



Editor Tim Leffel equates “romantic” with a great beach and pool to lounge around in the sun…or a place that makes you feel like a royal couple.
For the first, it would have to be Turtle Island Resort in Fiji since he spent a few blissful laid-back luxury nights there with his wife on their 20th wedding anniversary. On a private island where you can book your own private beach for the day, you’re wanting for nothing more from the cheerful staff that likes to break into song.
Kilkea Castle Hotel, Ireland
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For feeling like you’ve stepped back into royal manor days, it’s hard to top intimate Kilkea Castle Hotel in rural Ireland, which has been continuously occupied by someone since the 12th century. Don’t worry though, they have updated the heating and hot plumbing systems quite a bit in the 21st century so now it offers elegant lodging in every way.

Inn at Newport Ranch
According to our writer Nancy Brown, if you find yourself in northern Californi and you want to take a walk on the wild side, head north to Mendocino County. Here you will be rewarded with the rugged, natural beauty of the California coast. Escape from the world at Inn at Newport Ranch, yet take luxury and romance with you. Yep, there’s a spa & a personal chef at the ranch!
Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Nancy’s second romantic hotel favorite is the Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, located in Bath, England, and fit for a king or a queen. This is one of my personal favorite hotels for a romantic getaway. Enjoy the spa, a multi-course tasting menu at Dower House restaurant or stay tucked in your suite and order room service.

Paresa, which translates from the Sanskrit to “Heaven of Heavens,” radiates romance, according to Hotel-Scoop travel writer Buzzy Gordon. From the guest rooms’ private entrances and semi-secluded balconies (most with private pools) to super-wide poolside daybeds, and from the unique bathtub settings to the tables for two on the sunny terrace overlooking the sparkling sea.
The rooms themselves feature king-sized beds that are bathed in sunlight during the day but can be enveloped in darkness at night. The sumptuous washrooms boast spacious tubs with Andaman Sea vistas through the plate glass window or reached via stepping stones surrounded by rivulets of water.
Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay, Bali

Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay terrace and plunge pool
Buzzy also recommend the Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay. Here each guest villa consists of several thatched-roof pavilions housed within a courtyard enclosure that contains a spacious suite, an outdoor sitting and dining area, and a private plunge pool. The interior of the spacious bedroom is especially stunning, crowned with an intricately fashioned dark bamboo ceiling.
The property’s spa pampers clients in sumptuous indoor-outdoor treatment suites. In addition to couples massages, couples can enjoy the intimacy of a shared herbal bath suffused with flower petals. Actually, the bathrooms in the guest villas are practically spa-like themselves: in addition to the inviting tub and roomy shower stall, there is an outdoor shower set among tropical vegetation.
Want more romantic hotel options? Check out these Hotel-Scoop round-ups:
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