International journalists take Game of Thrones tour of Dubrovnik

Once again the HBO serial Game of Thrones has brought international recognition to Dubrovnik. A press group of journalists visited Dubrovnik this weekend in cooperation with the Dubrovnik Tourist Board, Embassy Films and HBO. “Dubrovnik was born to be King's Landing,” commented Tom Butler a journalist for Yahoo Movies. The group of journalists, from MTV, The Sun, The Daily Star, Yahoo Movies, Metro News, The Radio Times, IGN and E Talk, amongst others, visited all the locations in Dubrovnik used by the Game of Thrones serial.Dubrovnik acts as the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, Kings Landing, in the popular serial and is therefore key to the entire story. The Dubrovnik Tourist Board organised a special “Game of Thrones” inspired menu for the journalists. The restaurant Ragusa, located in the Old City of Dubrovnik, prepared the special dinner which included beef stew, roast chicken with honey and raisins and salad with apple and pine nuts.The Dubrovnik travel agency, Elite, organised the Game of Thrones tour for the foreign journalists which included locations that have been used over the past few years, such as the Rectors Palace, the Lovrijenac Fortress, Pile and even the Trsteno Arboretum.