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!