Dubrovnik & Split Filming Locations, Local Secrets & Bizarre Stories

2019 has been a pretty monumental year so far, and not in the least because it dished out the highly anticipated final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones.

The last few gripping episodes pushed hard core fans (including me) to the edge of their seats, jaws firmly embedded on the floor in utter disbelief. I’m amazed that months after the final episode aired, fans are still turning to the Internet to vent their feelings about the 8th season’s plot.

The devilry of Game of Thrones was how it conjured strong connections to central characters before yanking them off the screen with unceremonious deaths. In a twisted way this attached us to the remaining characters, almost like they were part of our collective tribe. So, when we recently visited Croatia, where a large chunk of the show was filmed, we wanted to see the sites where Daenerys kept her dragons and where Cersei took her infamous walk of shame.

But I’m as much of a history buff as I am a GoT fan, so I wanted Game…