"Don't look down." That's the advice we hear, over and over, if we're even remotely afraid of heights. In theory, if you don't know how far up you are, you won't feel the vertigo swelling in your head ...

Encased by the lofty peaks of Ecuador's Southern Andes, a sprawl of rust-toned roofs and stark white walls stands out amid the verdant valleys. A quintessential hybrid of Andalusian architecture and ...