Derry – Dark Hedges

We simply have to start at the Dark Hedges near Ballymoney. Game of Thrones fans will recognise this impressive and atmospheric tunnel of beech trees as King’s Road in Westeros. The beautiful avenue of beech trees were planted by the Stuart family in the 18th century to impress visitors as they approached the entrance to their Georgian mansion, Gracehill House. The location was used for filming Episode 1 in Season 2 (The North Remembers) when Arya Stark, dressed as a boy, escaped King’s Landing in the back of a cart.

Dark Hedges – Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge

The Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge was first erected by salmon fishermen in 1755. Swing out over the open ocean at the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge and spot nearby picturesque Larrybane Quarry where we will head next for more Game of Thrones filming locations.

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge – Larrybane Quarry

Larrybane Quarry is one of the most picturesque spots on the Antrim Coast. The disused limestone quarry was the filming location for Renly Baratheon’s (the youngest of the three brothers of House Baratheonin) camp in Episode 3 in Season 2, ‘What is Dead May Never Die’. This is also the spot where Catelyn Stark first met Renly Baratheon and vowed to avenge her husband’s death.

Larrybane Quarry – Ballintoy Harbour

The small fishing harbour of Ballintoy can be accessed by a spectacular, steep winding road and is a painter’s paradise with sea stacks, rocky islands, pools and a busy harbour. This is where Theon Greyjoy arrives back from the Iron Islands and where he later admires his ship, ‘The Sea Bitch’. It’s also where he first meets his sister Yara. Theon returns here in Episode 2 in Season 2 and is baptised here in Episode 3 in the same Season. Episode 5 in Season 6 also features Euron’s drowning and rebirth.

Lunch Break at “The Fullerton Arms”:

Game of Thrones – Amazing Fact

When some trees along Northern Ireland’s famous Dark Hedges (which we visited earlier) blew over in Storm Gertrude in 2016, Tourism Northern Ireland set about saving that piece of history for Game of Thrones fans.

They carved the felled wood into a set of 10 intricate doors, hung across a variety of locations in Northern Ireland – each telling the story of a Season 6 episode.‪

At the Fullerton Arms they have Game of Thrones Door 6, depicting Episode 6 Season 6. They even have a special room dedicated to the show, including a custom-built throne for you to sit on! But with all that excitement, don’t forget to get fed before we head on with our Game of Thrones Tour!

The Fullerton Arms – Giant’s Causeway

Flanked by the wild North Atlantic Ocean and a landscape of dramatic cliffs, we pay a visit to the Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland’s first UNESCO Heritage Site. It is a geological wonder and home to a wealth of history and legends. The 40,000 basalt stone columns left by volcanic eruptions 60 million years ago, has captured the imagination of all who see it.

Giant’s Causeway – Dunluce Castle:

The iconic ruin of Dunluce Castle bears witness to a long and tumultuous history. First built on the dramatic coastal cliffs of north County Antrim by the McQuillan family around 1500, the earliest written record of the castle was in 1513. The dramatic history of Dunluce is matched by tales of a banshee and how the castle kitchens fell into the sea one stormy night in 1639.

In Game of Thrones, Dunluce Castle is the home of Pyke – the Kings of the Iron Islands . The castle is barely recognisable as Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) has been used to position Pyke Castle over various stacks of rock.

Dunluce Castle – Mussenden Temple:

Downhill Beach is a stretch of pristine white sands, overlooked by Mussenden Temple, a replica of the Temple of Vesta in Rome. But this immaculate beach has a darker side – it is where Stannis Baratheon rejects the seven old gods of Westeros. He is proclaimed as the champion of the Lord of Light by Melisandre and enters Dragonstone into the War of the Five Kings.

The undulating dunes and sands of Portstewart Strand (to the right of Mussenden Temple) featured in Episode 4 in Season 5. This is where Jaime Lannister and Bronn come ashore on Dorne, fighting and killing Dornish soldiers as they seek to return Myrcella, the only daughter of King Robert Baratheon and Queen Cersei Lannister, back to King’s Landing.

Mussenden Temple – Binevenagh Mountains – Derry:

Binevenagh Mountain is the westernmost point of the Antrim Plateau. The Seacoast Road, below Binevenagh, appeared in Season 5 as the Dothraki Grasslands. The area also features in Episode 10 when Daenerys is rescued by her dragon, Drogon, while fleeing from the Sons of the Harpy, in the fighting pits of Meereen. She is then spotted and surrounded by a Dothraki horde.

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