40 Stunning Places Where the Royals Have Vacationed

Before Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, were married, they took several ski trips to Klosters, Switzerland together—a destination Will grew up going to with his family. In fact, it was on a trip here that Will first publicly kissed Kate.

Princess Margaret and her ex-husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones the Earl of Snowdon, visited Nassau together in March of 1967. Since the couple took a six-week-long cruise through the Caribbean aboard the royal yacht Britannia for their honeymoon in 1960, it's safe to say the couple was a fan of their destination.

The Duke and Duchess of York (who would later become King George VI and and the Queen Mother) honeymooned at Polesden Lacey, a manor house in Surrey. Here they are seen taking a walk on the 1923 trip. Afterwards, they traveled to Scotland, where Elizabeth caught the "unromantic" whooping cough.

Prince Charles and Diana, the Princess of Wales, took a cruise on the Royal Yacht Britannia for their honeymoon in July of 1981, starting at Gibraltar. It would later be revealed in letters from Diana that she "caught up on sleep" during their trip.

One of the most common places the English royal family escapes to during downtime is Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands, which was built in 1856 as a gift from Prince Albert to Queen Victoria. Here, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are seen celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary in November of 1972.

Princess Margaret was given land on this Caribbean island as a wedding gift from the island's former owner Colin Tennant in the 1960s, and built her own private villa on it. She proceeded to visit twice every year for three decades and would invite family to join, as evident here by Queen Elizabeth II's visit in 1977.

Princess Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary of Iran visited Miami in 1955, seen here walking down a street with her dog. It was on this same trip that she was photographed wearing a bikini while water-skiing, which became a major controversy in Iran, as some thought it was immoral.

Even though Prince Charles prefers Klosters for skiing, Princess Diana refused to go back after a friend was killed in an avalanche there in 1988. Here, Diana is spotted on a ski holiday in Lech in April of 1993, which became her new go-to destination.

Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko took their honeymoon in this beach town in April of 1959. Their wedding marked the first time Japan's crown prince married a non-royal in over 2,600 years.

While Gibraltar was the first stop on Prince Charles and Princess Diana's honeymoon, this was the last. Here, the couple is seen in August of 1981 on their way to Hurghada International Airport in Egypt before flying back to Britain at the end of their trip.

On New Year's Eve of 1965, Princess Grace of Monaco went on a vacation with her children, Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, at the Swiss resort of Schoenried in the Swiss Alps. Even her snow gear shows why she was known as a fashion icon.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (then known as Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh) spent their honeymoon in Malta, where he was stationed with the Royal Navy in 1947. Here, the happy couple is seen taking a walk together.

After Princess Diana and Prince Charles split up, the island of Nevis hosted the first vacation Princes Will and Harry took with their newly-single mother for the New Year in 1993. They stayed at the Montelier Plantation Inn.

Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, Princess Amalia, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Crown Prince Willem Alexander, and Princess Alexia are seen here on the grounds of their Italian summer residence in July of 2006 in Tavarnelle, Italy.

In September of 1963, Princess Margaret and her then-husband, Antony, went on a holiday to Athens, Greece so they could see the Acropolis. Despite the hike to the top, these two still dressed to the nines for the occasion.

Princess Paola of Belgium (later Queen Paola of Belgium) is pictured with Princess Astrid on a family holiday on the beach at Forte dei Marmi, Italy in August of 1964.