Couples Spa Day
At Ten Spa, the signature hamam experience provides a hot air bathing ritual in tandem, which includes being scrubbed down with salts, massaged, and having water poured slowly over your limbs (it’s so incredibly relaxing). Riverstone Spa’s couples massage will let you enjoy quality time together while you free your muscles of tension. Add on the spa’s hot stones and let these warm volcanic basalt and cool jade rocks ease your body and mind
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Assiniboine Park
Love is always in bloom at Assiniboine Park. In summer, walk hand-in-hand through the English, Formal Gardens and Gardens at The Leaf, smelling the flowers and seeing the enchanting sculptures within the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden. Come winter, how about pair skating on the Riley Family Duck Pond, followed by hot cocoa from the Park Café. For something steamy, The Leaf’s Tropical Biome flaunts Canada’s tallest indoor waterfall and so many massive plants. Plus, its onsite Gather Craft Kitchen & Bar has a worldly menu with craft cocktails and desserts that sometimes feature ingredients grown right in the biome. Now, that’s love.
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Riverwalk in Summer/Rivertrail in Winter
Winding alongside the Assiniboine River, the Riverwalk starts at The Manitoba Legislature Building and runs to the Esplanade Riel at The Forks. We swear, its canopy of trees will whisper “get closer” as the wind gently rustles the leaves overhead. In winter, the Assiniboine and Red River freeze to form the Nestaweya River Trail, which can be accessed from many points in the city. On it, you can skate past whimsical warming huts that beckon you to take a selfie for Instagram (because your love deserves extra likes on social media).
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Bee-2-Gether Bike Rentals
What better way to get romantic than to see The Forks, Assiniboine Park or Birds Hill Park on a novelty bike? Each location is serviced by Bee-2-Gether Bike Rentals, a unique rental company whose robust roster of novelty bikes will have you pedaling in unison through tree-lined paths and gardens where your love can blossom like the daisies. Take it from Nat King Cole, “you’ll look sweet, upon the seat, of a bicycle built for two.”
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Thermëa by Nordik Spa-Nature
In this hectic world, there’s nothing more romantic than relaxing with your loved one. At Thermëa, relaxation is the law, and it’s upheld in spacious steam rooms, heated hammocks, fiery Finnish saunas, relaxation chambers and large thermal pools found throughout the open-air grounds. Have a couples massage then dine together in your robes by the fireplace or on the patio. Cap it all off by stepping under the Icebër waterfall, which will rejuvenate your body and senses.
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Romantic restaurants
Winnipeg is full of dreamy spots that offer candle-lit dinners, quiet corners from which to coo and above all, excellent service paired with dishes that will have you purring. 529 Wellington’s mansion setting is always set to impress, while Sous Sol radiates warmth courtesy of countless candles, delightful cocktails and a menu flaunting French fare. Harth Mozza & Wine Bar has one of the handsomest rooms in the city and heavenly handmade pastas, while The Oval Room Brasserie provides a regal setting and piano accompaniment too.
Performing Arts
All the city’s a stage when it comes to date night in Winnipeg. Marvel at the intricate steps and stunning sets of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Tap your toes (and maybe even sing along) to musical comedy performances at Rainbow Stage–Canada’s largest outdoor theatre. Get close during an intimate theatre experience at Prairie Theatre Exchange and see performances from some of the biggest playwrights in the biz at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre.
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Romance Packages at Hotels
Chocolate covered strawberries, a bottle of bubbles, and breakfast included in the morning––there’s a reason why this trio remains the queen of hearts when it comes to a romantic getaway. An equally fine and accommodating trio is Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Hotel, The Fairmont Winnipeg, and Inn at the Forks, all of which offer special romance packages that feature all the above, along with robes, slippers and late check-outs too.
Candlelight Concerts
The most romantic concerts of them all, Candlelight Concerts feature the acclaimed Listeso String Quartet performing some of the world’s most popular songs and albums while surrounded by hundreds of warm, flickering lights. In intimate, diverse settings like WAG-Qaumajuq, the Cresent Arts Centre and the Fort Garry Hotel you can cuddle up and listen to thematic shows covering Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Bach, The Beatles, Adele, and many others.
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Cuddle up over craft cocktails
Winnipeg is home to some of Canada's top cocktail bars, several of which offer intimate settings that allow you to cheers cheek to cheek. The Roost is perched over Corydon Avenue, featuring beautifully composed drinks and whimsical hand-drawn menus by co-owner Elsa Taylor. Patent 5 Distillery crafts cocktails using its award-winning gin, vodka and whisky in an oak room that’s been reclaimed from the circa 1910 St. Regis Hotel. Equally historic is Langside Grocery where the lovely libations are slung in a heritage building featuring an alluring courtyard patio.
