These are our considered shortlists: the best venues and destinations by setting, by style and by country. Use them when you know the feeling you want, a castle, a clifftop, a vineyard, an island, but not yet the place. Every list is independent and ranked on merit.
A good shortlist saves months. Each list below is built from venues we rate and would actually send a couple to, weighed on setting, food, the welcome and the practicalities, not on placement fees.
Browse by theme or by destination. When a place pulls at you, open its venues and, if it helps, get matched with the right planner.
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