Honeymoon to southern France and Southern Italy

I've never been to France, but I've been all over Italy, and I absolutely LOVE it! We went to Rome, Florence, Tuscany and Venice. I highly recommend Tuscany for an affordable, yet breathtaking trip!

I don't much input of where specifically to stay, but in terms of find an afforable place don't forget to try and look at places through AirBnB!

Try this site for France.

http://emanuelbrides.com/portfolio/uncategorized/collection-2015/

We love 9 and 10.

Matera. I highly recommend Matera in Southern Italy and Alberobello. Two of the prettiest and coolest/most unique places I've seen. I feel like I hadn't heard much about either of them but they both have so much history and are just amazing. I went on a tour my friend picked that included them otherwise I never would have thought to go there. Several movies were filmed in Matera at least partially since it looks so ancient. Alberobello has these adorable round buildings called trulli. Definite hiking in Matera, beatiful (steep) hillside trail, didn't get a chance since I wasn't there long and the person I was with wasn't physically up for it. There are cheap flights from Italy to France, not sure about specific airports but I'm doing Rome, Florence, and Paris. There were some flights for $50 but we paid more to sleep in lol.
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I’ve never been to either but we were actually originally considering the south of France but changed our minds to do the amalfi coast in Italy. Depending on what time of year you’re going, both can be very crowded and touristy. We’re going the second and third weeks of June to Italy, and everyone I’ve talked to has said “GOOD!” to that since apparently the last week of June, and then all of July is horribly crowded.

We opted against the south of France because we were concerned if we went in mid-June it wouldn’t be hot enough to enjoy relaxing on the beach or going in the ocean. Italy seems to be a bit warmer that time of year... from what I’ve heard we’re going in the sweet spot where it’s warm enough to enjoy but not so warm that it’s flooded with tourists yet :p

Thats just the debate we went through with ourselves, not sure if it’s helpful to you but I hope so!

Have you considerd a Meditterenean cruise! That's what we are planning on since it goes to both and Spain as well!

It’s definitely possible. We got engaged in France..my roundtrip ticket was $400 & we stayed in boutique hotels that were less than $200/night. I wouldn’t know abt any other cities however bc we visited all tourist spots..but it was less crowded as we went towards the end of August.

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Ohhh I didn't consider that it might not be warm enough in France! We plan on leaving shortly after our wedding (which will likely be the 2nd week of June), but I have heard about how busy it gets the last week of June too! Thanks for the warning.

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That's also a great idea! Thanks!

View Quoted Comment Yeah no problem! I just noticed your wedding date and realized you’re a week after us haha. Our flight to Italy is actually on your wedding day, so it’s definitely around the same time haha.

France may be fine depending on what you want to do. It may not be like “laying on the beach weather” though which discouraged us. Not that we’d want to do that the entire time but I’d be really upset if we didn’t get to at all. I think France is generally low 70s in June so you could luck out and get an extra warm summer but we didn’t want to risk it!

Never been to either but I heard Italy was beautiful and amazing (my aunt has been) she loved it there was sad to leave she said so much to see

So did you have to choose? Both of these places are gorgeous and fun, Taylor. Have you found a way to visit both in the time you've set aside for your honeymoon?