Your Local Guide to Visiting Places | visitingplacesin.com

Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Top Honeymoon Destinations in India Last updated: April 2026 · 12 min read I've been writing about Indian travel for years, and the honeymoon question is the one that splits the most opinions. Everyone has a favourite. Everyone thinks theirs is right. So instead of giving you a vague "all options are great" answer, I'm going to rank them. For Indian couples planning a 7-10 day honeymoon in 2026, here are my top 8 picks ordered by overall honeymoon-worthiness: Andaman Islands (Havelock and Neil) Kerala (Munnar, Alleppey, and Kovalam) Udaipur (lake-palace imperial romance) Goa South (Palolem-Patnem-Cola) Kashmir (Dal Lake houseboat and Gulmarg) Ladakh (Pangong glamping and Leh) Coorg and Chikmagalur (coffee plantations) Lakshadweep Bangaram (the splurge pick) A quick honest framing first. Plus plus plus plus indian honeymoons aren't Maldives honeymoons. Most Indian couples have 7-10 days, a...

Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations India Royal Palaces 2026: Mysore, Falaknuma Hyderabad, Bangalore, Tipu Sultan Summer, Padmanabhapuram, Laxmi Vilas Baroda Complete Guide After eight visits across five Indian states between 2019 and early 2026, the ten palaces below are the ones I tell friends to actually book. I share what I paid, where I waited, and which still house a royal family while tourists wander the lawn. TL;DR Five Tier-1 palaces in 2026: Mysore Palace (Karnataka), Falaknuma Palace (Hyderabad), Bangalore Palace (Karnataka), Tipu Sultan Summer Palace (Bangalore), and Padmanabhapuram Palace (Tamil Nadu border). Five Tier-2 options for a longer trip: Laxmi Vilas Vadodara, Rambagh Jaipur, Umaid Bhawan Jodhpur, Jagatjit Kapurthala, and Jaipur City Palace. Budgets run from 35 INR (around 0.45 USD) for an Indian ticket at Padmanabhapuram up to 7,000 INR (around 84 USD) for a foreigner heritage tour at Falaknuma. Best window: October to March for most of th...