USA Coast-to-Coast Honeymoon: New York Nights & San Francisco Mornings

Central Park in autumn looks exactly like every Indian couple imagined it would, with the leaves turning gold and orange along the Mall and carriage horses clip-clopping past the Bethesda Fountain. Three days later you're standing on Baker Beach in San Francisco watching the Golden Gate emerge from the fog, coffee in hand, and the Pacific stretching out behind it. The USA has a way of delivering its most cinematic moments when you're not quite ready for them. This 7-night honeymoon tour of the USA for Indian couples starts in New York — three nights covering Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, a sunset from Top of the Rock, and dinner in the West Village. A domestic flight then carries you to San Francisco, where the city's hills, cable cars and bay views form the backdrop for four nights of slower, more intimate exploration: Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz, a day trip to Napa Valley for wine tastings, and a drive down the Pacific Coast Highway to Muir Woods and the Marin Headlands. Safari Sutra has chosen 4-star hotels in both cities with a focus on location over loyalty programme branding: a boutique property in Midtown Manhattan within walking distance of the park, and a Union Square or Fisherman's Wharf hotel in San Francisco that puts the bay, the cable cars and the city's best restaurants within reach on foot. Every dinner on this itinerary has been researched for Indian vegetarian options alongside the wine pairings. Best suited for couples who want the iconic American cities without a theme-park itinerary, and who are happy to walk, explore and let a city reveal itself at a comfortable pace. America's East and West coasts rarely disappoint those who arrive open to them — this itinerary is designed to give you the best of both in eight days.