Cinematic Places (Inspired Traveller's Guides)

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Go beyond the big screen and explore the real places that inspired some of the greatest films of all time – brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork.

Travel journalist Sarah Baxter reveals 25 essential cinematic destinations around the globe, spanning different decades, directors and movie genres. Full-page colour illustrations instantly transport you to each location. You’ll find that these places are not just backdrops to the tales told, but characters in their own right.

Travel to the sweeping deserts of Lawrence of Arabia in Jordan, escape to the tumbling hills of San Francisco as seen in Hitchcock’s Vertigo or lose yourself in the cobbled lanes of In Bruges.

Featured locations:
London, England, Paddington

Wells, England, Hot Fuzz

Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, The Wicker Man

Belchite & the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain, Pan’s Labyrinth

Montmartre, Paris, France, Amélie

Bruges, Belgium, In Bruges

Görlitz, Germany, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Fårö, Sweden, Persona

Salzburg, Austria, The Sound of Music

Rome, Italy, La Dolce Vita

Matmata & Tozeur, Tunisia, Star Wars: A New Hope

Wadi Rum, Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia

Mumbai, India, The Lunchbox

Hong Kong, China, Enter the Dragon

Seoul, South Korea, Parasite

Tokyo, Japan, Lost in Translation

Outback, Australia, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Karekare Beach, New Zealand, The Piano

Alberta, Canada, The Revenant

Philadelphia, USA, Rocky

San Francisco, USA, Vertigo

Brooklyn, New York, USA, Do the Right Thing

Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA, Thelma & Louise

Jamaica, Dr No

Cusco & Machu Picchu, Peru, The Motorcycle Diaries

Delve into this book to discover some of the world’s most fascinating cinematic places and the films that celebrate them.

Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places, Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places, Mystical Places and Wild Places.