An 8-night Game of Thrones filming locations tour across Ireland and Iceland, from Winterfell and the King’s Road to the glaciers beyond the Wall.
8 days
|From $8,500 pp
An 8-night Game of Thrones filming locations tour across Ireland and Iceland, from Winterfell and the King’s Road to the glaciers beyond the Wall.
Game of Thrones used over 25 countries as a canvas across eight seasons, but it kept returning to two. Ireland gave it the castles, the coastline, the caves and the ancient roads that became Westeros south of the Wall. Iceland gave it the glaciers, the lava fields and the volcanic wilderness that became the frozen world beyond it. Together they form the most complete Game of Thrones journey, and this eight-night itinerary covers both.
The trip begins in Belfast, the production base for much of the show’s Northern Irish filming, and works its way through County Antrim and the Causeway Coast, where cliff-top castles, sea caves and ancient harbor towns provided the backdrop for some of the show’s most recognizable scenes.
From there the route continues west into County Donegal, where the coastline shifts from green to something more exposed and wind-worn, and where the cliffs and headlands stood in for the Sea of Dorne.
A short flight from Dublin then takes you north to Reykjavik and out onto the glaciers, lava fields and volcanic terrain of southern Iceland, which gave the show its most otherworldly imagery and stood in consistently for the frozen wilderness beyond the Wall.
The itinerary begins in Belfast, the production base for much of the show’s Northern Irish filming and home to the Titanic Studios where the interior sets were built.
From the city, the route heads out to Strangford Lough, which served as the grounds of Winterfell throughout the series. A cycling tour takes you through the landscape, and a private archery session with an expert guide gives a sense of how the Stark children spent their days.
The following morning follows the County Antrim coastal road north, with the jagged cliffs and the Irish Sea on one side and the hills of Antrim on the other. Murlough Bay and Fair Head mark where Ser Davos was shipwrecked after the Battle of the Blackwater.
Ballintoy Harbour, transformed into Lordsport Harbour on Pyke, is the setting for a horse ride and a short sail along the coastline that Theon and Yara Greyjoy grew up on.
The caves at Cushendun, where Melisandre gave birth to the shadow that killed Renly Baratheon, are the final stop of the day before the route doubles back south toward the Dark Hedges.
The Dark Hedges Road outside Armoy is one of the most photographed locations in Ireland independent of its Game of Thrones connection. A tunnel of 300-year-old beech trees arches over the road for several hundred meters, creating the natural canopy that doubled as the King’s Road in the second season.
It is worth seeing at dawn, before the day visitors arrive, when the light comes through the branches and the road is empty in both directions.
The coastline of County Donegal served as the Sea of Dorne in the show, and the landscape here shifts from the green of Antrim to something harder and more exposed.
The base for these two nights is Lough Eske Castle, a property with a history that stretches back to the 1600s and grounds that run down to the water.
From here, a privately guided day covers the ruins of Dunluce Castle on its sea stack above the north Antrim coast, accessed by a narrow bridge over a drop to the rocks below.
Glencolmcille, the folk village on the Donegal coast, gives a sense of the landscape the Sea of Dorne was chosen to represent. The cliffs of Slieve League, among the tallest sea cliffs in Europe at over 600 meters, are the final stop of the day.
A flight from Dublin to Reykjavik brings you north, and the landscape shift is immediate. Iceland gave Game of Thrones its most otherworldly terrain, and the south coast delivers the version of it that appeared most frequently on screen.
A private guide takes you along the black sand beaches of the south coast to the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon, where icebergs calve from the Vatnajokull glacier and drift toward the sea. Skaftafell National Park is the setting for a trek up onto the glacier itself, the same terrain Jon Snow and the Night’s Watch crossed in their journey beyond the Wall.
The following day heads north to Lake Myvatn, which served as the location for the Wall in the fourth season. The landscape here is one of the most geologically active in Iceland, with lava craters, cave formations, steam vents and geothermal pools within walking distance of each other.
A soak in the Myvatn Nature Baths at the end of the day is worth the planning. The route back south passes Dettifoss, one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe, before the road returns to Reykjavik.
The final day is in Reykjavik at Sandhotel, a property in the center of the city within walking distance of the main streets and restaurants.
The city has a food scene that consistently outperforms its size, and our team can arrange reservations at the right tables before you arrive.
The Blue Lagoon is 45 minutes from the city and worth building into the final morning before departure, with our team handling the booking and transfer in advance.
Inside St James's Gate, a private bar on the fourth floor of the Guinness Storehouse offers a different way into one of the world's most recognised drinks: four variants, one trained connoisseur and the story behind every pour.
Aniar in Galway and Chestnut in west Cork hold Michelin stars and serve tasting menus built entirely around what the land, the shore and the season provide. No fixed menus, no outside sourcing.
Explore the natural ice caves of Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier, on a private guided visit. Seasonal formations available October to March. Do Not Disturb.
The Retreat at Blue Lagoon is a 2,300-square-metre spa carved into the lava rock beneath Iceland's most visited attraction, with a private geothermal lagoon, a four-stage mineral ritual and a level of access the main facility does not provide.
Þríhnúkagígur is the only place in the world where visitors can descend into an intact magma chamber. A six-minute lift drops 120 metres into a chamber covering over 3,000 square metres, with walls running from purple to ochre.
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