Up in the Andes mountains, named for the New Castile city that was the hometown of the Spanish viceroy at the time of its founding in 1557 is so lovely and historic that it's been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999
The UNESCO-World-Heritage-designated old quarter of Cuenca is perched between a pair of deep, dramatic gorges, each of which has a river flowing through it, and on one of which is perched its world-famous 'hanging houses'.
Talk about Tales of the Alhambra: One of my earliest (of many) memories of Spain involves sleeping in this fairytale Moorish palace complex in the ancient city of Granada....