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208 Romantic & Fun Date Ideas To Develop a Strong Connection

February 8, 2023
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Valentine’s Day is around the corner and love is in the air!

Looking for fun and romantic date ideas? I’ve been feeling inspired lately and came up with a list of over 200 date ideas of all kinds of variety!

This ultimate list of date ideas will help inspire romance, excitement, and connection for you and your date.

Whether it’s the first, eighth, or a hundredth date, this list can help you plan a great date.

  1. Go on a classic dinner date at a romantic restaurant
  2. Go see a broadway show, play, or musical
  3. Check out a garden in your area
  4. Go to a unique or romantic cocktail bar for drinks
  5. Get to know each other by playing a question game (my recommendation)
  6. Sign up for a wine and painting class
  7. Go see a movie at the theater
  8. Have an outdoor picnic
  9. Cook dinner for your date
  10. Go to a themed party together
  11. Go out dancing together
  12. Go to a dessert restaurant
  13. Check out a concert or live music show
  14. Attend a comedy show
  15. Make some pottery together
  16. Paint pottery together
  17. Go on a private boat ride or water taxi
  18. IKEA date
  19. Rent a swan boat and go for a ride
  20. Go on a boat tour or ferry ride
  21. Go to an arcade
  22. Go on a double date with friends
  23. Visit the farmers’ market together
  24. Visit a plant store together (and become plant parents)
  25. Go to a lake or scenic spot and watch the sunset together
  26. Go wine tasting
  27. Go to a brewery
  28. Bake something together
  29. Go stargazing together
  30. Attend a fair or carnival
  31. Go on a hot air balloon
  32. Go to a theme or amusement park
  33. Go on a food tasting tour
  34. Take a sunset dinner cruise together
  35. Watch the sunrise together
  36. Make a meal together
  37. Take a cooking or baking class
  38. Try new food together
  39. Try a unique restaurant experience such as the blindfolded dining experience
  40. Have a baking or cooking competition
  41. Have a breakfast or brunch date
  42. Share a milkshake together
  43. Go to a museum
  44. Attend an art gallery
  45. Go to a poetry reading or open mic event
  46. Play a virtual reality game together
  47. Go to a water park
  48. Have a beach day
  49. Go to the beach at night
  50. Watch an outdoor movie or drive-in movie
  51. Find a pool or hottub and go for a swim or hang out in the hottub
  52. Go fruit picking (berries, apples, or pumpkins)
  53. Check out a cat cafe
  54. Go to a farm & pet or feed the animals
  55. Try rock climbing
  56. Play mini golf or putt putt
  57. Play topgolf
  58. Go to a driving range
  59. Come up with a story together
  60. Shoot a video or short film together
  61. Record fun youtube or tik tok videos together
  62. Do each other’s makeup
  63. Come up with a song together
  64. Have a rap battle
  65. Write poetry together
  66. Go to a sports game
  67. Take a dance class together
  68. Go to a dinner show
  69. Visit the food trucks
  70. Restaurant hop for a different appetizer, entree and dessert
  71. Make it out of an escape room
  72. Build something together like a lego set (or find an instructables project)
  73. Make a craft together like origami or jewelry
  74. Try out fun & interesting science experiments
  75. Have an at-home game night & play board games, card games, Jenga, charades, or even Twister
  76. Solve a puzzle together
  77. Play improv games together
  78. Have a photoshoot
  79. Find a photobooth and take silly & cute photos together
  80. Check out open houses together
  81. Test drive luxury cars
  82. Go ax throwing
  83. Try archery together
  84. Try out acro yoga or couples’ yoga
  85. Do a goat yoga class
  86. Take a meditation class
  87. Go to a magic show
  88. Go to the gym and work out together
  89. Take a hike
  90. Go on a scavenger hunt
  91. Walk (or run) a 5k
  92. Play tourists and take a guided tour in your city
  93. Find an experience on groupon, airbnb experience, tripadvisor, or explorehidden
  94. Explore your city or a nearby town together
  95. Go on a train ride
  96. Go ice skating
  97. Go roller skating
  98. Go bowling
  99. Go bungee jumping
  100. Go skydiving
  101. Try out indoor skydiving
  102. Go ziplining or treetop trekking
  103. Go on an obstacle course
  104. Go to a trampoline park
  105. Sing karaoke duets together
  106. Volunteer together such as donating blood or going to an animal shelter
