10 Movie Locations You Can Visit On Holiday

these epic locations in the flesh is an enthrallingin Seville as well as the buildings in The Plaza de
prospect. Here are 10 of the best movie locationsEspana were used to represent the parts of
to visit on holiday.Cairo.
Guatemala: as seen in Star WarsEgypt: 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 thewas 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 RebelCo. were expanded and dragged the plot away
base in the fourth moon of Yavin seen near thefrom 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 Ringsmovie's heady climax.
Director Peter Jackson brought to life theJordan: as seen in Indiana Jones and the Last
Tolkien's fantasy of orcs, elves and hobbits.Crusade
However, with the entire trilogy shot in theHarrison Ford was more focused on the third
country, the scenery of his native New Zealandinstallment of Indiana Jones trilogy searching for
provided the perfect setting to bring Middle Earththe 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 Daycanyon can be found in Jordan in the Edom
James Bond movies provides some of theMountains at a place called Al Khazneh or "The
greatest setting for films as MI6's favorite secretTreasury".
agent goes jet setting to save the world. Bond isSkiathos: as seen in Mamma Mia!
invited to a spectacular Ice Palace where he getsThe decade's musical hit Mamma Mia was the
involved in a frantic car chase across a frozenmovie version of the Abba-inspired stage musical
lake in the movie Die Another Day. The chaseof the same name. Filmed on the beautiful Greek
was filmed in a a fishing village in the south eastIsland 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 MusicSkarsgard brings the feel-good romantic comedy
Julie Andrews sung herself into movie history asto life.
she portrayed a great Austrian nanny in TheTunisia: as seen in Monty Python's Life of Brian
Sound of Music. Most of the film was shot in theTunisia has been used by Hollywood for years to
town of Salzburg but the most memorable scenerepresent a variety of landscapes from the
where Andrews twirls into song on the hillside wasdesert 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 Arabiafrom its spectacular landscape, Tunasia is very
Most of the shooting of the film was actuallycheap, providing an excellent destination for cheap
done in Spain as the story Lawrence of Arabiaholidays 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 athe most controversial and excruciatingly funny
backdrop although the most part of David Leanmovies of all time.
was majorly shot in Spain. The other civic buildings