Your Ultimate Guide to Planning a Dream Honeymoon in Spain

I live in Spain. I’ve lived here for a few years now, and I’m still not over it.

I moved to Sitges — a small town about 35 kilometres south of Barcelona on the Catalan coast — and it became home in a way I didn’t entirely expect. We walk to the beach. We eat late. We slow down in a way that felt foreign at first and now feels essential. So when couples ask me about honeymooning in Spain, I have a lot of feelings about it.

The honest answer is: Spain is enormous and wildly varied, so the best honeymoon here really depends on what you actually want. A week in a seaside village is a completely different experience to a week in Seville, which is a completely different experience to a week in the Basque Country. They’re all Spain. They’re all extraordinary. They just feel nothing like each other.

Here’s how I think about it:

If you want coastal and slow, the Costa Brava (north of Barcelona) and the Costa Dorada (south, where Sitges is) are both beautiful without being overdeveloped. Sitges in particular has a lovely quality of life — good restaurants, beautiful light, the Mediterranean a few minutes from wherever you’re staying. It’s not flashy. It’s the kind of place you fall in love with quietly.

If you want city and culture, Barcelona is genuinely one of my favourite cities in the world. A few days there to start or end your trip feels like a gift. Eat at a corner restaurant in the Eixample. Walk around El Born. Go to the Picasso Museum on a weekday morning when it’s quiet. Don’t rush it.

If you want something more dramatic and less expected, the south of Spain is extraordinary. Granada, with the Alhambra above the city. Ronda, which sits on the edge of a gorge. The white villages of Andalusia, which look like something from a painting.

And if you want wine and landscape and nobody around: the Ribera del Duero wine region in Castile, or the rolling cork oak forests of the Alentejo across the border in Portugal (worth mentioning because it’s close and often overlooked).

The best time to visit is spring (April-June) or early autumn (September-October). Summer in the south is seriously hot. August everywhere is busy. If you’re coming to Catalonia specifically, September is the sweet spot — the sea is still warm, the crowds have thinned, and the light is incredible.

If you’re planning a honeymoon in Spain and would like to know more about Sitges or the surrounding area, I’m genuinely happy to share what I know. I’ve been here long enough to have opinions. Reach out — I’d love to help.