Ever have one of those days when you just want to escape your life and disappear into a fairy tale world? Well, if you're furiously nodding at your screen right now then you'll be glad to hear that it is in fact entirely possible to do so.
Take a look at this list compiled by Bored Panda to see just what we mean. These villages might look like something out of a storybook but we promise you that each and every one of them are real. So next time you're looking to escape it all, don't hide in your bedroom. Just search for your nearest fantasy village and hide out there instead!
Do you live in a village that looks like something from a fairy tale? Then share your pictures below and don't forget to vote for your favorite!
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Small Town In Provence, France
Bibury, Uk
Rothenburg, Germany
Gasadalur, Faroe Islands
Bagnone, Italy
So many little nooks and viewpoints to explore . The kind of place you visit during a day out and wish you could stay for a month or more ,to take photographs of every thing from every possible angle and even some impossible angles! Captivating!
Hallstatt, Austria
Manarola, Italy
Manarola, actually. "Cinque terre" means "Five lands" and Manarola is just one out of those five
Gokayama, Japan
Hamnoy, Norway
Abandoned Fishing Village In Shengsi, China
i always hide in my bedroom cuz i don't have money to travel but oneday i'll travel to these village cuz it's so amazzing and i love it.
Renndølsetra, Norway
Eguisheim, France
Yeah at this point just make a tour of Alsace, Eguisheim is not the prettiest place there.
Shirakawa, Japan
Monemvasia, Greece
Mountain Village In China
China has many mountain villages!!These villages is so beautiful,has long history(Possible grammar is wrong, my English is not good, hope understanding)
Oia, Greece
Village De Penne, France
Bled, Slovenia
I love Bled. Been there three times. Have walked around the lake but never actually sailed out to the island. It always pays to save something for next time.
Foroglio, Switzerland
Not what most people would expect to see in Switzerland's Italian-speaking region, Ticino.
Røros, Norway
La Petite-Pierre, France
Dehang, Hunan, China
Giethoorn, Netherlands
I think I was 5 when we first went there... On pushbikes! Well, not me. I had a seat on my father's bike.
Göreme, Turkey
Valldal, Norway
Colmar, France
Gasadalur, Faroe Islands
This is not Gásadalur, but a small village called Saksun. It's located in the north on the island of Streymoy, the Faroe Islands
Peles Castle, Sinaia Romania
Stráž - Vrbice, Czech Republic
Reine, Norway
Portmerion , North Wales One Of The Most Beautiful And Quirky Town, Worth Seeing!
Sighisoara Medieval Citadel, Romania
Alberobello, Italy
Suzdal, Russia
Grožnjan, Croatia
Fenghuang County, China
Èze, France
Riomaggiore, Italy
Zermatt, Switzerland
Aldeias Do Xisto, Portugal
"Aldeias do Xisto" (literally "Schist Villages") is actually a group/organization of historical villages mainly of schist construction. This one is called Foz D'Égua and it's beautiful! (Foz means river mouth, and Égua means mare.) You should check the other "Aldeias do Xisto", they're all awesome.
Mont Saint-michel, France
The Beautiful City Of York
Many towns in England had "Shambles", but the intelligent councils plowed them down in the 1960's, thank goodness York was left alone.
Čičmany, Slovakia
Burano, Venice, Italy
this looks exactly like the photo -its amazing but the streets of Venice arent as colourful but just as facinating,
Frigilliana, Spain
Castle Combe, Wiltshire, Uk
Popeye Village, Malta
I missed this when I was in Malta. Just read about it in this month's Air Berlin magazine.
Positano, Italy
Asos, Kefalonia
A Small Floating Village Near Shanghai, China
Garmisch-partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
Gimmelwald, Switzerland
Brugge, Belgium
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
A Small Village On The Water, Lofoten, Norway
Uplistsikhe, Georgia
The most interesting and fairy countries in the world - Georgia... <3
Folegandros, Greece
Santa Caterina Dello Ionio, Italy
Schiltach. Germany.
Porvoo, Finland
Capri, Italy
Iffley Village, Oxfordshire Great Britain
Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Annecy, France
Sintra, Portugal
Sighisoara, Romania
Takayama Prefecture, Japan
Takayama isn't a prefecture. It's a city in Gifu Prefecture (and very close to #13 entry Shirakawago and #8 Gokayama) Worth a visit!
Iacobeni, Romania
Burano, Italy
A small island off the shore of Venice. All the houses are bright colors and filled with little shops of hand made art and jewelry!
Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy
Cochem, Germany
Bale - Croatia
Neuschwanstein Castle, Schwangau, Germany
This is My favorite castle of all time. It is absolutely beautiful inside and out!
Borkop, Denmark
Smurf-like Village Of Júzcar, Spain
Agios Nikolaos, Crete
Whistler Village, Canada
Nafplion, Peloponnese, Greece
Cappadocia, Turkey
Oia, Santorini, Greece
Gotland, Sweden
Kasol, Himachal Pradesh, India
Small Village In Brittany - France
Conwy. Wales
Collonges-la-rouge, France
Foz D'Égua, Portugal
Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico
Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Solvang, California
Bergheim, France
Bozhentsi, Bulgaria
Polperro, England
St. Ives, Cornwall, Uk
Mirror Lake France
Vlkolínec, Slovakia
Castro, Chiloé, Chile
Primošten, Croatia
Rovinj, Croatia
Murten, Switzerland
Monsanto, Portugal
Šmartno V Goriških Brdih, Slovenia
I fell in love with this picture. How much more if I'd be there..
