Movies are the art of dreaming, and epic masterpieces weave world-class beauty into fantasy narratives. When we indulge in the magnificent plot, those beautiful places that serve as the stage of the story themselves become legends.
This article selects nearly 100 classic locations in the three series of Game of Thrones, The Hobbit and The Chronicles of Narnia, and takes you from the screen into reality and visits those breathtaking scenery in person.
If you had the opportunity to plan a life journey, where would you set the story? Do you want to walk through the sunny beach, cross the deep valley, or dive into the blue deep sea and climb the towering snow-capped mountains?
The magnificence of this world goes far beyond the boundaries of the lens. When you really set foot on that land, you will find that all languages look pale. Perhaps, you will also write your own chapter here.
Game of Thrones
When everything goes away with the wind, you will understand the value of life
The epic ends, and the legend lasts forever. In the past ten years, Game of Thrones has been filmed across Croatia, Iceland, Spain and other countries, turning the beautiful place in reality into the territory of Westeros.
Croatia
Dubrovnik, the “Pearl of the Adriatic Sea”, became the embodiment of King’s Landing. Ancient city walls, winding stone streets and blue bays jointly interpret power and conspiracy.
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, Croatia (King’s Landing)
Ascend the city wall, overlooking the red-tiled roofs and the blue ocean, as if you were in the market where Cersei paraded, or the port where Littlefinger secretly talked.
Lokrum Island
A quiet island just a few hundred meters from the coast is the prototype of Qarth City. The Dragon Mother once sought the fleet here, and you can find a trace of mystery left by the dragon breath in the monastery ruins and peacock gardens.
Iceland
Iceland, the land of eternal winter in Westeros. The glaciers, volcanoes and auroras here constitute the vastness and mystery north of the Great Wall.
Vatna Glacier National Park
The shooting location of the Great Wall of Desperation and the ancestors’ boxing peak. Walking on the Swina Mountain Glacier, the ice and snow are silent, but it seems that you can hear the oath of the night watchman echoing in the wind.
In the Jiegu Salon Ice River Lake, the thousand-year-old ice floes slowly drifted, reflecting a dim blue light, just like the coldness in the eyes of a strange ghost.
Spain
Starting from the fifth season, sunny Spain appeared, injecting the passion and color of southern Europe into the series.
The flowing water garden of Seville Palace is the luxurious residence of the Dorne Martell family; Almodóvar Castle in Cordoba became the high garden of the Tyrell family.
The Hobbit
The Hobbit
It is often not powerful magic that defeats darkness
But the warmth and courage in ordinary life
New Zealand is the only shooting location of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in the world. This piece of Middle Earth still retains the tranquility of the Shire and the majesty of the lonely mountain.
Walk into the Hobbiton of Matamata, round doorways and carefully tended gardens, where Bilbo’s adventure begins.
Mount Cook and Lake Pukaki on the South Island have shaped the coldness of Changhu Town and the distance of Lonely Mountain. The milk blue lake formed by the melting water of glaciers reflects the snow-capped mountains, which is quiet and magnificent.
Paradise Valley, near Queenstown, is where the House of Bion is in the movie. Mountains, forests and rivers constitute the most primitive landscape of Middle-earth.
Arcadia Station, Paradise, Queenstown
Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia
True darkness is hard to beat
But the hardest thing is to overcome the desire of the heart
From Church Bay in New Zealand to the Dart River, movies turn real-life scenic spots into the magic kingdom of Narnia.
Church Bay
Cathedral Cove
The natural stone arch carved by the waves is like a church dome. It was here that the Pevensie brothers and sisters first stepped into the world of Narnia.
Flock Hill
Flock Hill
The rugged rocky area of the Southern Alps became the battlefield of Narnia’s final decisive battle. The rugged landscape still exudes an epic desolation.
The story on the screen has ended, but the scenery is always there.
The real world is far more magnificent than imagination.
If one day, you want to step outside the boundaries of everyday,
You might as well go to these corners beyond reality,
To create your own, unique legend.
