Some of the films we’ve seen are set in places that are impressive enough to have us make a suitcase. If you want to find a new excuse to get the explorer inside you off the road, check out our list of 10 cities. But don't forget to watch the films first!
Which aspect of a film attracts you most? For some, the screenplay, for some, the plot, and for some even the name of the director or the actors is enough to watch the film or love it from the beginning. Some films offer such beautiful views to the audience that even if you forget the name of the film, you can’t forget its images.
Tangier / Morocco (The Sheltering Sky)
Morocco is already like a fairy tale itself. When you arrive in the city of Tangier, you may get the same feeling the leading roles by John Malkovich and Debra Wingerys did when they landed at Tangier: Travellers to never get back home. Well, Tangier is such a place where you can make such radical decisions. In fact, the other locations in the film can help you draw your holiday itinerary. Don’t go back home without seeing the Sahara Desert at least!
Petra / Jordan (Indiana Jones)
Petra, one of the most mysterious and hard-to-reach ancient cities, reached its world-famous fame in Indiana Jones, starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. While you’re trying to reach the ancient city, you’ll be on a mysterious journey and find the ruins of Petra by chance, just like in the film. Here is why: Petra is like a hidden treasure in the middle of the desert, dug into the rocks, carved in stones of various colors. You have to walk a lot to get there but it’s worth every step you take…
Brussels / Belgium (In Bruges)
Do you remember those fable cities in children’s books? Start watching In Bruges if they aren’t fully revived! Even a single piece of the buildings from the Medieval Ages is almost unmoved. Brussels seems so imaginary that it makes the violence scenes in the film milder. You should visit this city in fall especially to go back in time.
New Zealand (The Lord of the Rings)
The Lord of the Rings series itself is a tourism opportunity for New Zealand. As you can understand why we didn’t put a city name in our title like we did for the others, every part of the country is used for the film. For example, Kaitoke Regional Park in Wellingtom, Nelson Lakes National Park, Mount Sunday in Christchurch, Pelennor Fields and Matamata are the places you should see if you are both a fan of the film and a nature lover. On your way back home, you’ll notice that, in the film, no specials effects for the nature were used at all!
Paris / France (Amélie)
There are dozens of other films that have inspired you to go to Paris. But both Amélie's warm story and the music take this film to the top. The Café des 2 Moulins, where Amélie works, is like a common meeting point for those who decided to go to Paris after watching the film. In fact, due to the interest of the tourists, the place is so crowded that you need to make a reservation beforehand. You'll feel like you're in the film when you're in the café on a cobblestone street.
Nairobi / Kenya (Out of Africa)
For the popular culture lovers, Nairobi is a TV series character, isn’t it? The city that inspired the screenwriters of the phenomenal TV series, La Case de Papel, is also the city where Out of Africa was shot and it became really catchy with the outstanding performance of Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. Adapted from the book the Danish author Karen Blixen mentions her memories in Africa, the film is inspired by real events. The farm the author lived when she was in Nairobi is still hosting visitors.
Oxford / England (Harry Potter)
Since we've seen seven books and eight films in the story of the greatest fantasy hero of modern times, Harry Potter is one of the prides of England. It's impossible to walk in London without seeing anything about Harry Potter. For those who want to see Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, especially the main venue of the events, we recommend the historical Christchurch College in Oxford. The school’s doors are always open for the fans.
Oregon / the USA (The Shining)
The Timerline Lodge Hotel in Oregon was home to one of the most influential film directors in the history of cinema, Stanley Kubrick. The hotel is adored by the fans just as the film is considered as one of the cult classics among horror films thanks to Jack Nicholson’s performance. The hotel based on Stephen King’s novel isn’t what the author dreams of, though. You should visit the Stanley Hotel in Colorado to see it.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Pirates of the Caribbean)
You can find dozens of reasons to go to the islands in the South North America. The archipelagos, where a new geography and a whole new culture are experienced, also hosted the places the Pirates of the Caribbean was shot. From the Bay of Wallilabou on the island of Saint Vincent, you can visit the beaches the film was shot, and you may feel like an ancient pirate in the Caribbean.
Iceland (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
This film has romanticism and imagination that we can call “Amélie for men”. Walter Mitty’s story begins in America, yet it takes its best form in Iceland. Thanks to Walter Mitty, outreaching oceans to follow a photo, we watch the magnificent nature of Iceland. At the same time, we learn how to say Eyjafjallajökull. All of the scenes of Greenland were shot in Iceland.
