These Thatched Roof Villages Are Among the Most Beautiful in the World

By Elizabeth Stamp

The ancient technique using reeds, straw, and dried plants have created some of the most picturesque rural retreats from Chile to Japan If you think of a storybook village, there’s a good chance that vision includes cozy, thatched-roof cottages. Located on the southern shore of the German island of Föhr, Nieblum is a charming village home to historic thatched-roofed captain’s cottages. (Photo by: Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Nagan Folk Village in Suncheon, South Korea.