In Season 7, Daenerys made her long-awaited return via the Dragonstone Footbridge. To explore the setting for Casterly Rock, the Lannisters' ancestral home, head to Cáceres and Castillo de Trujillo, a Moorish fortification known for its eight archways. End your day of exploration at Seville's Hotel Casa del Poeta.Ībout 90 miles away in Córdoba, Castillo de Almodovar del Rio served as House Tyrell's home Highgarden in Season 7. Plaza de toros de Osuna served as the bloody site of Daznak's pit in Meereen in the HBO series, and is still home to bullfights today. In reality, it was the Royal Alcázar of Seville, a structure dating back to 913 A.D., when the Moors controlled the region. In Season 5, viewers were introduced to the Royal Palace of Dorne and its beautiful water gardens. Girona Cathedral in the old town of Girona Kaveh Kazemi/ Getty Images For all the other sites, book your trip to Belfast. Hopper tip: To see Doune Castle, fly into Edinburgh. It's near the natural wonder known as Giant's Causeway, an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. In reality, the Dothraki grasslands Daenerys traveled through in Season 5 are actually located in Binevenagh, just 40 minutes from Ballymoney.įor a taste of Irish hospitality, book a room at the Bushmills Inn, which dates back to the 1600s. In the world of Game of Thrones, the Narrow Sea divides Westeros and Essos. HBO's version of the Stormlands, where Renly Baratheon set up camp along the cliffs during the War of the Five Kings. From there, it's a half-hour drive along the Causeway Coast to Larrybane Quarry, a.k.a. Follow the journey of characters like Arya and the Hound along the Kingsroad at the Dark Hedges, an eerie tunnel of trees near the town of Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The road between Winterfell and King's Landing is a long and highly distinctive one. The Slieve Donard Resort and Spa in Newcastle affords easy access to both locations, and will make you feel a bit like royalty yourself.
Just an hour away is Inch Abbey, a monastery used as the setting for the Northern lords to declare Robb Stark King of the North at the end of Season 1. In reality, it was Tollymore Forest Park near Newcastle, a seaside resort at the foot of the Mourne Mountains. In Northern Ireland, County Down is the home of two notable Game of Thrones landmarks: In the premiere episode, Ned Stark finds the five direwolf pups in the forests near Winterfell. (The castle was also used extensively in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and appears in the first season of Outlander.) A day trip from Edinburgh is an easy option, but if you want to stay local, book a night at a local bed and breakfast like the Glenardoch House. Want to visit the Starks ancestral home? Head to Doune Castle, about an hour outside Edinburgh. Northern Ireland and Scotland are home to many of the greatest moments at Winterfell.
United Kingdomĭoune Castle in Scotland Douglas Keister/Corbis via Getty Images Prices are down from last year, but are expected to rise since the collapse of WOW Airlines. Make the Icelandair Hotel in Vik your home base, and either book a tour with Arctic Adventure or head out on your own. Finish your day with a visit to Dimmuborgir, a frozen lava field that served as Mance Rayder's wildling camp in Season 3. The waters are eerily blue, though the temperatures in this geothermal hot spring are a little too high for a dip. With Arctic Adventures, you can explore the glacier where the Night's Watch capture Ygritte in Season 2 and where Jon Snow and his band of wight hunters got ambushed by the army of the dead in Season 7.Ī few hours' drive away is Lake Myvatn, home of Grjotagja Cave, better known Jon and Ygritte's steamy love nest. Many scenes were filmed at Svinafellsjokull Glacier in Skaftagell National Park, which is sufficiently awe-inspiring and intimidating. Iceland's breathtaking glaciers, caves and frozen lava fields made it an ideal stand in for the regions beyond the Wall. Svinafellsjokull Glacier in Skaftafell National Park Tim Graham/Getty Images
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