Game of Thrones Spain
Game of Thrones filming location in Spain.
Spain Game of Thrones Tours
HBO’s famous television series Game of Thrones is filming all over the world. So far places like Croatia, Iceland, Northern Ireland and Malta have stood in for parts of Westeros and beyond. In the fifth season, the Game of Thrones show added Spain to its list of filming locations.
Spain was added as a major filming location for Dorne, the hottest and southernmost of the seven kingdoms of Westeros. The fact that much of Dorne’s history in the novels “A Song of Ice and Fire” is inspired by medieval Spain makes this the perfect filming location for the show. In the Andalusian city of Seville, the royal palace of Alcázar de Sevilla served as the Water Gardens Palace in Dorne, the private residence of House Martell, to where Jaime and Bronn came when trying to rescue Cersei’s daugther Myrcella. About an hour east of Seville is the small historic town of Osuna. The Plaza de Toros in Osuna (a bullring with sandstone walls, over a century old) doubling as the fighting pits of Meereen where Daenerys escapes on the back of her dragon Drogon.
The Catalonian city of Girona used as Braavos, King's Landing and also Oldtown and therefore has become one of Spain’s most popular destinations in season six of Game of Thrones. It seems that the HBO production team were fascinated with this medieval city filled with gorgeous architecture, attractive plazas, cathedrals, churches and a hebrew neighborhood with its incredible winding alleyways, which served as the streets of the free city of Braavos. The steps of the Girona Cathedral doubled-up as the exteriors for the Great Sept of Baelor in King's Landing while the Monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants was used as the citadel in Oldtown, where Sam arrives with Gilly to train as a Maester.
Take a look at some of the most stunning filming locations in Spain and get ready to come to Spain and watch Game of Thrones in real life.
