7 Fairytale European cities that inspired your favorite Disney films

For all our colleague culture lovers, how much of your current obsession with medieval castles and cute European cities can be frozen in time to the Disney stories that you have repeated as a child?

Nowadays it is perhaps easy to forget nowadays, when exaggerated progressive creatives seem to be determined to tear loved classics to fragments, but there was a time that Disney really had awe.

If you miss those simpler times and could use a sprinkling of fairy tale fabric, this one 7 Story Book Cities on the other side of the pond his real-life gateways back to you favorite Youth memories:

Sleeping Beauty’s Castle

Real-life version: Neuschwanstein, Germany

Nestled in the German Alps, on a prominent hill surrounded by green nature and tips covered with snow, Neuschwanstein is perhaps the blueprint for every Disney Princess Castle that exists, although it has a striking similarity with Sleeping BeautyS.

The former retreat of a Bavarian king, It is a fairy tale when castles comeWith conical towers, hidden courtyards and lush gardens, and if there is somewhere in the world, you could find yourself happy and happy, we will take a wild gamble and say that it is in Neuschwanstein.

Frozen’s Arendelle

Real-Life version: Hallstatt, Austria

You wonder where Disney has received ideas FrozenThe kingdom of Arendelle van Arendelle, covered with snow,? Look no further than this picturesque small town in Austria, with ancient wooden houses and a picturesque church along the water.

Tip? For the best possible view of Hallstatt, without the crowds, make sure you go on board Hallstätter seeschifffahrt At one point: it connects the municipality with the train station, on the other side of the lake, and the view of the cityscape is slightly directly from a fantasy country.

The Beauty and The Beast Village

Real-Life Version: Riquewihr, France

One of the most famous entries in the Disney Canon, Beauty and the beast is aware of references to France, but no one is eye -catching, or wonderful to view than the animated version of Riquewihr, An really Place in the idyllic Alsace.

With half -ravaged houses, paved alleys, vintage bookstores and even a romantic well that came on the screen, it is not difficult to introduce a daydreaming Belle to walking around while they have a melodic Bonjour!– If you collected colorful cassettes in the 90s, you will get the ref.

Luca’s Portorosso

Real-Life Version: Cinque Terre, Italy

This is for the Disney adults who still keep the date with the latest releases: this generation Small mermaid” Luca Follows a marine animal that dreams to be part of the human world, except that it does not take place in Denmark.

Instead, the background of that story is Portorosso, a fictional village in Italy that draws heavy inspiration from the quintet of coastal villages called Cinque Terre – which we add, are characterized by them Pastel -colored facades and postcard ready ports.

Little Mermaid’s Prince Eric Castle

Real-Life version: Château de Chillon, Switzerland

Naturally Lucas Distant cousin Ariel would also get a nod: the Small mermaid Perhaps a Danish story, but when it comes to proposing the fort of the animation to the water, Disney turned to Lake Switzerland Château de Chillon.

Located exactly halfway between the luxury resort city of Montreux, and a more relaxed Villeneuve-a half-hour walk from each-Chillon has settled on the banks of Lake GenevaAnd it is the example of the textbook of a medieval fort that could double as a princely castle.

Tangled’s Corona Kingdom

Real-Life Version: Mont Saint-Michel, France

One of the most emblematic Disney castles of all time, Confused‘S Corona is A reinforced citadel garnished with rising towersAnd surrounded by water, and if you think places like these can exist in our dimension, think carefully again.

Mont Saint-Michel In France is the original Rapunzel’s Kingdom and a UNESCO-secure city on a tidal island off the coast of northern France with its quirky shops, family business creperiesAnd historic abbey, it is medieval Europe at its best.

Brave’s Highland Castle

Real-Life version: Eilean Donan, Scotland

Lusting, curly red hair, a fiery personality and a congenital talent with the bow: Merida, the protagonist in Scotland BraveIs adventure personalized and her home country is attached somewhere in the dramatic Scottish highlands.

Now the film is not set to a certain real place, but Nothing shouts Brave Just like a Highland CastleAnd Eilean Donan, nestled on a small island at the confluence of three sailors, fits perfectly in the description.

Pinocchio’s Village

Real-Life version: Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, Germany

Finally, for the Hardcore Disney fans, Rothenburg Ob der Tauber is a lesser-known city in the hinterland of Germany, largely built in the Middle Ages, which seems to have been immediately called from an early Walt Disney sketch for Pinocchio.

They are the old mansions of Rothenburg, distinguished by their curved and steep roofsLegendary workshops and winding paths that Gustaf Tenggren, one of the concept artists, led to come up with a separately inspired Italian look-alike.

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Vinicius Costa

Vini, our senior leader at Travel Off Path, has more than 60+ countries under his belt (and currently weaving stories from Paris!), And a talent for converting the images-path experiences into informative stories with which you can pack your bags.