3. CASTELLFOLLIT DE LA ROCA
Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain


(Photo: Maria Rosa Ferre/Flickr)

This medieval Spanish village looks like something 
straight out of Tolkien. Originally settled around 
a thousand years ago, the village sits on a tall, 
thin strip of volcanic rock with a 160-foot on either 
side. The rivers Fluviā and Toronell flow at the 
bottom of each respective cliff but at the top, 
rows of historic Spanish houses have been built 
right up to the edges, looking like they might 
crowd each other right off. The tight streets in 
the town seem to have barely been pried open between 
the buildings, just wide enough that none of them 
are shoved out into the abyss. Good luck finding parking.


  (Photo: SBA73/Flickr)


(Photo: Ferran Cerdans Serra/Flickr)