Pottering around Britain
Posted by Hildur Knútsdóttir - 22/06/09 at 10:06:18 am
Photo by KitAy
Heaven knows why time seems to travel faster during the summer months than during dead of winter, even though the days are much shorter then. And though it feels like summer only just started, June will be over before we know it. July 15th is just around the corner, and you all know what that means; The premiere of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, of course.
Harry´s sixth year at Hogwarts is coming to a theater near you, and they promise that it will be the best Potter film to date.
Any traveler worth his salt should be intimately acquainted with the Harry Potter series. They are so riveting that they are hard to put down, long enough to be the perfect read for that horrible 14 hour flight, and so thrilling as to make you forget about your rock hard seat and cramped leg space. There are also seven of them, so they should last you the better part of your globe trekking.
But there is another way to enjoy the magical world of wizards while travelling. Various British travel agents now offer theme trips following Harry Potter’s trail. Most of the tours on offer obviously centre around the film locations, as towns and places in the novels tend to be fictional rather then real.
You can visit places made familiar from scenes of the movies, such as the train station for the village of Goathland in the Yorkshire Moors (featuring as Hogsmeade train station in the films), Australia House (Gringotts) and University of Oxford for a glimpse of Hogwarts´ library and famously enchanted dining hall. They even offer overnight tours where you can visit the real Number Four Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey.
We recommend you find your flight at Dohop and Potter around Britain this summer!
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