Founded in the early 16th century, Antigua is a small town surrounded by massive volcanoes and famed for its candy colored Spanish colonial buildings.

The oldest of all South American capitals, Quito, sits high in the Andean foothills. It was built on an ancient Incan city and is known for its colonial center filled with churches that blend European, Moorish and indigenous styles.

Known as the “White City” because of its baroque style buildings made of sillar, a white volcanic stone, Arequipa feels warm and welcoming and is filled with live music, spicy food, antique stores and a lively historic center. The town is also surrounded by four imposing volcanoes.