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Looking for a way to get away? We've researched real estate offers in Cuenca and Cape Town, Boquete and British Columbia, India and Italy, and many other places.

This year's International Real Estate column took readers on a trip around the world, visiting dozens of affordable homes in a wide variety of styles, from a restored 17th-century mill in Spain to a modern waterslide home in the Maldives. Here are some of our favorite options.

A cabin in the woods of British Columbia, Canada - $4.5 million dollarsThis three-bedroom cedar shingle home sits on nearly six acres on the south shore of Quadra Island, located between Vancouver Island and the Pacific Coast of British Columbia in Canada. Completed in 2004, this home sits on the shore of a wooded lot, includes a three-bedroom guest house and a dock with a mooring pontoon large enough for a 45-foot yacht. The balcony that wraps around the back of the house is supported by a series of spruce beams and offers views of the nearby islands and the Strait of Georgia. - Lisa Prevost

Weatherproof steel in Nova Scotia, Canada - $2.9 million dollarsThis 2018 building sits on over two acres in the village of Whopper Kingsburg, on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, in eastern Canada. This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom contemporary home spans 2,800 square feet and consists of three buildings - a day pavilion, a night pavilion, and a gatehouse. The site, which overlooks 233 feet of Atlantic coastline and salt pond, can be reached by walking past a herd of sheep, highland cattle, gardens and fenced pastures.

Tuscan-style villa in Boquete, Panama - $2.9 million dollarsThis six-bedroom Tuscan-style villa is nestled between two hills in the exclusive Valle Escondido neighborhood, a luxury community, resort and clubhouse near the center of Boquete, a mountain town nestled in the Chiriqui Mountains of western Panama. This 11,850 square foot home, built on 1.3 acres in 2011, has a clay tile roof. Near the pond and river are papaya, lemon, banana and avocado trees. "You're looking out over the valley," said Ryan Braasch, a sales support associate at Casa Solution. "The views are very nice, but what the seller wanted was real privacy." - Marcelle Sussman Fischler

Secluded Andean retreat outside of Cuenca, Ecuador - $550,000 dollarsLocated on the eastern edge of El Cajas National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, this modern home sits on four acres outside of Cuenca, Ecuador's third-largest city. With 110 square miles of parkland as a backdrop, the four-bedroom, three-bath home is "isolated and surrounded by nature," said Ashley Rogers, founder of Ecuador At Your Service. Its design includes underground fuel and water storage tanks and a small 818-square-foot apartment beneath the 1,830-square-foot main house. - Michael Kaminer