Canada makes an exceptional honeymoon for couples who want space, scenery, and a sense of escape, from the Rockies to remote lakes and coastal wilderness. Experience\u00a0once-in-a-lifetime landscapes without the crowds of more typical honeymoon destinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Canada makes an exceptional honeymoon for couples who want space, scenery, and a sense of escape, from the Rockies to remote lakes and coastal wilderness. Experience\u00a0once-in-a-lifetime landscapes without the crowds of more typical honeymoon destinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en-gb"],"acf":{"featured_item":false,"hero_image":9771,"page_sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_image_block","title":"","copy":"Canada stands apart as a honeymoon destination for its sheer scale and variety, where you can combine luxury rail journeys, wilderness lodges, and cosmopolitan cities in one seamless trip. It is less about ticking off sights and more about the experience of moving through vast, ever-changing landscapes together.\r\n\r\nCanada is a vast country with a relatively small population, so it invites a sense of adventure. There's a sense of venturing into the unknown as you explore its vast landscapes, but you'll find all the luxuries you could desire in the cities.","image":11463},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_image_block","title":"British Columbia","copy":"Start in Victoria, not Vancouver. Most itineraries get this the wrong way around, and it matters. Victoria is quieter, more manageable, and has a particular atmosphere in the early evening, with the Inner Harbour lit up and the Fairmont Empress across the water, that sets a tone for everything that follows.\r\n\r\nThe city is the right place to arrive jet-lagged and spend two nights adjusting. Walk the Dallas Road waterfront in the morning. Spend an afternoon at Butchart Gardens, which sounds like a tourist obligation and turns out to be extraordinary: 55 acres of sunken gardens built into a former limestone quarry, at their best in the long summer evenings when the crowds thin and the light goes warm.\r\n\r\nFor whale watching out of Victoria, the Gulf Islands corridor is reliable from April through October. A private charter rather than a group tour changes the experience considerably.\r\n\r\nFrom Victoria, take the ferry to Vancouver. The crossing through the Gulf Islands takes around 90 minutes and is one of the more scenic transitions in North American travel. Vancouver itself is worth two nights: the Seawall walk from Stanley Park to Granville Island, dinner in Yaletown, and the kind of city energy that grounds you before the wilderness ahead.\r\n