite when you arrive, a dinner table with a view, an hour with a photographer somewhere beautiful. Each on request, subject to the hotel and availability.
Our Spain itineraries
Luxury Spanish Honeymoon
from $16,800 per person
The Charm of Andalusia
from $9,800 per person
Catalonia Experience
from $13,200 per person
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- The best places to visit in Spain
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- Ten luxury boutique hotels in Spain
Small hotels with character, from a Basque hillside to the cliffs of Ibiza.
- Five-star hotels in Spain
The grand hotels we recommend, from Madrid and Barcelona to Mallorca.
- Spain's luxury trains
Al Ándalus, the Transcantábrico and two more, and where each one goes.
- Why personalisation matters
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More to read: all our Spain guides and every article in the Explorer.
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