Setenil de las Bodegas is a small town in Cadiz whose houses and businesses are excavated in the rock.
This picturesque town belongs to the Route of the white villages of Cádiz and it is also part of the eleven new towns that this year have joined the Association of the Most Beautiful Towns in Spain.
In addition, it is among the municipalities aspiring to become Capital of Rural Tourism. There is no ranking that can resist it!
Walking through its streets means discovering a true hidden treasure and that is precisely the new award that has just been awarded.
European Best Destinations has released the list of the best unknown destinations of Europe in 2019 and Setenil de las Bodegas is the undisputed winner with 2,889 votes from 67 different countries!
Setenil de las Bodegas.
Total, 19,828 travelers have voted your favorite hidden gems among 260 European destinations for two weeks.
In addition to Setenil de las Bodedas, there are three Spanish destinations on the list: Soller (Mallorca), Peñíscola (Castellón) and San Andrés (Tenerife).
We also find several treasures in Italy -such as Malcesine, Polignano a Mare and Amalfi – and in Greece – Agios Nikolaos in Crete–.
Places like the Algarve –with the Portuguese coast of Odeceixe– and Nonza, in corsica.
And next to the beaches too mountain landscapes and villages such as Freudenberg (Germany) and Lauterbrunnen (Switzerland) .
You can see the full list of hidden gems of europe 2019 here.
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