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‘Game of Thrones’ Tourists Are Besieging Dubrovnik
The medieval city in Croatia is having a geek-culture moment as the setting for King’s Landing in the HBO series (not to mention the new Star Wars movie). But not everyone appreciates all the attention.
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA—Ivone Alvarado and Miguel Gomez planned to take in all the sites of Europe. The couple mapped out their vacation in June, a long sojourn from their home in Bogotá, Colombia, with stops in France, Norway, Portugal, and Spain. Then they added time for one final, more unusual destination: Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast, and the picturesque medieval city of Dubrovnik.
“We saw a film by a Mexican filmmaker who travels and films his trips,” Alvarado says, noting that they’d never heard of Dubrovnik before. “Because of that, we came here.”