Help my husband and I decide where to honeymoon!

I love to travel, but I rarely have the time off/budget to plan for a big trip. Now that my husband and I are planning our honeymoon for 2025, I feel overwhelmed with options! I've compiled a wishlist for everything we would have in a perfect trip and would love suggestions for where we should go.

Wishlist:

1. No rental car not needed – walkable is a must and mass transit is a bonus

2. Good food scene – doesn't need to have fancy options, but I want good food/trying new foods to be a highlight of the trip

3. Good weather in the months we're targeting: July, August, September, or October (which for me means avoiding somewhere that has high humidity or is at risk for hurricane season)

4. Not unbearably crowded with tourists during those months (for example, I would be interested in Italy, but I think those months would be too busy for me personally)

5. Travel day under 18 hours to reach our destination (we're based in Washington state).

Some relevant info:

– This will likely be an 11-12 day trip (including travel days)

– Priority goes to places where our travel budget can stretch a little further

– Our best trips have been ones where we eat amazing food and walk our feet off. We love a trip where we can split our time between somewhere urban and somewhere more rural/small town).

– We're based in the US and are leaning towards going out of the country. We've already traveled to France, Germany, and The Netherlands together (and loved them), but might prefer to try somewhere new.

– We're not interested in all-inclusive options.

– Some ideas we've had so far that might fit the bill: Mexico City (at least as our home base, with the option to travel elsewhere), Montreal (possibly with a side trip to Quebec City), Spain (didn't get far enough in the brainstorm process to decide where we might go)