TOP 10 Most Beautiful Villages in The World, How Many Have You Been to?

Popeye Village (Malta)

Sweethaven Village, also known as Popeye Village, is located at the northwest end of the main island of Malta in the central Mediterranean. It is an ideal place for family vacations and one of the most famous tourist attractions in Malta. This unique village is hidden in a bay with a mountain behind it. A short road connects it from Mellieha Bay, becoming the only access to the outside world.

Popeye Village is built according to the scenes in Popeye, the children's favorite cartoon. The blue sea and the colorful houses make the whole village very cute. Dozens of wooden houses that look shaky, each house is painted in bright colors, giving people the feeling of falling into a kaleidoscope.

Bourtange Castle (Groningen Province, Netherlands)

Bourtange in the Netherlands is a small village in the eastern part of Groningen Province, the Netherlands, with a population of only 430 people. It is famous for its five-pointed star layout and is one of the most beautiful spots in the world.

Bourtange, the star city of the Netherlands, is one of the six "star fortresses" in the world. Star-shaped cities sound a bit unbelievable, and most of them can only be seen from a high altitude. This kind of city with an explosion cloud structure was not very popular with the public, but in the early 16th century, this kind of circular fortification played a very important role in wars and was called a defensive fortification.

Gásadalur Village (Faroe Islands)

An isolated island village, the Faroe Islands are located in the North Atlantic Ocean between Iceland, Scotland, and Norway. It was once selected as the top of the 50 most beautiful islands in the world by National Geographic magazine.

For hundreds of years, Gasadalur Village near the waterfall was the last village in the Faroe Islands to be connected by road. Located on a cliff on the North Atlantic Ocean, the stream in the village falls directly into the Atlantic Ocean, creating an unforgettable waterfall wonder.

Hallstatt (Austria)

Hallstatt is a village in the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria, Austria. It is located on the shore of Lake Hallstatt, 511 meters above sea level. It is named after the salt mine near the village. Historically, this area has become rich because of salt. Therefore, it is also called "the most beautiful town in the world" or "the oldest salt capital in the world".

Since Hallstatt was listed as a United Nations World Heritage Site in 1997, tourists have flocked from all over the world. Although the town has become much more lively, fortunately, the tourists who come and go have not affected the town's own indifferent and elegant temperament. For a tourist city, it is not easy to achieve a balance. Hallstatt is the survivor who is reluctant to be disturbed.

Longsheng Village (Guangxi, China)

Longsheng Terraces are located in Ping'an Village in Heping Township in the southeast of Longsheng County, Guangxi. The Longsheng Terraces are large in scale. All the terraces are distributed between 300 and 1,100 meters above sea level, with a maximum slope of 50 degrees. They are layered from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, layered and staggered. Its lines are smooth and its scale is magnificent. It is an important part of Guilin tourism.

The Longji Terraces are known as “the best in the world”, and the terraced scenic area is known as “the home of poetry”, and the rich terraced culture it contains is monopolistic in the world.

Hobbiton Village (New Zealand)

Mata Mata is a small town in Waikato, New Zealand, which makes a living from agriculture. It is very close to the big city of Hamilton and provides a filming location that is both secret and meets the requirements of the filming of the movie "The Lord of the Rings". The farmland used for filming is privately owned, and there is a small lake in the middle of the farm where a small mill can be placed.

Doors of different colors, windows of different shapes, and small gardens of different shapes are so cute! The village also grows a variety of vegetables and fruits, so the props and food in the movie are real! The back garden of the pub is where the Hobbits sing and dance in the movie, and in real life, it can also be rented for celebrations and weddings.

Dean Forest, Isles of Scilly (Southwest England)

The southwest of England extends from the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.

The South West is a land of contrasts. Wiltshire is where the South West begins, less than an hour from London. Gloucestershire has the Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds. Dorset is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty bordering the Jurassic Coastline. Bristol and Bath are steeped in history and culture. Somerset has heather-covered Exmoor and the cascading moors of Sedgemoor. Devon has two coastlines and wide open spaces. Cornwall is bounded by the sea, with deep Celtic traditions and the picturesque Isles of Scilly. Each county has its own character.

Cinque Terre (Italy)

Cinque Terre is located in the coastal area of La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy. It is a collective name for five villages on the cliffs: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore.

Village in Iran

Most of Iran's territory is on the Iranian Plateau. It is a plateau country with an altitude of 900-1500 meters. From the picture, these unique cave-dwelling villages are not much similar to the cave dwellings on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, China, but they are obviously more diverse and creative.

Village in Mali

A village on the banks of the Niger River in Mali. Located on three small islands at the confluence of the Niger River and its tributary, the Banier River, it is known as the "fishing capital" deep in the Sahara. When people mention the Sahara Desert, they will think of endless yellow sand and dunes. But many people don’t know that deep in the Sahara there is a fishing city called "Venice" - Mopti.