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the epic landscapes and romantic cities they see in
the movies. Laura Gelder looks at some fi lm-inspired destinations for 2015
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Austria If you think that The Sound of Music is an ‘old movie’ you are right! But it is also a timeless movie. In fact, next year will mark 50 years since the much-loved musical was released. The story of the former nun-turned-governess, played by a wholesome Julie Andrews, is a classic feel-good fi lm which shows good old family values triumphing over the nasty Nazis. Many tour operators base visits around the fi lm but June 2015 will see a week-long festival, held in Salzburg, to celebrate its anniversary. Amongst the many Sound of Music attractions are Nonnberg Abbey, where the nuns sing Maria, Mirabell Gardens and Mirabell Palace, where Do-Re-Mi was performed, the Felsenreitschule Theatre, where the Trapp Family performed its farewell song and Baron von Trapp sang Edelweiss, and St. Peter’s Cemetery where the dramatic fi nal scenes scenes were fi lmed.
Book it: Titan has a Tyrolean Magic and The Sound of Music country tour from £1,399pp, including seven nights’ hotel accommodation, breakfasts and dinners and excursions.
Set-jetting (as opposed to jet-setting) is an increasing trend, with holidaymakers looking to experience
Iceland Iceland’s otherworldly landscape stole the scenes in two recent big blockbusters: as an inhospitable planet in Interstellar and a biblical landscape in Noah. In Interstellar, astronauts played by Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, land on a bleak planet in the far reaches of space. Instead of using CGI, director Christopher Nolan used the bleak but beautiful Svinafellsjokull, the glacial tongue of Iceland’s largest glacier. Noah’s tale of fl ood and salvation used the dramatic basalt scenery of Reynisdrangar and Dyrholaey near the town of Vik, which is on the road to Svinafellsjokull. To the east of the glacier tongue lies Jokulsarlon, a glacial lagoon home to skua seabirds and seals which was also home of ‘baddy’ Graves’s ice palace in Die Another Day. Jokulsarlon also starred in the earlier Bond fi lm, A View to a Kill, as well as Tomb Raider and Batman Begins. But if one fi lm shows Iceland’s diversity it’s 2013’s whimsical The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which Iceland poses as itself, neighbouring Greenland and the austere peaks of Afghanistan.
The extreme, harsh but beautiful landscapes of Iceland, with its blue glaciers, violent geysers and jagged rocks have been used to depict outer space, Afghanistan and a Bond Baddy’s lair
Tourism talk: “Filmmakers are spoilt for choice in Iceland with a number of stunning and dramatic landscapes all just a few hours apart, ranging from lush green areas, black deserts, mountains, waterfalls, great rock formations and vast beaches. Iceland is also an attractive fi lmmaking location due to the long hours of daylight it offers during
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