Basically, the honeymooners are the expected availability of privacy, romantic and special facilities they need. Cottages or houses specially for honeymoon couples. There must be no distractions and limitations that can make them feel uncomfortable for spending time in places far from its original location. This is the reason why I suggest you pick a honeymoon spot in the small island tourist destinations. Because the usual tourist sites is also a place of their honeymoon.

What if the location of the islands far away from where you live? Do not panic, because it can be replaced with other locations that have the same functions as the small islands, the beautiful beaches which the location nearest you. Usually these beautiful beaches is widely available in Latin American countries such as Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, etc. However, rather than the main beaches, but it is a facility for honeymooners. You will be lucky to get accommodation (hotels, houses, cottages, villas) exclusively reserved for honeymooners. Moreover, there are attractions and local events of interest, friendliness of local residents, complete facilities, and the last is a honeymoon travel package according to your tastes.

Patmos island

We stood in a candle lit cave, our usually sceptical, rational selves already feeling vaguely challenged by the possibility that supernatural phenomena might, after all, exist. The darkness and coolness was a stark contrast to the dazzling brightness and heat of the midday sun we had left to descend into this underworld of prophecies and priests.

The silence of the grotto was suddenly interrupted by a heavily accented voice, speaking in English. “Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.”

Half expecting a beast with 666 stamped on its forehead, we turned to see a bearded man, dressed in the priesthood robes of Greek orthodoxy. He was not looking in our direction and at first it seemed that the biblical quotation had been a soliloquy. But the puzzle of why a Greek would talk to himself in English was solved seconds later, when the first of a party of Americans came into view. As soon as they began to fill the limited space of the cave, we recognised them as being a group of “Christian Tourists” we had seen earlier that day. The spell had been broken; the cave had lost its supernatural feeling, replaced by something as mundane as an evangelical meeting. It was time for us to go back up to the world of dazzling sunlight.

Our visit to the Sacred Grotto of the Revelation, where John the Divine is supposed to have foreseen and written of the Apocalypse, was part of a wonderful day we spent exploring the beautiful island of Patmos.

Above the cave is the Byzantine monastery of Saint John and the wonderful medieval village of Hora. Laying fifteen to twenty minutes walk below Hora is the island’s capital, Skala. This charming little port is the largest settlement on Patmos island. Scooters wiz noisily around narrow, street corners where men sit at pavement cafés on rickety chairs playing backgammon games. Pickup trucks, pull up to unload fruit and vegetables without paying any heed to the honking horns of other motorists who shout and gesticulate that their way has been blocked. Yet somehow, in a quintessential, Greek Island way, the noise and bustle blends seamlessly into an atmosphere that is totally laid back and relaxing.

Patmos island has other several other pretty villages that are worth exploring but its most attractive feature is its convoluted coastline. A new vista of wonderful beaches appears from around every headland. Some are sandy and some are adorned in pretty white pebbles. Several are fringed by lush vegetation whilst others are found amongst rocky, yet no less attractive, settings. Some have sun beds and parasols but none have overdone this concession to modern tourism.

Many of the beaches are lapped by very calm, shallow seas, ideal for small children to paddle in but the prettiest beach of all, Psili Ammos, is washed with sometimes, huge waves and is surrounded by wild, beautiful scenery. Psili Ammos is one of the most remote beaches on Patmos island and is twenty minutes walk from Diakofti, the nearest village over a mountain footpath. If you prefer a less energetic way of reaching Psili Ammos, you can hop aboard one of the regular boats from the main port.

Nearly every Greek island offers glorious holiday destinations.< Each one has its own special charm and beauty but even by Greek island standards, Patmos is very special. Our short visit was enough to tell us that we just had to come back and spend a full vacation there. We didn’t need to believe the dreams of Saint John to realise that Patmos is a dream island, just perfect for dreamers like ourselves. But the kind of dreams Patmos island inspires are far more likely to be those of an earthly paradise rather than the hellish world of the Apocalypse.

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The independent traveller will now find that not only can they get here at much more reasonable prices, but that there is a huge range of private accommodation just waiting to be booked.

The growth of holiday villas in Lanzarote has been particularly noticeable over the last few years, with many based in the southern resort of Playa Blanca. This is the newest town to have been developed as a coastal holiday destination. It benefits from close proximity to the stunning beaches of Papagayo, a collection of six coves and bays that have shimmering turquoise waters lapping their edges. These beaches are also very much unspoilt, as no development has been allowed in their immediate vicinity.

In fact, they form part of a natural reserve that can only be entered by a dirt-track road. Thus stopping them from being swamped by hoards of people all the time. But this does mean that tourists have to make their way to Papagayo under their own steam. Which is not particularly difficult if you opt for car hire in Lanzarote as part of your holiday experience.

This not only opens up Papagayo but the whole island for exploration. And with plenty of alternative beaches, it is worth getting in a hire car and driving around to find your favourite stretch of sand. In the far north of the island is a white sand beach known as Caleton Blanco. The sand was created over thousands of years by the erosion of sea shells so that now it forms the perfect contrast to the black volcanic stone that surrounds it.

Also well worth a detour is the beach at Famara. A seven kilometre long horseshoe shaped bay, it has one of the most imposing backdrops to any beach, in the form of the Famara Massif. Huge chocolate coloured cliffs that rise to nearly 700 metres, they give the beach a unique outlook and beauty.

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