From Iceland to Morocco, here are 'Game of Thrones' destinations that are popular with tourists whether or not they've ever watched the hit show.
Eight years and seven seasons since HBO's"Game of Thrones" premiered, the wildly popular series is drawing to a close. Episode one of its final season premieres on Sunday night in the U.S., and could draw 19 million viewers, Entertainment Weekly predicted. The hashtag #GameofThronesSeason8 was also trending on Twitter as early as two hours before the debut.
From Iceland to Morocco, here are five"Game of Thrones" destinations that are popular with tourists — whether or not they've ever watched the hit show.Dubrovnik's Old Town has been a mainstay of the"Game of Thrones" as King's Landing, the capital of Westeros' Seven Kingdoms in the show. Unfortunately, hordes of fans descending on Croatia have threatened Dubrovnik's Unesco World Heritage status. In response, the government announced in 2017 that it plans to limit the number of tourists from cruise ships to 4,000 at any one time.The castle in"Game of Thrones" may have been computer-generated, but the steps weren't — and that has been enough to attract throngs of tourists to a small island in northern Spain.
Located in Northern Ireland, the road is lined with the twisted branches of beech trees that were planted hundreds of years ago. Since October 2017, cars have been banned from using parts of the street in response to heavy traffic in the area.
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