Let HBO’s popular television series be the inspiration for your next trip.
Martin’s rich, complicated world to life.
Allow this handy travel guide to inspire aGame of Thronestrip of your own.
Snow covered mountain Kirkjufell, Iceland.Credit: Beerpixs/Getty Images
(Disclaimer: In case you still haven’t watched the show, beware of spoilers ahead.)
Visitors will recognize the rugged surroundings as Lordsport, the port town to which Theon returns after leaving Winterfell.
Built in the 18th century, the fort remains on UNESCO’s tentative World Heritage list.
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It’s a two-hour drive from Reykjavik and easy to reach by car.
Glaciers are much harder for tourists to reach, though.
It’s also been featured onOutlanderand “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
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Doune Castle is about an hour and 15 minutes from Edinburgh and 45 minutes from Glasgow.
This was the setting for the city of Meereen and where Daenerys locked up and trained her dragons.
The palace was built by the Roman emperor Diocletian during the fourth century and is now UNESCO listed.
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And in the opening scene, in which rangers of the Nights Watch find bodies in the snow?
Both were filmed in the truly folkloricTollymore Forest Parkin Northern Ireland.
Now, it sees many a GoT fan thanks to a local travel company specializing inGame of Thronestours.
Historic city center of Dubrovnik, Croatia.Ambika Verma/Travel + Leisure
It’s located in the southwest, near the town of Newcastle.
In real life, this would mean that the Dothraki would have technically lived next door to the Starks.
The intertwining trees create a romantic tunnel that looks straight out of a fairy tale.
A group of people outside of the Diocletian Palace in Split, Croatia.Ambika Verma/Travel + Leisure
Basque Coast, Spain
In the show, Dragonstone Beach is home to several pivotal scenes.
Grjotagja is in the north, near lake Myvatn.
It can be accessed via a rocky and adventurous walking trail from Dimmuborgir.
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Note that bathing in the spring is not safe or permitted.
There, Daenerys meets the army of the Unsullied, who become her loyal allies.
Principal photography for these scenes was shot in the Moroccan port city of Essaouira.
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The site is now exclusively a tourist attraction, and excursions are offered from Marrakesh.
This oasis exists in real life inSeville, Spain.
The Royal Alcazar was built in the 14th century for Peter of Castile.
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It’s now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and bustling tourist attraction in the Andalusian capital.
In real life, the building houses the Museo Taurino, a bullfighting museum.
Its 16 arches, based on 16 ancient Roman foundations, stretch majestically across the Guadalquivir River.
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Aerial view of Lokrum Island just off the coast of Croatia.istankov/Getty Images
Blue buildings along the coast of Essaouira, Morocco.StreetFlash/Getty Images
Aerial view of a kasbah in Aït-Ben-Haddou, Morocco.Jialiang Gao/Getty Images
Historic buildings in the city center of Sibenik, Croatia.Henryk T. Kaiser/Getty Images
Manicured gardens at the Royal Alcázar of Seville.Wolfgang Kaehler/Getty Images
Roman bridge leading into Cordoba, Spain.Rory Fuller/Travel + Leisure
Ticket and lobby of Game of Thrones Studio Tour.Elizabeth Rhodes/Travel + Leisure
