Movie Inspired Travel Destinations

MOVIE INSPIRED TRAVEL DESTINATIONS Haniy Polier ZONKO OLLIVANDERS Orlando, Florida Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. Experience Hogwarts Castle and take part in interactive rides that make you feel like you are in the movie. Also visit familiar stores such as Ollivanders, Honeydukes, and Zonko's Joke Shop TE Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan Mori Arts Center Gallery - Hosts Harry Potter: The Exhibition – a traveling exhibition of interactive exhibits from all eight movies. You can even try your hand a Quidditch. Hertfordshire, England Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden Set Tour - Visit the actual movies sets of the Great Hall, Dumbledore's office, Gryffindor Common Room, Hagrid's hut, Diagon Alley and more in an interactive behind the scenes tour that explains how the movies were made. EX PRE 5972 Edinburgh, Scotland Take a journey in the Hogwarts Express aka the West Highland line, the historic steam train from the film. This is also where J.K. Rowling wrote the first book. See the restaurant were she drafted the story as well as where she lived. PLATFORM9 OCWADTS EV DRESS London, England Cross the Millennium Bridge that was destroyed by Death Eaters in the Half-Blood Prince and visit King's Cross Station where the famous Platform 9 % sign is located. London provides many backdrops in the movies. twilight Washington, USA Forks – While much of the Twilight movie is filmed in other locations around Oregon and Washington, Forks is still known as the home of the Twilight Saga. The town has done a great job creating a tourist atmosphere with signs up around town with familiar twilight names. Even Bella's Truck can be found at the Forks Visitor Center. Kalama - Visit Kalama High School located in Kalama this school served as the exterior to the Forks High School in the movie Oregon, USA > Silverton - Silver Creek Falls provided many of the stunning shots of Bella with Edward in the treetops. Hike trails that take you under waterfalls throughout this park > Many locations throughout Oregon including St. Helens, Oregon City, and Portland provided scenes for the movies. In Vernonia, the Wauna Federal Credit Union is used as the Forks Police Station in the movie. The Cullen house is located on Portland in Forest Park. > Indian Beach at Ecola State Park was used as Surf beach at 'La Push' where Jacob and Bella converse HOBBIT THE Cod a New Zealand > Hobbiton, Matamata - Join the 266,000 people who have experienced The Shire with 44 Hobbit Holes and the Green Dragon Inn. Live the life of a hobbit for a day. > Go to where the World Premiere of the movie took place on November 28th, 2012 at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington. > Stay where the cast was often spotted during filming at the Museum Hotel in Wellington > Visit the beautiful backdrop of the movie that is known as the Majestic Alps in Queenstown > Carved by glaciers over thousands of years, Fiordland is a world of deep waters, tall peaks and waterfalls that can be explored by cruise boat or sea kayak > Mt. Ngauruhoe, Tongariro National Park is located in New Zealand's central North Island. Mt. Ngauruhoe and the desolate volcanic landscape of the park provides the eerie wasteland of Mordor, home of the Dark Lord Sauron. Great place to hike. SING-A-LONG SOUNRUSIC MUSIC OF Salzburg, Austria > Visit Salzburg's beautiful Lake District, Salzkammergut, where the movie's opening aerial shots are filmed and climb up Mellweg, the mountain that Marie twirls in the beginning of the movie (about six miles from Salzburg) > Walk through the courtyard at Nonnberg Abbey that was used as the abbey in the movie. > Visit Mozarteum Music Acadamy - a 17th century country house that was used for the gates and front entrance of the villa > The Von Trapp Gazebo, where Sixteen Going on Seventeen was preformed, is now located in the ornamental gardens of Schloss Hellbrunn, Morzger Strasse toward the south of Salzburg. > If you want to see where the music festival was preform near the end of the movie , visit Felsenreitschule, a massive rock area built by the Romans for tournaments THE DAVINCI CODE Paris, France Experience the Louvre, claimed to be the most visited museum in the world, where Robert Langdon is summoned to the murder scene. This museum could take more than a day to see everything. Next, visit the Church of St. Sulpice to see the Rose Line. London, England The Temple Church, circular in shape, is where Langdon and Neveu search among effigies for the tomb of a knight. Also visit Westminster Abbey where the tomb of Sir Isaac Newton is located. Scotland The final clue from the Cryptex leads to Rosslyn Chapel. Also, a couple hundred yards south you will find the ruins of the 17 century Rosslyn Castle where Langdon and Neveu part ways in the movie. "GOONIES THE Astoria, Oregon The Mayor of Astoria declared June 7th to be “Official Goonies Day" that is celebrated e ach year. 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