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Written by the people who plan and lead our tours: tour leaders who live in the cities they lead, the designers who scout every route first and the founder who spent eleven years finding locations for productions. What you can see, what is private, and when to go.

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Game of Thrones in Dubrovnik: real, CGI and when to go

Which parts of King's Landing you can walk, which were painted in on a computer, and how to beat the cruise crowds, the heat and the walls ticket line, from a tour leader born in the Old Town.

Ivana Kovač ·  · 5 min read

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Game of Thrones in Northern Ireland: a local's guide

The locations, the Studio Tour in Banbridge and the weather, from a tour leader who lives in County Down and has watched Westeros turn back into farmland, forest and beach.

Niamh Magennis ·  · 4 min read

Locations

Harry Potter in Britain: real locations and soundstages

Platform 9 3/4, the Leaky Cauldron door, the Oxford staircase and the Glenfinnan Viaduct: a London tour leader on what you can really visit, what was built at Leavesden, and how to plan it.

Oliver Pryce ·  · 5 min read

Locations

Planning a Lord of the Rings trip in New Zealand

Hobbiton, Mount Doom, Rivendell and Isengard: a tour leader who lives in Wellington on which locations are worth the drive, what is left of the sets, and when to come.

Kiri Walsh ·  · 5 min read

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Filming location etiquette: how to be a welcome visitor

Private homes, small businesses, residents, photos, live shoots and tipping. Our founder spent eleven years asking neighbors for permission to film. Here is what she learned about the other side.

Marisol Vega ·  · 5 min read

Planning

Hollywood studio tours compared: which lot to pick

Four public studio tours in Los Angeles, four very different mornings. What each one is like, how long it takes and how to choose, from a tour leader who has done them all many times.

Lena Kowalski ·  · 4 min read

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