| these epic locations in the flesh is an enthralling | | | | in Seville as well as the buildings in The Plaza de |
| prospect. Here are 10 of the best movie locations | | | | Espana were used to represent the parts of |
| to visit on holiday. | | | | Cairo. |
| Guatemala: as seen in Star Wars | | | | Egypt: as seen in Transformers: Revenge of the |
| George Lucas' space opera created heroes Luke, | | | | Fallen |
| Han and Leia around planets in galaxies far away. | | | | The sequel of Michael Bay's Transformers movie |
| The movie was majorly shot in California and the | | | | was bigger, louder and had more explosions than |
| amazing setting of the Mayan ruins in Tikal, | | | | the original. The characters of Optimus Prime and |
| Guatemala provided the backdrop for the Rebel | | | | Co. were expanded and dragged the plot away |
| base in the fourth moon of Yavin seen near the | | | | from the States to Egypt. The Giza Pyramids |
| end of A New Hope. | | | | near Luxor proved a dramatic setting for the |
| New Zealand: as seen in Lord of the Rings | | | | movie's heady climax. |
| Director Peter Jackson brought to life the | | | | Jordan: as seen in Indiana Jones and the Last |
| Tolkien's fantasy of orcs, elves and hobbits. | | | | Crusade |
| However, with the entire trilogy shot in the | | | | Harrison Ford was more focused on the third |
| country, the scenery of his native New Zealand | | | | installment of Indiana Jones trilogy searching for |
| provided the perfect setting to bring Middle Earth | | | | the Holy Grail, which saw our hero journey to the |
| to life. | | | | Canyon of the Crescent Moon. The real life |
| Iceland: as seen in Die Another Day | | | | canyon can be found in Jordan in the Edom |
| James Bond movies provides some of the | | | | Mountains at a place called Al Khazneh or "The |
| greatest setting for films as MI6's favorite secret | | | | Treasury". |
| agent goes jet setting to save the world. Bond is | | | | Skiathos: as seen in Mamma Mia! |
| invited to a spectacular Ice Palace where he gets | | | | The decade's musical hit Mamma Mia was the |
| involved in a frantic car chase across a frozen | | | | movie version of the Abba-inspired stage musical |
| lake in the movie Die Another Day. The chase | | | | of the same name. Filmed on the beautiful Greek |
| was filmed in a a fishing village in the south east | | | | Island of Skiathos, a stellar cast including Meryl |
| of the country of Iceland. | | | | Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan |
| Salzberg: as seen in The Sound of Music | | | | Skarsgard brings the feel-good romantic comedy |
| Julie Andrews sung herself into movie history as | | | | to life. |
| she portrayed a great Austrian nanny in The | | | | Tunisia: as seen in Monty Python's Life of Brian |
| Sound of Music. Most of the film was shot in the | | | | Tunisia has been used by Hollywood for years to |
| town of Salzburg but the most memorable scene | | | | represent a variety of landscapes from the |
| where Andrews twirls into song on the hillside was | | | | desert wastes of Tatooine in Star Wars to the |
| shot in Mellweg. | | | | arid warzone of Iraq in The Hurt Locker. Aside |
| Seville: as seen in Lawrence of Arabia | | | | from its spectacular landscape, Tunasia is very |
| Most of the shooting of the film was actually | | | | cheap, providing an excellent destination for cheap |
| done in Spain as the story Lawrence of Arabia | | | | holidays and cheap film sets. The Monty Python |
| set mainly around Peter O' Toole's time in Cairo. | | | | team descended on Ribat in 1979 to film one of |
| The Arabian desert in Morocco was provided as a | | | | the most controversial and excruciatingly funny |
| backdrop although the most part of David Lean | | | | movies of all time. |
| was majorly shot in Spain. The other civic buildings | | | | |