Suggestions for a honeymoon destination with Catholic-Christian meaning/sites/history?

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My finance and I were excited about our idea to go to the Holy Land for our honeymoon after our upcoming wedding…until we realized it is not advisable to travel there due to unsafe/dangerous conditions currently.

We are already considering going to Rome…but what would be some other suggestions for a honeymoon destination that would also foster growth in our faith with major presence of the Church’s historical roots there, etc? Of course, a location that is not currently known to be an unusually high risk destination for tourists. I am of Irish decent so we’ve thought of Ireland as an option, and my fiance is a mix of English and Native American.

We’re open to creative, off the beaten path ideas also.

Preferably our honeymoon will be edifying to our faith in addition to full of love and recreation…any ideas?

Thank you!
 
How about visiting one of the missions? Most of them are within a day’s drive of each other and you could plan a road trip.
 
Catholic1954 said:
How about visiting one of the missions? Most of them are within a day’s drive of each other and you could plan a road trip.
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I think that this is a great idea.

There are also many shrines right here in the U.S. that you could visit, if you decided that you wanted to stay in the U.S.

We have some here in WI that I am thinking of, plus others around the country, too.
 
Pretty much all of Italy. You could work out a really nice tour.

I’m from Ireland and there are a lot of nice little places. I’m not sure which to recommend. Knock is the main shrine I guess. But it’s very commercialised. Kilbaha in Clare is a tiiiny village and I think they have a little mass cart that they would wheel into the sea when it was illegal to say mass, because technically the sea was open water. Plus you could explore the wild Atlantic way at the same time 🙂 like its not a big thing at all (the tourist attractions in kilbaha I mean) but it’s not well known either. Kilkee nearby has some beehive monk huts on an island that us as high as a cliff: inaccessible but cool to see. Nearby is an old well, st. Senans well, where people pray for loved ones. There is a nice lighthouse at loop head, also nearby.
 
Fatima or Lourdes are very popular and there are many tour groups available to make logistics easier. Both are extremely holy Catholic historic sites. Chat with your pastor or one of your deacons for networking/information … sometimes your diocesan newspaper will have notices of upcoming trips.
 
My wife and I went to Rome for our honeymoon. I would recommend Rome. We got a lovely little apartment right next to the Vatican through Airbnb. If you want I’ll send you the link.

I’m from Ireland and there’s a fair amount of old christian monastic sites and some of our museums have beautiful artefacts from early Christianity in Ireland. I’m sure it would be interesting for you…but IMO, nothing beats Rome!! 👍
 
There’s also the fact that if you visit Rome as newlyweds you can apply for a special Papal audience.
 
Though if you do come to Ireland, I’d be happy to give you a tour of the capital.

Can’t beat local knowledge! 😃
 
If you don’t want go to the Eternal City but like the idea of Italy, you could do a tour taking in some of the other (many) wonderful sites. Loreto is only an hour from our Italian home, and it’s absolutely amazing.

Rome is incredible, but so busy all year round.
 
I knew a very lovely lady who went to Fatima for her honeymoon. She had asked Our Lady to find her a husband. 🙂
 
If you are considering Europe, Paris is a good place with some of the following Catholic sites to take in - allow a few days to cover them all especially if you want to see more of the city:

Notre Dame Cathedral
Sainte Chapelle
Shrine of the Miraculous Medal
Shrine of St Vincent De Paul (walking distance from the Miraculous medal shrine)
Sacre Couer Basilica
The Louvre Museum has a lot of Catholic/Biblical themed art amongst its secular collections (but get tickets ahead of time due to lines)

A few hours by car, bus or train from Paris is Lisieux to see:

Basilica of St Therese
Carmel Lisieiux (where St Therese lived as a nun)
Les Bussionnets (childhood home of St Therese)
St Pierre Church (childhood parish of St Therese)

Normandy has Mont St Michel with its abbey and St Pierre Church, and nearby in the region is the Bayeux Notre Dame Cathedral. D-Day beaches and cemeteries along the coast are thought provoking & worth visit - recommend a half day for the D-Day things at least.
 
Paris is GREAT for walking.

Finding Jesus in the Monstrance at Notre Dame was interesting … We “felt” a pulling as soon as we went in the door and followed the pulling until we emerged in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in the back of the building. Tons of candles and lots of people who also got pulled in.

Check the parish bulletin on the bulletin board in the front of the Cathedral for their Mass schedule.

One of the key military battles in Church history was at Tours … which is not far from Paris.

[Vienna and Lepanto are the sites of the other two major battles.]
 
I’d avoid Paris now if I were going on holidays. It seems to be a common target for terrorist attacks at the moment.
 
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