Best places for a (holiday) proposal

Peter Andre and Katie Price, who fell in love in the Aussie jungle, were still trading insults this week following the disintegration of their very public marriage, but that doesn't mean that holiday romance is dead.

No-one should let the failure of one celebrity coupling put them off popping The Big Question, and where better to get down on one knee than on holiday.

If you can wait until the snow starts to fall, there are few more romantic places than the Narnia-like forests of Lapland, where you could propose while snuggled with your loved one under a blanket on a horse-drawn sleigh.

Several tour operators offer holiday packages to Finnish Lapland, including Inghams (www.inghams.co.uk). Most will organise sleigh-rides for two.

Imagine popping the question while floating in a hot air balloon over some of the world's most magical sights. The only sound will be the beating of your heart in your ears as we eagerly await the answer.

Isango.com organises balloon rides in many awesome locations including Paris, Turin and Melbourne.

Or take a flight of another kind and book a Romance Over Manhattan helicopter ride, which will give you 20 minutes to work up the courage to propose.

If you fail ? or get rejected ? the views of New York will at least be (almost) worth the $995 a ride. Tours are available from Liberty Helicopters (www.libertyhelicopters.com)

If your would-be fianc? (or fianc?e) has come to expect something a little more unusual, how about literally dropping down on one knee? The Six Senses Hideaway at Zighy Bay in Oman allows guests to paraglide into the resort in tandem with a professional, where they can propose to their partner who will have arrived in a more traditional vehicle.

Tucked away in a secluded fishing village on the northern Musandam Peninsula, the romantic hotel is featured by Kuoni (www.kuoni.co.uk).

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