Grjótagjá is a small lava cave near Lake Mývatn in north-east Iceland and while outside is snow and ice, the water in the spring can get up to 50☌ (which might explain why Jon and Ygritte were so hot…). Though we won’t be seeing this lovely spring cave anymore in the realm of GoT, it’s definitely worth visiting in the real world.
If you want to see the studios, you can combine them with Aït-Ben-Haddou on a day trip from Marrakech.įlights to Morocco Iceland Grjótagjá (Jon and Ygritte’s love nest or ‘Jon and Ygritte’s love nest’) Apart from Game of Thrones, many films such as Babel, Gladiator and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra were filmed here. The Atlas Studios, located in the Moroccan desert just outside of the city of Ouarzazate, are the world’s largest film studios and a major tourist attraction, as many of the film sets are still intact. In the 1960s it was a hippie hangout graced by rock stars such as Cat Stevens and Jimi Hendrix and today it pulls in the surfing crowds, as well as being a great place to pick up some fresh seafood. Unlike Astapor, real-life Essaouira is known for a more relaxed atmosphere. One of the city’s landmarks is its red fortified wall which makes the fictional Astapor so memorable on screen. While the Game of Thrones city of Astapor lies south of Yunkai, Essaouira is to the west of Aït-Ben-Haddou, and around 100km west of Marrakech, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. In the fictional world of Essos, Aït-Ben-Haddou becomes Yunkai, the smallest of the three cities in Slaver’s Bay, and Pentos, the biggest of the Free Cities. Sitting majestically on a hill overlooking a desert, its ancient appearance attracts both tourists and filmmakers since the 1960s, it has played a role in many Hollywood films and TV series, such as Lawrence of Arabia, Jesus of Nazareth, The Mummy, Gladiator, Alexander, Babel and Prince of Persia to name just a few.
Flights to Malaga Morocco Aït-Ben-Haddou (Yunkai and Pentos)įollow Daenerys Targaryen’s tracks at Aït-Ben-Haddou, to a ksar (fortified city) around 100km southeast of Marrakech.
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