plane trees over 400 years old that are unique specimens of the plant in Europe.
There is no need to cross the Narrow Sea to reach Essos.
Games of Thrones is not the only series to choose Croatia as a set, however. In 2015 the popular series "Crossing Lines", starring Donald Sutherland, filmed scenes for the third season in the stunning coastal towns of Opatija, Rijeka and Rovinj, that are all worth more than a visit!
you can retrace the footsteps of the Native American hero Winnetou of the cult 1960s films. The filming of a new trilogy about the character, created by Karl May, was begun in the area in 2015, as well as in the regions of Istria, Lika and Gorski Kotar.
Orson Wells shot his adaptation of Franz Kafka's "The Trial" in Zagreb.
Jules Verne set the plot of his novel "Mathias Sandorf" in the town of Pazin.
Lord Byron christened the city of Dubrovnik “The Pearl of the Adriatic”.
George Bernard Shaw claimed that “If you want to see heaven on earth, come to Dubrovnik”.
Shaw also wrote: "On the last day of the Creation, God desired to crown his work, and thus created the Kornati Islands out of tears, stars and breath".
Vladimir Nabokov described his summers as a youth in Opatija as "perfect".