What 20 Iconic 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations Look Like In Real Life
Book your next vacation accordingly
By Harper’s Bazaar Singapore Team - published
The locations used for Game of Thrones are gorgeous on screen—and here's all the proof you need that they're gorgeous in real life, too.
This article originally appeared on Marie Claire.
In Season 4, Daenerys' dragon, Drogon, attacks a poor goat by a beautiful waterfall. The waterfall, Thorufoss, is located in Iceland and even more beautiful in real life.
The Bloody Gate has shown up several times on Game of Thrones. In real life, those scenes are filmed at Thingvellir National Park in Iceland (and the gate itself is CGI).
The distinctive rock at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea was filmed at Dyrhólaey in Iceland.
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The Mountain Shaped Like an Arrowhead has made several appearances on GoT and its real life counterpart in Kirkjufell is absolutely stunning.
Dragonstone has been one of the main locations on Game of Thrones this season. If you want to visit it in real life, head to Itzurun Beach in Zumaia, Spain.
Dorne's gorgeous Sunspear exists. It's Alcázar of Seville in Spain.
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The largest gathering of characters in Game of Thrones history took place at the King's Landing dragonpit. In real life, the scene was filmed in Itálica, Spain.
The Tower of Joy (you know, where Jon Snow was born—NBD) is really Castillo de Zafra in Spain.
The Castle Black scenes are filmed at Magheramorne Quarry in Nothern Ireland.
You can feel like Olenna Tyrell and visit the King's Landing Palace Gardens in Trsteno, Croatia.
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If you want to take a walk down King's Road, just visit Dark Hedges in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
Sibenik, Croatia is the real-life stand-in for Braavos, aka the city Arya travels to to train as a Faceless Man assassin.
If you'd like to experience the Long Bridge of Volantis, the closest you can get in real life is the Roman Bridge in Cordoba, Spain. Of course, the Volantis city on the bridge doesn't come with the IRL version.
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Pentos, one of the free cities that Dany visits during her slave-freeing tour of Essos, is played by Ouarzazate, Morocco.
While it definitely gets some CGI tweaks in the show, Doune Castle in Scotland is the site used to film the show's iconic Winterfell scenes.
Think way, way back to Season 1 and Daenerys' wedding to Khal Drogo. The violent affair was filmed at the Azure Window in Malta.
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