Photography & Digital Art,Travel,Movies & tvMAR 30, 2023

We Are Tracing Film And Television Locations In Their Real-Life Settings, And Here’s What We've Got So Far (40 Pics)

We go in search of filming locations of popular films and TV shows in France and the rest of the world.

For several years, we have been traveling around the world and visiting a lot of places. Most of the time, these are touristy places and film and series sets that marked our childhood. We remember our trip to Tunisia in 2010, way before our project, where we were able to visit Tataouine: the filming location of the Star Wars saga. It was incredible!

Our passion for film tourism has pushed us to travel more to marvel and dive into the heart of the seventh art. We are downright excited at the idea of discovering a place that we have seen in a film or a series. We have the impression of reliving the scene and being part of it!

And to think that this is exactly where our favorite actors shot a sequence from our favorite movie or series, it's crazy!

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#1 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (2002)

The filming location: the most beautiful and well-known square in Seville, the Plaza de España. It is adjacent to the Maria Luisa Park, which is also a place to explore. In Star Wars, the square represents the exterior of Padmé's palace on Naboo.

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It is this enthusiasm that prompted us to create the Instagram account @cinevoyageuses (meaning film travelers in English) in 2021.

We watch a movie or series and capture a scene or several we like. Then, equipped with the printed screenshots, we travel to the place where it was filmed and put them back in their real location.

#2 John Wick: Chapter 4

This scene from John Wick 4 was shot in a disused Paris subway station. However, the real Porte des Lilas subway station looks a lot like the one they filmed in.

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#3 Game Of Thrones (2011-2019)

Episode 5x06 - Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.

The filming location: We invite you to discover the Real Alcazar of Seville, the filming location for several episodes of Game of Thrones season 5. The location takes on the appearance of the Sunspear castle, the seat of House Martell in Dorne.

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We have a lot of fun finding filming locations. We are like Indiana Jones in search of a treasure.

It may not be visible, but it requires a lot of research work upstream and then sometimes in the field too. It can take days to find an exact location. And once there, the most difficult thing is to put the image back at exactly the right angle.

#4 Friends (1994-2004)

5x16 - The One with the Cop.

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#5 Game Of Thrones (2011-2019)

8x06 - The Iron Throne.

The filming location: We're taking you back to the Conjunto Arqueologico de Italica. We had already posted a scene framing from 7x07 there, with both episodes using the amphitheater for the needs of the series.

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Depending on the weather and the difficulty of the scene, this can take anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. And since we are perfectionists and want to leave with souvenir photos, we stay put until we have THE photo.

In addition, we have noticed that in France, many fans are not helped much in finding filming locations.

#6 The Devil Wears Prada

The filming location: Do you know where the iconic scene of Andy (@annehathaway) throwing her phone into a Parisian fountain and changing the course of her life was filmed? It's the Fontaine des Fleuves at Place de la Concorde, just outside the Tuileries Gardens.

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#7 Game Of Thrones (2011-2019)

Games of Thrones capture showing Cersei at the Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica.

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For example, when we went to the Pierrefonds Castle in France (one of our first photo series for Ciné Voyageuses), we weren't sure which scenes from the BBC series Merlin (2008-2012) had been shot inside the castle and which had been made in a studio. We arrived with lots of printed photos and wandered in the castle buildings looking for the exact locations of the captured scenes.

#8 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

We dive into the heart of the Hunger Games rebellion in the Spaces of Abraxas in Noisy-le-Grand in Île-de-France (about half an hour by train from Paris).

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#9 The Witcher

1x03 - Betrayer Moon

Filming location: Today we're taking you to the Kreuzenstein Castle in Leobendorf, Austria. The castle was used to represent the exteriors of Vizima, the abandoned castle of Temeria.

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It was a real challenge for us to find the real sets from the fake ones, especially since some hallways and rooms weren't on location.

While in Seville, it was easy to find the scenes of the Netflix show Warrior Nun shot at the Real Fábrica de Tabacos, as well as those of Game of Thrones at the Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica.

#10 National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (2007)

Filming location: Bir-Hakeim Bridge, Paris.

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#11 Game Of Thrones (2011-2019)

Tyrion Lanister being handcuffed at the Conjunto Arqueológico de Itálica.

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It was this kind of experience that gave us the idea to also create a blog.

So, in addition to the Instagram account, we have launched the Ciné Voyageuses blog where you can find all the necessary and useful information for traveling and discovering filming locations in France and abroad.

#12 Friends (1994-2004)

4x05 - The One with Joey's New Girlfriend.

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#13 Inception

Here we are at the Bir-Hakeim bridge where Cobb (@leonardodicaprio) is doing an architecture exercise in a dream with Ariadne (@elliotpage).

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#14 Emily In Paris

Season 2, Episode 7 - The Chef, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

We took a stroll around the Pantheon in Paris where Emily and Alfie take a walk in several scenes.

Filming location: Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris.

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#15 Before Sunrise (1995)

The filming location: How about some music? We went to Teuchtler Schallplattenhandlung, Windmühlgasse 10. It's a record store that is still there and hasn't changed, much to our delight!

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#16 Mission: Impossible Fallout

The filming location: In this scene, Walker (@henrycavill) meets Erica Sloan (@im.angelabassett) on the Esplanade du Trocadéro where he tries to make her believe that Ethan (@tomcruise) is the compromised agent known as John Lark.

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#17 Modern Family (2009-2020)

Season 11, Episode 13 - Paris.

Filming location: Mitchell meets Cameron on a quay of the Seine River, under the Place Louis Aragon, just below the Louis Philippe bridge. Although the bridge was easy to recognize, finding which quay was used was less easy but fortunately, there are only 2 on each side.

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#18 Shadow And Bone

For this scene from "1x03 - The Making at the Heart of the World", we find ourselves at the Deli Rondella, which is part of the Buda Castle complex and has been used for several scenes in season 1, including this one where the fortification becomes the Grisha training ground. After Alina (@jessie_mei_li) punches Zoya (Sujaya Dasgupta), she takes revenge and throws Alina into the straw."

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#19 Stranger Things

3x08 - The Battle of Starcourt Filming location: You might have understood by now that we didn't really go to filming locations this time, BUT the temptation was too strong. We're going to show you a bit of the Stranger Things Store in Paris.

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#20 Gossip Girl (2007-2012)

Episode 4x02 - Double Identity

Filming location: The end of the Gossip Girl Paris saga takes place in front of Boulangerie Bo - 85bis rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, where Chuck (@edwestwick) reveals his true identity to Eva (@c_poesy_) and invites her to come with him to New York.

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