Český Krumlov , Česká Republika
Giethoorn, The Netherlands
Rocomador, France
Shame about the light and focus. It doesn't look inspiring here but is an awesome sight up close.
Valle De Bravo, Estado De México, Mexico
Valle De Bravo, Estado De México, Mexico
Iacobeni, Suceava, Romania
Telegraph Cove. Vancouver Island
Grožnjan, Isria, Croatia
Óbidos, Portugal
Real De Catorce, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
San Miguel De Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Tellaro, Liguria, Italy
Ichijō, Fukui, Japan
Riquewihr, France
Kaysersberg, France
Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy
Hollókő, Hungary
Garni, Armenia
Leavenworth, Washington State
Lovely village! I would enjoy getting to visit there someday. Looks like a fun festival was going on...possibly Oktoberfest?
Oxford, Uk
Santillana Del Mar, Spain
Etretat, France, The Favourite Spot Of The Impressionists
Vilarinho De Negrões, Portugal
Lake Windermere, Cumbria, England
San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Guatape, Colombia
Alazani Valley, Signagi, Georgia
There are more beautiful places in Signagi and in general in Georgiathen this one.
Porvoo, Finland
Ukraine
Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy
Cudillero, Spain
Caldeira De Santo Cristo - São Jorge Island - Azores - Portugal
Bagnoregio, Italy
Pigeon Rock
Rovinj - Croatia
Karlobag Croatia
Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
Piódão, Portugal
Alazani Valley, Signagi, Georgia
Varenna, Lake Como, Italy
Bellagio,lake Como, Italy
Čigoč, Croatia
Clovelly, Devon England
Hobbiton New Zealand
Kalfatjörn, Iceland
Porto,portugal
Bretelin, Romania
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India
The Small Old Town Of Tryavna, Bulgaria
College Di Val D'elsa, Tuscany, Italy
San Quiricio D'orcia, Tuscany, Italy
Edinburgh, Scotland
Rapperswil-jona (switzerland)
You can get to here by boat from Zurich, have a fish dinner, then go back by train.
Rhodes Old Town-rhodes, Greece
I uploaded this picture, its from our holiday last year, we loved Rhodes old town, beautiful place and great food!
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Sintra
Mesta Village, Chios Greece
The Village With Beautiful People. Sadova In Romania
Ely, Cambridgeshire, Uk
Ely is a city in the UK, not sure how that classifies as a fairytale village?
Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
Monsanto, Beira Baixa, Portugal
Završje, Istria, Croatia
Panormo, Crete
Cozia, Romania
Guanajuato, Mexico (cultural Heritage Of Humanity)
Sortelha, Portugal
Valle De Bravo, México
#160 Saint-guilhem-le-desert, France
Flam, Norway
Tallinn, Estonia
Palacio De Pena Sintra Portugal
Pena Palace is breathtaking, this submission does not show it's beauty very well.
Biertan Village In Transylvania, Romania
Gandria, Switzerland
Bormes Les Mimosas, France
Weybourne, Uk
Rupit, Spain
River Avon On Bradford-on-avon, England
Blue Lagoin, Near Varna, Bulgaria
Dai-kundi, Afghanistan
Pulau Pramuka (scout Island), Kepulauan Seribu (thousand Island), Indonesia
Jogjakarta & Merapi Mountain, Central Java, Indonesia
Badolato, Calabria, Italy
Rabat (victoria), Gozo, Malta
Meyrals, France
Saschiz, Romania
Mdina, Malta
Diabaig, Scotland
A Sad Winter Day
After The Snowstorm
Vinzons Town In Camarines Norte, Philippines
Bagan, Myanmar
Vista Panoramica Da Agriturismo Saudon
El Rompido, (huelva, Andalucía) España
Sapa - Vietnam
Starozagorski Mineralni Bani,stara Zagora,bulgaria
Stara Zagora,bulgaria
Sunrise
I've watched this list with the world-map music from Final Fantasy 5 in my head.
It's a pleasure to notice that there is someone thinking the same way as me
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I'm living in the small town in Provence on top of this post. Yves Klein, Foujita, Modigliani, Soutine, Vallotton, Simenon, Suzy Solidor; Brigitte Bardot and many others have been living here ! We have now an Art tour in this place we sometimes call "Montmartre sur mer", but the real name is Cagnes-sur-mer. Welcome ! :-) Facebook > art-maintenant-haut-de-cagnes is the Art tour's page
Amazing places and beautiful photos, some are a bit overdone in photoshop though
I've watched this list with the world-map music from Final Fantasy 5 in my head.
It's a pleasure to notice that there is someone thinking the same way as me
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I'm living in the small town in Provence on top of this post. Yves Klein, Foujita, Modigliani, Soutine, Vallotton, Simenon, Suzy Solidor; Brigitte Bardot and many others have been living here ! We have now an Art tour in this place we sometimes call "Montmartre sur mer", but the real name is Cagnes-sur-mer. Welcome ! :-) Facebook > art-maintenant-haut-de-cagnes is the Art tour's page
Amazing places and beautiful photos, some are a bit overdone in photoshop though