Westeros where the most of the action happens in Game of Thrones has marks from the Middle Ages. It is an amazing success for the imagination of the reader to decide a fantasy world. The producers of the TV show selected amazing places to inspire the reality of the actions and to reflect the foreign atmosphere described in the book.
Iceland
Iceland which is one of the most popular travel destinations around the world experienced a visitor boom when Game of Thrones was aired. Visitors will feel like they are having a short Westeros tour when the leave Iceland’s capital Reykjavik and walk through the black sands and icy planes where the famous “Wall” is digitally built ever season. Amazing Thorufoss witness how dragons were taken and Grjótagjá Cave witness the famous “intimate” moments between Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) and Ygritte (Rose Leslie). Iceland is a dream destination for diehard fans with various shooting locations across the country.
Northern Ireland
The amazing sets of Game of Thrones are the exact studios in Belfast. Some of the well-known interiors such as Winterfell and Black Castle in the show are inside the giant buildings in the city but the exteriors are all around the country. TV phenomenon show and producer channel TV accounted a plan to gather the sets together and turn it into a touristic attraction center in 2020. Additionally, you can discover the places revealing the amazing beauties of Northern Ireland from here.
Scotland
Doune Castle in Scotland is the original space selected for Winterfell house of the Stark family. At the same time, an unaired pilot section that has various actors who are unable to be in the first aired section was filmed in this famous Scottish castle. But due to logistic challenges and lack of studio area, the set was moved to Northern Ireland in a short time. The competitor Outlander used a significant number of Scottish locations but they decided to go back to Skye Islands northwest of Scotland.
Spain
Game of Thrones is actually the name of the first book in A Song of Fire and Ice collection. We have mentioned some of the cold regions above. Now, let’s check the crimson desserts with hot weather. The south of Spain for example, has various shooting locations for the next seasons. Meereen which is in Seville and a real bull fight ring is used as the fight pit. Córdoba, Girona and Cáceres are some of the other places in the TV show.
Morocco
Atlas Studios in Morocco which is the largest studio dedicated to global movies and TV shows is located at the south of Ourzazate. Movies such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Living Daylights (1987), The Mummy (1999) and Gladiator (2000) were shot in Morocco with Atlas Mountains on one side and miles of dessert on the other all before Game of Thrones was even created. In Game of Thrones, we remember this place when Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) sets the dragons and their flame fury free for the first time. Essaouira and Aït Benhaddou towns are in the TV show as a part of Khalessi Daenerys’s journey on the south of Westeros to expand her army.
Malta
Malta played a huge role for the first Throne Games TV show but we haven’t seen it too much since the first episodes. However, Malta’s amazing views must have been remembered by the fans that GOT-themed tours are still organized on the main island and Gozo island on the north. Mdina city was the first place for Lannister castle in King’s Landing. Unfortunately, tourists can no longer see the famous Azure Window that was the background of Daenerys and Drogo’s (Jason Momoa) wedding as this amazing rock fall down into the sea in 2017.
Croatia
King’s Landing started to play a larger role in Game of Thrones after Season 2. Producers found a permanent home in Dubrovnik on Adriatic Coastline. Since the city walls from the Middle Age matched the descriptions in the original text, the walls attracted producers. “Walk of shame” which is one of the most famous scenes of the TV history was filmed on top of the Spanish stairs in the Old City. The green land of Lokrum which is an island close to the old Dubrovnik harbor with a boat trip was used in the shootings.
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