Visit Puebla

Silver-mining city of candy-coloured houses stacked up a ravine, with streets in tunnels and student minstrels serenading the alleys.

Cobbled colonial town of pink Gothic church spires and rooftop bars, repeatedly voted the best small city in the world.

A colonial centre of pink stone and an 18th-century aqueduct of 74 arches, the safest big city in Mexico.

A silver-mining city of pink cantera stone with a cable car over the centre and a mine to walk through.

A cathedral lit up every Saturday, an aqueduct and the monarch butterfly forests two hours away.

A pastel walled city built against pirates, the quietest colonial capital in the Yucatan.

The first Ottoman capital under Mount Uludag: the Green Mosque, the silk bazaar and Iskender kebab.

Penang's UNESCO capital: clan jetties, street art and the best hawker food in Malaysia.