20 Real-World Places that Have Inspired Disney Movies

By Matt Hershberger

Disney is famous for creating fantastic, otherworldly, fairy-tale settings for its movies. But the artists who create these other worlds draw heavily on real-world locations for their designs. Whether it’s in the mountains of Germany or France, in the plains of sub-Saharan Africa, or in the swamps of Louisiana, the world is covered in places that have been adapted into Disney settings.

So if you’re a traveler — and a Disney fan — and you’re looking for a fairy-tale place to go on your next vacation, try visiting some of these real-world locations that you can also find in Disney movies.

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