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42 Places That Are Straight Out of Fairy Tales
These dreamy castles, quaint towns, and soaring waterfalls can be part of your own happily ever after.
Turreted castles hidden in the clouds. Romantic pathways covered with lush vegetation. Forests carpeted with wildflowers. These ethereal sites may seem straight out of a Grimms' fairy tale, but they exist in the real world—and they’re as incredible as any place in a storybook. (In some cases, they've even inspired fictional movie locations themselves.) From a fantastical, grass-roofed retreat in Austria to a dazzlingly blue town in Morocco, here are 42 fairy tale locations to add to your bucket list.
This gallery was last published in May 2017. It has been updated with new information.
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