Game of Thrones locations, stone, beach and wall with no set.

A map of Westeros made from real places

Game of Thrones filmed its exteriors across half of Europe, and its prequel, House of the Dragon, returned to several of them. At each place the camera took a wall, a staircase, a beach or a castle, and often added the rest with digital effects. That is why these locations are, above all, walled cities and coasts that are worth seeing in their own right.

At Geocalia we gather those that have their own page and where the local tourist or film office confirms the filming. We separate two things: the filming locations, where it was shot, and the fan sites, such as a guided walk about the series. Of the latter there are few verified: many themed museums and shops have no website of their own or do not confirm that they are still open, and we leave them out.

If you are also interested in the locations of other sagas and films, see the film locations.

Spain: King's Landing, Meereen and Dragonstone

Cáceres and Trujillo. In season seven, the monumental city of Cáceres is King's Landing: Euron Greyjoy enters with his prisoners through the Arco de la Estrella and goes up the Cuesta de la Compañía to the Plaza de Santa María. House of the Dragon returned for its first season and used up to 25 corners of the old town, among them the Plaza de San Jorge. To have each scene placed for you, the Activa Tours film free tour leaves from the arch, pay what you wish and in Spanish only. 46 km away, the Trujillo castle is Casterly Rock, with a €2 entrance fee, and the Plaza Mayor of Trujillo had a dragon in place of the Pizarro statue during the filming of the prequel. Los Barruecos, in Malpartida de Cáceres, where the great battle of season seven was filmed, are near Cáceres and do not yet have a page on Geocalia.

Peñíscola. Season six was filmed on the rock in 2015. Peñíscola Tourism marks five stops from the series on its film route: the walkway round the walls, the Plaza de Santa María, the Rampa de Felipe II, the Artillery Park and the Portal Fosc. It is walked in an hour with the free map from the tourist office, and next to it is the Papa Luna castle.

San Juan de Gaztelugatxe. In Urdaibai, the islet of Gaztelugatxe is Dragonstone, with the castle added by computer. What is real is the path, the bridge and the 241 steps. On controlled-access days you need a free ticket booked on the Bizkaia Provincial Council website, with a capacity of 1,462 people a day; the rest of the year entry is free.

Bardenas Reales. Visit Navarra lists Game of Thrones among the park's shoots, without pointing to a specific spot. What you recognise is the landscape of the Bardena Blanca loop, the track that circles the outside of the firing range, which is fenced off and forbidden. The park publishes on its website the roads that are closed.

Croatia: the capital and the slave city

Dubrovnik was King's Landing for seven seasons, according to the Croatian tourist board. The walls give you the city and, with the same ticket, about €40 in 2026, you enter Lovrijenac, the Red Keep. The Minčeta tower is the House of the Undying in Qarth, and Šulić beach, below the wall, is that of the Battle of the Blackwater. Without paying anything you see the Jesuit staircase, where Cersei's walk of shame begins, and the Gradac park of the Purple Wedding. On Lokrum, fifteen minutes by boat, the gardens stood in for Qarth and there is a replica of the Iron Throne.

Split is Meereen. In the substructures of Diocletian's Palace, €10 entry, Daenerys kept her dragons; the Klis fortress, 12 km away, provides the city's surroundings; and Trogir, an hour away on a scheduled boat, was Qarth again.

Further south and further north: Malta, Morocco and Iceland

Part of the series was filmed in Malta: Visit Malta recalls that Mdina was King's Landing, although it does not yet have its own page on Geocalia. On Gozo, the bay of Dwejra was the setting for the wedding of Daenerys and Khal Drogo, with the Azure Window in the background; the arch collapsed in 2017 and is now a diving spot.

In Essaouira, Morocco's official tourism website says the ramparts and the Skala depict Astapor, the red city.

North of the Wall is south Iceland. The region's tourist office places the ice beyond the Wall on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, Eastwatch-by-the-Sea on Reynisfjara beach and at Skógafoss the arrival of Jon and Daenerys on dragonback, in season eight. Reynisfjara is the most dangerous beach in the country: respect the warning lights at the entrance.

Three trips that plan themselves

A day in Extremadura. Cáceres in the morning and Trujillo in the afternoon, 38 minutes away by car: it is the plan from King's Landing to Casterly Rock, from Mérida, Badajoz or Salamanca.

A day on the rock. The Peñíscola film route with the boat to Irta combines the stops from the series, the castle and the sierra's wild coast; the boat only sails in July and August.

Three nights in Dalmatia. A direct flight from Madrid or Barcelona to Dubrovnik, two nights for the capital of the Seven Kingdoms and one in Split for Meereen, with a return from Split in season: it is the getaway from King's Landing to Meereen. Between the two cities it is about 235 km and a little over three hours by car.

Gaztelugatxe can be added to any trip to the Basque Country with a day from Bilbao. Iceland calls for a trip of its own: four nights on Route 1 for the whole south coast.

Before you go, the practicalities

You pay for the monuments, not the streets, squares and beaches. You must book Gaztelugatxe in season and the Cáceres free tour. In summer, Dubrovnik and Split fill with cruise groups by mid-morning: do the walls at opening time. May, June, September and October are the best months for almost everything; Iceland, from June to September.