Okay fairy tale lovers, it’s time to start trip planning to these places from fairy tales that won’t require a fairy godmother to reach. From Cinderella’s Castle to a mirror, mirror on the wall, this is a list of places you can really explore tied to the most famous fairy tales of all time. Check out all the places from fairy tales you can visit!
Places from Fairy Tales
1. Beauty and the Beast – Rouen, France
The setting for Beauty and the Beast is very much idealized. When we look at the Disney adaptation we see a half-timbered village, an extravagant castle and a dark forest. While the story of Beauty and the Beast is entirely fictional, we can draw from its original story written in 1756 by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont who was born in Rouen, France.
The Village
Rouen, now the historic capital of Normandy, is one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe. The Rouen Seine Valley is a diverse region in the heart of Normandy with quaint historic towns of Rouen and Elbeuf in its center. This area is home to one of the world’s most beautiful rivers, the Seine. Storybook villages wrapped in green pastures make this area one of the most picturesque in France.
I can also assume other towns like: Colmar, Alsace in the North East of France, Riquewhir, Ribeauvillé, Obernai, “petite France” in the heart of Strasbourg and similar villages in the Jura region in the East surely inspired Disney’s adapted version.
The Castle and Black Forest
The dark forest used in both the original and the Disney adaptation could very well be the Black Forest of Germany which backs up to the eastern side of France. Beast’s Castle as depicted in the Disney film is easily recognized as inspired by the Chateau de Chambord.
2. Cinderella – Poland, Germany, Spain and France