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(#11) The Return of the King - Mount Doom
Mount Doom seems like the ultimate destination for a Tolkien fan. After hours and hours of reading the books or watching the movies, why shouldn't your journey ultimately end where the ring itself did?
Great news: there's not just one volcano, there are three, and one is still active! Mount Doom was (naturally) filmed in the same park as Mordor, so check out Tongariro National Park for all of Mount Doom's glory. -
(#17) The Return of the King - Pelennor Fields
This is a location that's actually more beautiful in real life than in the movies, as they used these fields for violent battle scenes. If you drive up the west coast from Wellington, near Paraparaumu, you'll find Queen Elizabeth Park. This is where they filmed the Nazgul and Mumakil in the Battle of Pelennor Fields. How is this not an awesome worldwide destination for LARPing yet? -
(#1) The Fellowship of the Ring - The Shire
A beautiful, vibrant, farming village, the Waikato town of Matamata was practically the shire before Peter Jackson and company even arrived. They rebuilt the Shire there again after The Hobbit and it's now a permanent attraction, with buses running to it all day. -
(#18) The Fellowship of the Ring - Chetwood Forest
If you drive past Nelson (itself worth checking out - it's the home of Jens Hansen the goldsmith who created the 40 different rings used in the films) and head west you'll reach Takaka Hill. This patch of land was used as Chetwood Forest. If you'd like to pretend to be Strider/Aragorn leading a pack of Hobbits through the rough country into Bree, this is the perfect place to do it. -
(#13) The Fellowship of the Ring - Bree
Fort Dorset, in Wellington, was used as the location for Bree. The exact location was an Army base that has since been demolished, but plots of land throughout the area are actually for sale! Now's your chance to own a piece of Lord of the Rings history!
The nearby Chocolate Fish Cafe, at Scorching Bay, is where the cast and crew often ate and had coffee. -
(#4) The Hobbit - New Hobbiton
After some years of growth and wear and tear between the original trilogy and the Hobbit films, it was decided they would build a new Hobbiton. This new Hobbiton has a whopping 44 Hobbit holes, the party tree, and, of course, the Green Dragon Pub. You're free to peruse the landscape, take tours, and maybe have some second breakfast.
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All the shots of the Lord of the Rings trilogy were filmed in New Zealand, and the crew and casts experienced the real Middle-earth world in a beautiful filming location. The lush country roads and blue glaciers of Middle-earth have attracted many fans. Nowadays, many tourists flock to New Zealand to enjoy these beautiful sceneries in the movies.
Have you watched this movie series? So many filming locations have become worldwide famous attractions, here the random tool introduced 18 of the most beautiful film sets that people can visit in real life, such as the quiet town in the movie, the Shire has undergone reconstruction and now remains a permanent attraction.
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