Tourists will be able to visit the studios in Belfast that contain various of the sets from the fantasy saga. It will open on Friday, February 4.
Fan dreams will come true on the official studio tour of Game of Thrones: walk into Winterfell’s main hall, walk on the Dragonstone sets, see King’s Landing’s mighty iron throne (which was greedily contested), or check out costumes and sets. Everything will be possible on the guided tour of the Linen Mill studios in Banbridge, southwest of Belfast, Northern Ireland, where many of the most remembered scenes of the series were filmed, and will be able to be done from Friday, February 4, reported the Irish tourist authorities.
“Our journey through the making of Game of Thrones begins in The Wall in the Vast, Frozen North and all that lies in the darkness beyond… From the Night’s Watch in Castle Black you will follow the flight of the raven to Winterfell, the ancestral home of House Stark. The mysteries of Dragonstone and House Targaryen loom over you and a royal audience with House Lannister awaits you ”, indicates the official website, www.gameofthronesstudiotour.com, which is already marketing the tickets.
This new attraction for Ireland had been announced since 2019, but due to the pandemic its opening was delayed.
The fantasy saga Game of Thrones, based on the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, by the American George RR Martin, It attracted thousands of fans around the world throughout its eight seasons (2011-2019). The prequel to the series will premiere in 2022 under the title Dragon House on american signs HBO Y HBO Max.
Across Northern Ireland there are a total of 26 locations of the cult series. These include, for example, Tollymore Forest Park as Enchanted Forest, the path through the Dark Hedges beech forest as a royal road, or the ruins of Shane’s Castle on the shores of Lough Neagh, which served as the scenery for spear combat.
Designed to transport the visitor to the heart of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, the experience is configured to be very immersive and sensory (with virtual reality, for example) in this 10,000 square meter exhibition. Yes, tourists will be able to walk through the same settings as their favorite characters!
The interactive exhibition aims to become the largest and most authentic public display of fiction in the world. It will bring together a multitude of impressive images, recording studios and other elements from all seasons.
“Linen Mill Studios, in association with HBO, is delighted to have the opportunity to offer fans a unique insight into the making of Game of Thrones in one of its most original and important recording environments. ” said Andrew Webb, CEO of Linen Mill Studios.
In addition to the sets, the park will also have all the accessories, costumes and weapons that were used in the series during all its seasons, among other original objects used in the filming. In fact, the park will also offer themed excursions to see nearby locations.
This initiative was born like the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, which has been welcoming visitors to England for years. Linen Mill Studios has developed this park in association with Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment, taking advantage of the 75% of the series HBO shot in Northern Ireland (and a third of it at Linen Mill Studios themselves) to recreate on its walls the main locations of Game of Thrones.
According to data from 2019, a sixth of tourists who go to that country want to visit places of interest in which various scenes have been shot, so now there is going to be another great reason, such as the first Game of Thrones Studio Tour, It expects to receive about 600,000 visitors per year. (I) (DPA and Agencies)
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