![]() inspiration for the Red Wedding.Īt that point, from the window of the bus, riding along the coast, you can see Scotland! Carnlough Harbour : where Arya plunges in the water – BRAAVOS (season 6) We also saw Glenarm Castle, built by Randl MacDonnell, from the Irish branch (the MacDonnells of the Glens) of the (Scottish) McDonald family to whom happened a tragic incident that has been…. In 2010, it had snowed so much in the area they didn’t even need to use CGI! When filming there, the cast stayed at Ballygally castle – supposedly haunted! Next was Cairncastle, the Gateway to the Glens, the area were Ned Stark beheaded a deserted of the Night’s Watch at the very beginning of the first season. It was pretty cool anyway, especially because it was the first GoT filming location spotted on the tour and everybody started to get really excited! But your imagination will be needed anyway, as there isn’t a lot to see. At the moment you can’t even slow down and much less stop, otherwise you might get a pricey fine. We didn’t stop but you can visit the well preserved Carrickfergus Castle (now a great museum) and enjoy a nice view of the sea from there.įrom there, we drove along Magheramorne Quarry, which is used as part of the Wall at Castle Black. Honestly, who doesn’t like a nice coastal drive?Īfter some time driving out of Belfast, we passed by Carrickfergus Castle, which goes along a tragic love story we won’t spoil you guys!Ĭarrickfergus Castle facts: the castle is more than 800 years old (it was built by the Normans in 1177), and after being one of the first settlements on Northern Ireland, it has been used by William the Conqueror as a base. Your guide will feed you with info about filming Game of Thrones, and the rest of the time you can just admire the beauty of Northern Ireland. ![]() Know that the scenery is really amazing, and that you won’t have to bring a book or anything to pass the time. What we really enjoyed is that our guide – between anecdotes on the filming of Game of Thrones as she had been an extra for a few years – described everything we had to know about what we were seeing from the windows of the bus. Driving along the coast for our tour of Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland First good surprise, we wouldn’t be in a huge coach for our Belfast Game of Thrones tour! That was great because it meant we could go to places where other bigger coaches couldn’t go to! On the road, our guide started to explain what would happen, asked who wanted to cross the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge (you have to pay an addition 6£/person if you do, which is cheaper than the 7£ you would pay if you went without the tour) and gave us the menu from the pub we would stop at so we could order in advance for everything to be ready on arrival (you don’t have to eat there if you don’t want to, you can bring your own food or get a sandwich at the first stop, but you won’t have more opportunities until Giant’s Causeway and you will be starving by then!). So at 8:45am we were in front of the VisitBelfast office, in the city center, waiting for our guide to arrive. Let us give you a spoiler of our own review right here: none of that was a problem and we’ve seen more than expected! The only location that was advertised that we didn’t reach was Dunluce Castle, but we’ll get back to that at the end of the review. The only reserves we had about going was that first, we had to wake up early as the tour starts at 9 am (with Simone’s work, we are NOT morning people), secondly we thought it might be pretty exhausting, and third we’d heard that some places are packed with tourists and you barely have the time to see locations because you have to hurry back up on the bus. We were both pretty excited to go on the tour, because we both knew we would see amazing places in Northern Ireland, and spend a good day before leaving what had been our home for five months. Going on our tour of the Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland There are a few tours you can take, but we strongly recommend BritMovieTours, who hosted us for this review, because it was such a great experience and we saw so much more than we were expecting! Missing the filming locations here around Belfast was not an option, especially as the tours generally include two of the most iconic places in Northern Ireland: Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, and the Giant’s Causeway. One of the things we had promised each other to do before leaving Belfast was one of the tours of Game of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland. Where is Game of Thrones filmed in Northern Ireland? Get on the tour!
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