Northern Ireland — screen tourism itinerary
Northern Ireland stood in for most of the Seven Kingdoms, and unlike a lot of filming-location tourism, the real places are frequently more striking than what made it to screen. Tollymore Forest Park (the show’s haunted forest beyond the Wall) has free public access and marked trails; the Dark Hedges (King’s Road) is a two-minute roadside stop; Cushendun Caves (where Melisandre gave birth to her shadow assassin) sit at the end of a quiet coastal village worth a coffee stop regardless of the show.
The one paid, purpose-built stop worth the ticket price is the Game of Thrones Studio Tour at Linen Mill Studios outside Banbridge — actual sets, costumes, and props, run by the studio itself rather than a third-party tourist trap.
This pairs naturally as a half-day add-on to the Causeway Coastal Route above rather than a standalone trip.
Sephari’s Travel Essentials collection carries the daypacks and rain covers this forest-and-coast itinerary calls for.