Anniversary trip to Europe ideas from our designers: romantic cities, the Alps, the Riviera or wine country, with pacing, surprises and real 2026 budgets.
For most couples, the best anniversary trip to Europe is 10 to 14 days in two or three places that match how you like to spend time together: cities and long dinners, mountains and trains, the sea, or wine country. Choose one moment worth the whole trip (a dinner, a view, a ceremony), build the rest at an easy pace, and stay at least three nights in each place. Our ready-made trips that suit an anniversary start from €1,899 (about $2,200) per person for a week on the French Riviera.
An anniversary is not a honeymoon. Many of the couples we plan for have already been to Paris, travel with more luggage and less appetite for 7 a.m. departures, and sometimes celebrate with their grown children. Our France honeymoon itineraries work well for a first or second anniversary; this guide is for the 10th, the 25th, the 40th or the 50th.
| Style | Where we send couples | Nights | Best months | Our closest trip, from per person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romantic cities | Paris with Champagne or Lyon | 6 to 8 | April to June, September to mid-December | Luxury France Honeymoon, 14 days, €9,999 |
| The Alps | Swiss panoramic trains, Zermatt, Lake Annecy | 7 to 10 | June to September, or December to March for snow | Legendary Swiss Trains, 7 days, €2,199 |
| The Riviera | Nice, Èze, Saint-Tropez | 6 to 8 | May, June and September | French Riviera in 7 Days, €1,899 |
| Wine country | Burgundy, the Beaujolais, Cognac, Bordeaux | 5 to 7 | April to June, September to November | Cognac Getaway, 6 days, €1,999 |
Most couples combine two of these styles: Paris and the Riviera, the Swiss Alps and a lake, a wine region and a city.
If you first came to Paris years ago, change the frame. Stay in a different neighborhood (the Left Bank if you stayed near the Opéra, the Marais if you stayed in Saint-Germain), see the city from the Seine at night, and keep one evening for a dinner you will talk about.
Our Luxury France Honeymoon, 14 days in 5-star hotels from €9,999 (about $11,500) per person, is the template we adapt most often for milestone anniversaries: a Seine cruise, Place Vendôme and a photo shoot in Paris, the Grands Crus of Burgundy, a helicopter flight over Mont Blanc, the Lavaux vineyards and Provence, with a private guide every day.
Our Legendary Swiss Trains trip, 7 days from €2,199 (about $2,500) per person, rides the GoldenPass, the Gornergrat, the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express with 4-star hotels beside each station. For an anniversary, we often swap one or two nights for a 5-star hotel with the view.
Ask for a room facing the sea: on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice or on the bay in Saint-Tropez, it is the upgrade that matters most. Above the coast, the medieval village of Èze is home to the Château de la Chèvre d'Or, a Relais & Châteaux hotel whose restaurant holds two Michelin stars, a good example of where couples book their anniversary dinner above the Mediterranean.
Our French Riviera in 7 Days, from €1,899 (about $2,200) per person, starts with a private dinner on arrival, then a yacht day to Porquerolles, the gardens of Cap Ferrat and Èze, Monaco at night and a workshop in Grasse where you create your own perfume, which makes a natural anniversary gift. A driver is with you throughout. Go in May, June or September; July and August are hot and crowded.
What we arrange:
What we talk you out of:
For couples where one partner has reduced mobility, we choose flat bases (the Annecy lakeside, the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, Lyon's Presqu'île), use the wheelchair spaces on TGV trains and in the first-class section of the Glacier Express (booked at least 24 hours ahead), and check room access ourselves before booking. Perched villages like Èze are steep and cobbled, so we plan the dinner, not the walk.
| Trip | Days | From, per person |
|---|---|---|
| French Riviera in 7 Days | 7 | €1,899 (about $2,200) |
| Switzerland in 7 Days: Lucerne, Jungfrau, Zermatt and Lavaux | 7 | €1,999 (about $2,300) |
| Cognac Getaway | 6 | €1,999 (about $2,300) |
| Legendary Swiss Trains | 7 | €2,199 (about $2,500) |
| Luxury France Honeymoon | 14 | €9,999 (about $11,500) |
These "from" prices move with your dates, hotels and the extras you choose. The extras couples add most for a milestone are a 5-star room with the view, Glacier Express Excellence Class (CHF 590 per person) and one great dinner. Our Europe trip cost calculator gives a first estimate for your own route.
If your date falls on a busy weekend, celebrate a few days either side: the dinner matters more than the exact day.
Tell a travel designer your date, your milestone and what you love doing together, and we will design your anniversary trip around that one moment.
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Go back to what you loved, but change the frame. Couples who honeymooned in Paris often return for a few nights and then add something new: the Swiss Alps by panoramic train, the French Riviera or a wine region such as Burgundy. Two or three bases over 10 to 14 days, with one exceptional dinner or view, is the shape we use most.
Ten to fourteen days is ideal for two or three bases with three nights each and one free day per stop. A week works for one region, such as the Riviera or Switzerland by train. Under a week, we suggest one base only, with day trips, so that the time goes to the celebration rather than to packing and train stations.
Yes, as a symbolic ceremony. A vow renewal has no legal value in France and does not change your marriage, so there is no paperwork. Most couples choose a celebrant and a setting such as a vineyard terrace, a lakeside garden or a chapel, and some town halls agree to host a ceremony as a courtesy. We organize the setting, the celebrant and the dinner afterward.
Keep the surprise to one moment rather than the whole trip. A table with a view, flowers or a bottle in the room, a photographer for an hour or a perfume created in Grasse work well. Tell your partner the destination and the weather, so they can pack. We let every hotel know it is your anniversary, without promising an upgrade.
Day by day, with prices. Each one is reshaped around you.
Thirteen nights in 5-star hotels from Paris to Aix: a Seine cruise, Dior and Place Vendôme, the Grands Crus of Burgundy, a helicopter over Mont Blanc, Lavaux, lavender by 2CV, the Camargue and a chef's class. Private guide daily.
From €9,999 per person
Six nights, three in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and three in Nice: a private dinner on arrival, a yacht day to Porquerolles, the gardens of Cap Ferrat and Eze, Monaco at night and your own perfume in Grasse. Driver throughout.
From €1,899 per person
Six nights by train from Interlaken to Lucerne, with the GoldenPass, the Gornergrat, the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express, in 4-star hotels beside each station. For first-time visitors who want the big views without a car.
From €2,199 per person
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