7 Latin American Towns That Look Straight Out of a Fairytale

Europe has its postcard towns, but Latin America doesn't fall behind: here the colors are brighter, coffee is drunk in the plaza and mountains are always in the background. Seven destinations that look made up — and that you can visit without mortgaging the house.

1 Salento, Colombia

Colorful houses facing the Cocora Valley, where the world's tallest wax palms grow — so tall they seem to touch the clouds. Freshly roasted coffee on every corner and the greenest green you'll ever see.

2 Antigua, Guatemala

Cobblestone streets between volcanoes and colonial ruins. During Holy Week, its colored sawdust carpets rank among the most beautiful on the planet.

3 Valle de Ángeles, Honduras

Crafts, leather and carved wood in a mountain town minutes from the capital. The favorite of those seeking to escape the noise without going far.

4 Bernal, Mexico

In the shadow of one of the world's largest monolithic rocks. Gorditas made with cracked corn, small museums and sunsets that paint the rock orange.

5 Písac, Peru

Legendary artisan market and Inca terraces descending the mountain like giants' staircases, at the gates of the Sacred Valley.

6 Suchitoto, El Salvador

White colonnaded streets, a lake in front and indigo workshops — the blue dye that dressed half the world in colonial times. Tranquility in its purest state.

7 Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic

"The city of eternal spring": cold mountain rivers, high-altitude coffee and horses among coffee groves, in the heart of the Central Range.

The best souvenir can't be bought: it's the sunset you watched from a plaza you didn't know existed.

Reviewed by the Curioso Latino editorial team. Original content for entertainment and general knowledge.