  107. Go to a music festival
  108. Go to an art show or festival
  109. Check out a food festival
  110. Go to a film festival
  111. Go to a burlesque or drag show
  112. Go horseback riding
  113. Go kayaking or canoeing
  114. Go paddle boarding
  115. Go sailing
  116. Go parasailing or paragliding
  117. Fly a kite together
  118. Rent out a boat
  119. Go tubing (or water skiing)
  120. Go on a jet ski together
  121. Go river rafting
  122. Visit natural springs, waterfalls, caverns, or volcano
  123. Go snorkeling
  124. Try out scuba diving
  125. Go surfing at the beach
  126. Ride on ATVs
  127. Go skiing or snowboarding in the snow
  128. Play in the snow (snowball fight, make snow angels, build a snow fort)
  129. Visit a zoo
  130. Go on a drive-thru safari
  131. Visit an aquarium
  132. Go to a planetarium
  133. Go on a ferris wheel
  134. Go to a library or bookstore and read to each other
  135. Have a lazy day in together
  136. Have a movie marathon or binge watch a tv show
  137. Go on a road trip together
  138. Have a staycation at a hotel in your city
  139. Stay at a unique b&b, like a treehouse, cabin, or tiny home
  140. Book a spa day (get a couples’ massage, take mud baths, hang out in jacuzzi or sauna, or try a float tank)
  141. Have an at-home spa day
  142. Go camping (or glamping)
  143. Build a campfire or bonfire and roast marshmallows
  144. Play a sport together (tennis, badminton, ping pong, beach volleyball)
  145. Attend a class or lecture together
  146. Go to a psychic reading together
  147. Play laser tag
  148. Play paintball together
  149. Have a water gun or water balloon fight
  150. Go to a gun range together
  151. Take a martial arts or self-defense class together
  152. Hire a private chef to make you both a meal or go to a chef’s table
  153. Go on a helicopter or private plane tour ride
  154. Take a day trip
  155. Play hide and seek together
  156. Learn a new skill together
  157. Teach each other a skill
  158. Make unique cocktails together
  159. Have an at home blind taste test
  160. Race go karts
  161. Make tie dye shirts together
  162. Attend a ballet or dance performance
  163. Go to a circus show
  164. Take an improv class together
  165. Tackle a home improvement project together
  166. Book a couples shoot together
  167. Go shopping together (thrift shopping, antique shopping, etc.)
  168. Play a video game together
  169. Play darts or pool
  170. Attend an outdoor concert
  171. Go to a tea room or unique café
  172. Go to starbucks and target together (or an errand date)
  173. Join a meetup together
  174. Have a trivia or bingo night
  175. Look through old childhood photos together
  176. Throw a private party just for the two of you
  177. Host a themed party or a murder mystery party for you and your friends
  178. Draw portraits of each other
  179. Draw a single picture together, taking turns
  180. Rent a limo or a luxury/sports car
  181. Ride a carriage
  182. Try out (legal) urban exploration
  183. Go on a ghost tour or visit a cemetery
  184. Visit a candy factory
  185. Go bird watching
  186. Find a crowded location and people watch together
  187. Listen to a podcast or audiobook together
  188. Role play meeting for the very first time
  189. Go on a date and take on different identities or accents
  190. Try to break a world record
  191. Try social experiments or challenges together
  192. Go see a race (auto, horse, weiner dog, etc.)
  193. Have an up close animal encounter such as petting a wolf or swimming with dolphins
  194. Build a pillow and blanket fort
  195. Have a nap and cuddle date
  196. Start a scrapbook together
  197. Make a collage
  198. Throw paint at a canvas & have a paint fight
  199. Make a time capsule
  200. Ride scooters or go for a bike ride
  201. Create a bucket list or date night ideas jar
  202. Go to a smash or rage room
  203. Launch your own rocket
  204. Go for a scenic drive
  205. Go bar hopping
  206. Go to a casino and try your luck gambling
  207. Hang out at a hookah lounge
  208. Get matching tattoos (henna for non-permanent tattoos)

Whatever you choose to do, I’m sure you’ll enjoy yourselves and create new and lasting memories together! Feel free to even try combining ideas for the perfect unique date. 

If you’re going on dates, during the spooky season, check out this list of ideas for fun activities to do during the spooky season. If you’re planning a birthday date, check out this list of things to do for a birthday.

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