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St.
Louis For Couples >more
on honeymoons & destination weddings in Missouri
 Discover
love in St. Louis, the city that has exactly what you're
looking for - the perfect place to rekindle the romance
in your special relationship.
Tom Sawyer
and Becky Thatcher. Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler.
Add your names to thelong list of the Mississippi River's
greatest lovers when you cruise the waterway together
on an authentic paddlewheel riverboat. You can flirt with
lady luck on a nearby dockside casino or simply stroll
the historic cobblestone levee arm-in-arm. Write your
own love song on the same river bank where W.C. Handy
wrote the "St. Louis Blues."
Watch a glorious
sunset from the top of the soaring Gateway Arch or take a horse
drawn carriage ride along the streets of the historic Laclede's
Landing entertainment district below. Your steed will clip-clop
along to the sultry rhythms pouring from our famous music clubs.
Sing "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" as you relive the
nostalgic 1904 World's Fair in Forest Park. You can glide along
the park's lakes in a gondola, wander together through the Zoo's
new River's Edge or marvel at Monet's waterlillies in the Art
Museum.
St. Louis has a
long-term love affair with food. You can join in the fun by
dining in elegant, candlelit restaurants. Explore the globe
with fine cuisine in ethnic bistros that mirror our diverse
population. Linger over lunch at a cozy sidewalk café,
turn a frozen custard concrete upside down on Route 66 or munch
on Italian cookies on The Hill. Wherever you eat, we know you
will mangia bene - eat well.
Wake up in the splendor
of a luxurious hotel or in the historic surroundings of an antique-filled
B&B in our charming neighborhoods. Did you know that shopping
in St. Louis is an aphrodisiac? Watch your partner prowl through
antique and collectible shops on Cherokee Street and in the
Central West End. Visit chic art galleries. Lose yourself in
the selections at huge, regional malls. Nothing says "I
love you" like a full shopping bag.
 Saunter
through a world of beauty at the idyllic Missouri Botanical
Garden. Meditate in a Chinese scholar's garden or feed the giant
fish in the Japanese Garden's lake. Explore a steamy rainforest
inside the garden's Climatron greenhouse or chase butterflies
through the rose garden. In nearby Tower Grove Park you can
sit beside Victorian ruins where lovers have been meeting in
St. Louis since the 1850's.
Cuddle in our cozy
blues music clubs or huddle at a candlelit table where America's
greatest jazz performers must be singing just for you. Discover
the world-renowned St. Louis Symphony Orchestra or visit the
critically acclaimed Opera Theatre to hear lavish productions
sung in English. You don't have to go to the Big Apple to see
touring Broadway shows -- they fill the Fox Theatre with America's
best entertainment throughout the year.
Generations of lovers
have watched musical theater outdoors in Forest Park at The
Muny. Join them under a canopy of stars or sit back inside for
the finest in entertainment at the Repertory Theatre of St.
Louis or the Black Rep.
For more on St.
Louis, call 1-800-916-0040 or check out http://www.explorestlouis.com
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