Experience Summer Romance in Italy with Fernweh Luxury Travel Tips
Visit Venice and Rome and be romanced from rooftop restaurants, secret gardens, and luxe hotels as you discover Italy or celebrate your own special moments. Fernweh Luxury Travel experts can help you design an itinerary to delight you!
Long known as one of the world’s most romantic destinations, Italy’s timeless beauty and classic glamour sets you in a fairy-tale scene at every corner. Take in views of terraces overlooking church spires and domed rooftops, secluded gardens tucked behind monuments, and rooftop tables set for two under the stars. Live your own Italian love story in the streets of Rome and Venice.
Romancing Rome
Rome! Ahh the Trevi Fountain’s sparkling waters to Piazza Navona’s baroque splendor. See it solo at sunset or in the crowds of the day. Snap photos of Rome’s city centre and then escape at sunset to the Ponte Sisto Bridge under the glow of Saint Peter’s dome. When you tire of Rome’s cozy corners and open-air terraces, just gaze over at the skyline from a Roman hillside.
Indeed, Rome’s celebrated hills provide some of the city’s best views. From early morning climbs on the hills to slow strolls to see the sky turn dusty pink at sunset - the vistas are Instagram-worthy! Find respite from the midday sun under a leafy canopy at nearby Savello Park (aka the Orange Garden), where panoramic views stretch across the Tiber River all the way to Vatican City.
Freshen up with reservations at Rome’s most romantic restaurants
Among Rome’s 16 Michelin-starred restaurants, La Pergola – inside the Rome Cavalieri, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel – is the only one with a coveted three-star ranking. Savor a seven or ten-course seasonal tasting menu (with Italian or international wine pairings) from its rooftop garden location north of Vatican City. At Hotel Eden’s La Terrazza, multicourse meals of seafood and pasta complement distant views of the city’s chariot-topped National Monument.
Now imagine being eye level with the Colosseum’s upper seats at The Court’s rooftop cocktail bar or during dinner at Aroma, where you share plates of ravioli and cherry-ricotta desserts. Prefer candlelit romance in a quieter setting? Slip away to Hotel de Russie for aperitivi in a lush, secret garden. To get a little closer to the stars, sip cocktails inspired by Roman myths on a striped loveseat overlooking the city at the Hotel de la Ville’s Cielo terrace bar.
Loving Venice
Ready for time in the quiet quarters of Venice with someone you love? Hidden gardens, the iconic sights and the islands, await!
Italy’s famed Floating City – Venice itself is often first shown from the strolling path through Saint Mark’s Square at dawn (before the crowds arrive). Then, take a breath and gaze at the Grand Canal from beneath an arch on the Rialto Bridge and wend your way to a scoop of gelato from a perch on the Accademia Bridge. As evening falls, walk along the Fondamenta delle Zattere dock, which overlooks emerald waters that stretch to neighboring Giudecca Island.
Venice of the famous waterways also offers secluded green spaces. Flowers and orchards surround sculpture-lined walkways behind seventeenth-century Palazzo Soranzo Cappello (book a guided tour for access). These gardens inspired literary works by Henry James and Gabriele D’Annunzio. The Mystical Garden of the Discalced Carmelites was named for a Catholic order of always barefoot or sandal-clad friars and nuns. Fragrant blooms line arched walkways and footpaths, and aromatic herbs and shrubs fill this rectangular patch behind the church of Santa Maria di Nazareth. Prefer your fresh air with an aperitivo in hand? Sip an Aperol spritz in The St. Regis Venice’s rose-filled garden.
Embrace the beauty of a gondola ride
Legend holds that sharing a kiss as you float beneath the Bridge of Sighs will bring everlasting love. It’s a Venetian honeymoon rite of passage to float along on a gondola ride, but the charm of a personal serenade from your gondolier is open to all.
To venture beyond the canals, ask your Fernweh Luxury Travel agent, a Virtuoso travel advisor to book a private boat tour to the Venetian Lagoon islands. See and shop at Murano’s famed glass and take in Burano’s pastel-colored buildings are endlessly photogenic, while Torcello's peaceful streets or the Borges Labyrinth – a 25,000-square-foot maze of manicured shrubbery on San Giorgio Maggiore Island – provide a romantic atmosphere.
From coffee to cocktails, chic or cozy
Need a sightseeing coffee break? Fortunately, Venice’s collection of cafés – housed in everything from art museums to columned monuments – is vast. The interiors at the Museo Correr’s cafe reflect Austrian Empress Sissi’s style, who used to stay here when visiting Venice. Just steps away, baristas at the Royal Gardens Coffee House Pavilion pour shots of espresso in a restored nineteenth-century neoclassical building.
Let your mood help you decide on your dining choices and libations to toast your time in one of the most romantic destinations, and Fernweh’s travel experts can get you there!
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