Route by Car for Spain: The Settings for Game of Thrones

The acclaimed series Game of Thrones based on the saga ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ by George R. Martin have filmed a large number of scenes around Spain, and so we have prepared a car route that no self-respecting fan should miss.

So far there have been 6 seasons of Game of Thrones, with filming of the 7th season scheduled on location in Spain during October and November of 2016.

If you're a fan of the series and consider yourself a Game of Thrones geek, we invite you to take your rental car and get ready to visit a selection of destinations around Spain that will leave you breathless. You can get to know first-hand the locations where the dynasty experiences many struggles, intrigues and betrayals which took place between Baratheon, Lannister, Targaryen and Stark, among others, to seize power of the Iron Throne.

Our car rental journey starts in the town of Zumaya, located in Guipuzcoa, where part of the 7th season will be filmed. The main setting is the landscape of “Flysch” on the Itzurun Beach. The question that remains unanswered is whether this geological phenomenon on the Cantabrian coast is the beach where Daenerys lands or if on the contrary, a scene of the ‘Isla del Hierro’ (the ‘Iron Islands’).

We continue on our route enjoying the beautiful landscapes of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, a small island located in Bermeo, Vizcaya. The island is connected to the mainland by a bridge over which there is an old chapel dating from the 10th century. This marvel of nature will be the location where two main characters of Game of Thrones meet and will attract great attention during the seventh season.

Bardenas, located in Navarra, is a stunning natural scenery of eroded ground that has been chosen by the producers as the ideal location for filming scenes of Dothraki Sea. This natural area was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 2000, offering amazing shapes to remind us of Sci-Fi & Fantasy films.

After these wonderful views, which without a doubt will leave you breathless, we continue on our Game of Thrones Route and travel to Girona in our rented car to visit one of the places where the medieval scenes were filmed for the 6th season.

We recommend you to take your time to discover Girona, and visit the Monastery – the Abbey of Sant Pere de Galligants, which inspired the recreation for the atmosphere of Braavos, the city guarded by the statue of Titan. You can also visit Plaça dels Jurats, The Cathedral of Santa Maria, Arabic baths of the 12th Century, the Jewish Quarter, the Montgrí in the Baix Empordà, and the medieval village of Besalú, in the region of La Garrotxa, among others.

We continue our journey with our rental car and visit Canet de Mar, located in Barcelona, ​​where they have filmed scenes for the 6th season of Game of Thrones in Santa Florentina Castle, built during the 10th Century. This castle represents Crow Hill, Home of the Tarly House.

Once we have enjoyed this medieval building we travel to Peñíscola, Castellon, which gained recognition in 2013 as one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. Game of Thrones have recreated City Meereen at the Peñíscola Castle, known as the Papa Luna Castle who lived there in the 14th Century. In this beautiful medieval town you can also visit Plaza de Armas, Parque de Artillera, the Fosc Portal, Puerta de Felipe II & Plaza de Santa María, tall of these lovely places have been used to recreate the gardens, streets and barns from Meereen.

Once again we continue our adventure with our rental car, this time to discover Guadalajara, where you can visit the Zafra Castle. This old castle was built during the 12th Century in El Campillo de Dueñas and it has been filmed as being the Tower of Joy from Dorne, in a lovely area surrounded by the beautiful landscape of the Sierra de Caldederos.

Our rental car route will lead us to the Andalusian scenes from the 5th, 6th & 7th seasons of Game of Thrones, where several villages in Andalusia has been transformed in different settings such as Meereen, Vaes Dothrak, Dorne or Volantis, among others.

Our first stop on our trip through Andalusia is in the desert of Tabernas, located in Almeria, one of the driest areas of Europe. This desert was very popular during the Spaghetti western era where popular films we known today were made. Westerns such as The Good, the Bad and the ugly for example. Game of Thrones set in this village scenes of Dothraki Sea.

In Yesos of Sorbas we can visit the karst caves where scenes of the 6th season were filmed. Continuing on our rental car route of Game of Thrones to the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata, which has been used to recreate scenes of Meereen, City Pyramids in Mesa Roldan Tower which are also located in Almeria.

Pechinas will be our next destination on our route, we will drive with our rental car to the Park of El Chorrillo in Sierra Alhamillo to see how Vaes Dothrak comes to life in the commercial capital of Dothraki.

We end our Game of Thrones visit in Almería and set off towards to Osuna, a beautiful village in Seville. In Osuna scenes from the 5th season were filmed. Here the battle in the arena of Meereen in the Plaza de Toros were recreated.

We continue our trip to Seville, this impressive Andalusian city which has a long history with the film industry, best known was the filming of "Episode II" of the Star Wars saga on location at the Plaza de España.

Game of Thrones filmed part of the 5^th season in this city and is scheduled to film during November 2016 for scenes for the 7th season. In this spectacular city you can’t miss the Real Alcazar in Seville, declared World Heritage Site in 1987, and which is home to spectacular palaces that was chosen for scenes to represent the Water Gardens and the House Martell in Dorne.

Santiponce, an Andalusian villa well known by its ruins from Italica, an old roman city founded in 206 a.c., will be inmmortalized in the 7th season of Game of Thrones.

We continue our trip with our rental car to Cordoba, one of the final destinations of our special cinematographic route of Game of Thrones sites in Spain. Cordoba is a monumental city with influences from both Arabic and Roman cultures. Here you can visit the “Real Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos”, a scenary that was used to portray the city of Dorne, and the Roman Bridge, which characterized Volantis during the 6th season.

Games of Thrones will again visit this lovely place to film scenes for the 7th season during the month of November 2016. Filming will take place at the Castillo de Almodóvar del Río, a Medieval Castle from the 14th Century.

Our car rental route is now coming to the end, we will visit Caceres to discover the last three stages of the 7th season of Game of Thrones, which is still being filmed. Here you can visit the Natural Park of Barruecos, located in Malpartida; the medieval historical set of Caceres, where the King's landing will be re-enacted and finally, Trujillo Castle, a fortress built between the 9th and 12th centuries.

We hope you really enjoy this exciting journey on your visit to Spain and with your rental car and which includes all the best locations of the filming of Games of Thrones. We hope that we have taken you to places which you have not heard of before until now.