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hey guys it's Julia from Planned
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Wanderings Today I'm going to talk about
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10 real life towns like Stars Hollow
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First up is Unionville Ontario This
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small town near Toronto was used as a
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filming location for the pilot episode
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of Gilmer Girls You can recognize the
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main street from the opening sequence
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This medical spa was the original Luke's
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Diner The town is also a fun visit
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because of the many shops and
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restaurants and the beautiful gazebo
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Second on my list is also an actual
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filming location of Stars Hollow South
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Royaltton Vermont is the small town seen
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during the opening credits of every
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episode They have a coffee shop local
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diner and restaurants a marketplace and
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even a bookstore Though to be honest all
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the books are law textbooks for the
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Vermont Law School The best thing to do
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in South Royalty is enjoy a cup of
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coffee in the picture perfect town green
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New Milford Connecticut is one of four
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main Connecticut towns thought to have
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inspired Stars Hollow They have a gazebo
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in the town green plus lots of shops and
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restaurants The town is surrounded by
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busy streets and chain stores but it is
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super photogenic and a fun place to
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visit Just outside of Hartford
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Connecticut is Old Weathersfield a
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perfect Stars Hollow neighborhood Their
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main street is lined with shops
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restaurants a dance studio cozy ins and
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historical buildings They also have a
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town green the next block over It's not
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far from the city but has a perfect cozy
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small town vibe going for
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it Guilford Connecticut is one of the
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small towns in Connecticut that is most
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similar to Stars Hollow Its shops
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restaurants and churches surround the
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busy town green the heart of Guilford
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While there's no gazebo there is a
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bookstore marketplace and the cutest
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hardware store you ever did
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see Washington Depot is the official
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inspiration for Stars Hollow It's home
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to the Mayflower Inn where the show's
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creator was staying when she developed
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the idea Washington is small and doesn't
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quite feel like Stars Hollow but they do
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have some places worth visiting There is
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a local market and shops cafes and the
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Hickory Stick Bookshop There's also a
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town green but it is up the street from
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the town center which feels kind of
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awkward Just outside of town is the
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Henry David Theorough foot bridge which
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is the perfect place to escape and read
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Another of the four towns believed to
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have helped inspired Stars Hollow is
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Kent Connecticut It's a fun Connecticut
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town to visit with a bookshop an ice
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cream parlor and other fun shops and
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restaurants The architecture looks a lot
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like Stars Hollow and they have a gazebo
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too But everything is spread out along
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Main Street instead of being centered
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around a square so that makes it feel a
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magical Back to Ontario Canada not far
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from Unionville is Niagara on the Lake
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It's known as the prettiest town in
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Canada It's a popular tourist
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destination as opposed to a sleepy town
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but it looks so much like Stars Hollow
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They used to have a Taylor's Ice Cream
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but unfortunately that didn't survive
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2020 They do however have plenty of
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other ice cream shops and an
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old-fashioned candy shop with two P's
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plus a local bookstore a market and a
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gazebo It's just that the gazebo is on
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the lake and not in the main downtown Be
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sure to take a carriage ride through
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town to see all the beautiful
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buildings The last of the four main
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Connecticut towns is Lichfield
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Connecticut The others being New Milford
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Washington and Kent all close together
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Lichfield doesn't exactly have the Stars
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Hollow vibe but it's a cute colonial
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town to visit It's even mentioned on the
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show There are lots of shops and
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restaurants facing the town green and a
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funky local history museum too It's a
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cute town to visit if you're looking for
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colonial Connecticut vibes My last town
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like Stars Hollow is Essex Connecticut
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Essex is the least like Stars Hollow but
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I included it because I read it was also
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used as a filming location for the pilot
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episode Plus 10 is a nicer round number
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than nine It is a fun town to visit with
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lots of shops and restaurants and
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historical significance It's even been a
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filming location for Christmas movies I
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can't find any recognizable locations
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from the first episode but it is one of
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the most popular towns to visit in
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Connecticut so it's worth stopping by
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Plus they have chocolate truffle shots
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Those are my top 10 towns most like
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Stars Hollow Visit my blog at
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plannedwerings.com for more information
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on all of these places and more
