11 Gothic Honeymoon Destinations for the Dark Romantic 

From the lantern-lit streets of Edinburgh to the volcanic shores of Bora Bora, these destinations frame dark romance through architecture and atmosphere

By: The Lace Ledger Staff

Picture this: day one of your honeymoon arrives and you wake aboard a cookie-cutter cruise ship pointed dutifully toward the Caribbean. An bountiful buffet appears each morning while sun-soaked afternoons unfold on a crowded pool deck, interrupted only by hurried excursions through bustling tourist corridors that sell identical souvenirs.

If that version of escape feels a little light on substance, you’ve arrived in the correct corner of the internet.

The dark romantic prefers cathedral bells to steel drums and cobblestone streets to poolside bingo, which is why the following destinations offer a very different kind of honeymoon.

Here are 11 gothic escapes where architecture and atmosphere transform travel into a trip rich in dark romance.