Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan
Who said that the best way to escape worldly problems is to go to a remote island or a high-mountain monastery? The rocky Wadi Rum Desert is perfect for this task. It is an excellent place to escape from earthly concerns, as the surrounding landscape bears little resemblance to planet Earth. It is no coincidence that this place is also known as the Moon Valley. It feels as if the rocks here are alive and form bizarre sculptures, and you can spend hours trying to discern their metaphorical meaning.
The Nabataeans, an ancient Arabian people who built the great city of Petra nearby and left rock carvings in Wadi Rum, also contributed to the mystery of this place.
In Wadi Rum, you can go on a jeep tour (especially cool at sunset), but the most unique experience here is spending the night in a Bedouin camp.
Since the filming of Lawrence of Arabia, local Bedouins have turned the desert into a popular ecotourism destination and set up luxury camps here. In the evening, tourists gather around a bonfire, where they roast a fragrant lamb, brew tea with local herbs, and then, in complete silence under the blue-black dome of the sky with thousands of bright stars, smoke a fragrant hookah and listen to ancient Bedouin songs.
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Manhattan, New York, USA
Every year, about three hundred films are shot in New York. This film, shot almost six decades ago, will outlive many generations of moviegoers, and it is simply impossible to pass by the places where it was filmed.
The famous townhouse where the charming Audrey Hepburn’s character Holly Golightly lived is located on the West Side at 169 East 71st Street. The building, which was constructed in 1910, is now divided into two duplexes and is home to two very wealthy New York families — it is said that the last apartment purchase cost six million dollars. Unfortunately, the interiors shown in the film cannot be found — and it’s not because they are private property, but simply because these scenes were filmed in Hollywood studios.
Woodstock, Illinois, USA
Another building featured in the film is the Cherry Street Inn, where Bill Murray’s character, meteorologist Phil Connors, lived in the plot. This building, constructed at the junction of two architectural eras — Queen Anne and Queen Victoria — and actually located on Fremont Street, was a private residential villa during filming. However, it is now possible to stay there — after the film’s release, it was converted into a real bed and breakfast hotel.
Draa Valley, Morocco
It must be admitted that Alejandro González Iñárritu filmed the least tourist-friendly episode of his famous film in Morocco — in it, a shepherd boy shoots and wounds American Susan Jones (played by Cate Blanchett), who came to Morocco from San Diego with her husband (Brad Pitt) on vacation.
But the beauty of the Atlas Mountains is still a draw, and it’s really worth coming here, to the south of the country, to the exotic Berber villages of the Draa Valley, to see a completely different Morocco, different from the Atlantic coast, popular Marrakesh, or the capital Rabat.
People here live much the same as they did a thousand years ago, in simple red stone dwellings. The only sign of the 21st century is the satellite TV dishes, and tourists are welcomed by ancient inns that seem to bring all of Scheherazade’s tales to life. It’s a great place to reboot your life and rethink some of the things you take for granted.