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The Selfish Game of Thrones Update

22 Monday Jun 2015

Posted by mrsselfish in Croatia, Dubrovnik, Europe, Game of Thrones, Northern Ireland, Split

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Season 5 of Game of Thrones was quite epic. Not only did a whole bunch of characters die (spoilers!), but Mr. Selfish and I were able to see the sights that we stumbled upon during our own GoT tour come alive as Dorne and Braavos.

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Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

07 Wednesday Jan 2015

Posted by mrsselfish in Croatia, Europe

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This is the final post of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour.  Check out the other posts here:

  • The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
  • Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
  • Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
  • Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
  • Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
  • Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
  • Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

Mr. Selfish and I saved Dubrovnik for our last stop in our Game of Thrones tour. Dubrovnik is the current filming location for King’s Landing and formerly provided the sets for Qarth and the House of the Undying. We knew that it would be the pinnacle of our GoT tour, and we weren’t disappointed.

Looking for Tyrion in King’s Landing

Even though Malta was the filming location for King’s Landing in season 1 of GoT, Dubrovnik has been King’s Landing since seasons 2 forward.

Dubrovnik 01Dubrovnik 02

Although there’s a lot of CG going on in the two above stills, you can still see Dubrovnik all over it. It’s such a beautiful walled city.

Dubrovnik 03Dubrovnik 04

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Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters

05 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by mrsselfish in Croatia, Europe

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Braavos, Croatia, Croatia Game of Thrones Tour, Diocletian's Palace, Dorne, Game of Thrones Tour, GoT Tour, Hotel Zagreb, Kastel Gomilica, Meereen, Muzej Grada Splita, Selfish Year, Selfish Years

This is the fifth of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour.  Check out the other posts here:

  • The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
  • Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
  • Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
  • Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
  • Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
  • Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
  • Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

After eight days in Ireland and N. Ireland, Mr. Selfish and I finally made it to Croatia. We met up with Cousin Selfish, who is coincidentally also a Game of Thrones nerd, in Zadar, Croatia.

We stayed a couple of nights in Zadar and visited Plitvice Lakes National Park before heading to Split, Croatia. There wasn’t too much GoT action until we left for Split though, but that’s when things got real.

Kastel Gomilica: A Clandestine Visit to Braavos

On our way to Split, we stopped by Kastel Gomilica since I had read online that they were preparing a filming location for Braavos there. We parked the car near the beach and started walking. We didn’t know where the set was but we could see a picturesque building from afar so we started walking in that direction.

Update: After having watched Season 5 Episode 2, this is indeed where Arya Stark lands in Braavos.

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Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins

02 Friday Jan 2015

Posted by mrsselfish in Europe

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Castle Ward, Game of Thrones Northern Ireland, Game of Thrones Tour, GoT Tour, Haunted Forest, Selfish Year, Selfish Years, The Twins, Tollymore Forest Park, Winterfell

This is the second of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour. Check out the other posts here:

  • The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
  • Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
  • Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
  • Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
  • Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
  • Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
  • Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

After spending two nights in Dublin, Mr. Selfish and I embarked on our Game of Thrones tour proper. On our drive to Belfast, we had three filming locations on our list – the Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins.

Tollymore Forest Park is the Haunted Forest

First on our list was Tollymore Forest Park, otherwise known as the Haunted Forest in GoT. The most notable scene in the Haunted Forest/Tollymore is in the first episode of season 1, in which the Stark family discovers the dead dire wolf and her pups.

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Tollymore is a beautiful park with a very large area for exploration. We had to pay admission for our car, which was only 4.5 pounds. As soon as we arrived, we knew we were in the right place to start our GoT tour.

Tollymore and Castle Ward 02

Yes, that’s a Game of Thrones tour bus with a tour guide all dressed up.

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The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour

01 Thursday Jan 2015

Posted by mrsselfish in Croatia, Europe, Game of Thrones, Ireland, Northern Ireland

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This is the first of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour. Check out the other posts here:

  • The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
  • Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
  • Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
  • Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
  • Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
  • Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
  • Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

As we were still recovering from the triple jet lag we suffered as a result of our trip to Greece and Taiwan, Mr. Selfish asked me where I wanted to go next. After a brief moment of consideration, I said that we should do a Game of Thrones tour. I had recently become obsessed with the television series and had started reading the books. So just like that, it was settled.

The next step was to figure out where Game of Thrones was filmed. Some quick Googling revealed that GoT has been primarily filmed in Northern Ireland, Malta, Croatia, Morocco, and Iceland.

N. IrelandMaltaDubrovnikMoroccoIceland

The only place that we had previously visited was Morocco, so I decided to skip that location. It seems like you need to visit Iceland during the winter to get the GoT experience, and we were planning our trip in August, so Iceland was out too. That left N. Ireland, Malta, and Croatia.

Mr. Selfish looked at our points and decided that the best routing for us would be to N. Ireland and Croatia.

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