These regions are closer and easier to reach from the city, viticultural hubs with expansive views of the Andean horizon. In the Uco Valley, make sure to include the high-altitude wines on offer ...

Quebrada de Humahuaca follows the line of a major cultural route, the Camino Inca, along the spectacular valley of the Rio Grande, from its source in the cold high desert plateau of the High Andean ...

Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca is set in a valley surrounded by the Andean mountains in the south of Ecuador. This inland colonial town (entroterra), now the country's third city, was founded in 1557 ...