Silver Screen Car Hire Drives

C ar Hire gives you the           Shot at real locations all around  freedom to lose yourself in     the city of Salzburg, those        a world made famous by the      wishing to follow in the           movies. The following is a            footsteps of Maria and the Von     compilation of most memorable         Trapp family will find plenty of   film locations in cinema history      sights all over the city to        that can easily be explored with      capture their imagination. The     car hire.                             opening aerial scenes featuring                                          the Salzkammergut Lake District,   1.Lord of the Rings (Kaitoka          the castles at Fuchsl and the      Regional Park, New Zealand)           Mountain at Mellweg can be                                               reached within a 12 mile drive of  A short 45-minute drive from          Salzburg, while the mountain       Wellington City will take you to      where Julie Andrews makes her      Kaitoka Regional Park which was       twirling debut is situated near    the setting for Rivendell and the     the Bavarian village of            Fords of Isen in The Lord of the      Schellenberg, just a six mile      Rings movie trilogy. Visitors to      drive from Salzburg.               the park will experience a                                               distinctly otherworldly feel,         3.Pride and Prejudice              with light filtering through          (Derbyshire, Lincolnshire)         gnarly trees and babbling brooks.                                        New Zealand car hire affords you      Travel back in time to Jane        the option of experiencing the        Austen’s England where rolling     tranquillity that surrounded the      countryside and dramatic scenery   house of Elrond as                    make for a memorable car hire                                            excursion. For an authentic Pride  2.Sound of Music (Salzburg,           and Prejudice experience, be sure  Austria)                              to visit Chatsworth in Derbyshire                                        which was transformed into         Pemberley for the film and            legendary Scottish hero William    Lincolnshire’s Burghley House,        Wallace was filmed on location in  perhaps more familiar to fans as      Ireland and Scotland. In           the elegant Rosings. A journey        Scotland, scenes were filmed in    through the Peak District and         and around the wild landscapes of  Derbyshire will no doubt              Glen Coe, Glen Nevis and the       transport visitors back to some       Mamore mountains. Meanwhile, in    of the movie’s most famous            Ireland, Trim Castle doubled up    scenes.                               as London and York, while Co.                                            Kildare’s Curragh Plains provided  4.Chocolat(Various locations,         the backdrop for scenes of the     France)                               Battle of Stirling. Dunsoghly                                            Castle in Dublin also featured as  Argus Car Hire invites you to         Edinburgh Castle.                  fall in love with the beautiful                                          French countryside that lit up        6.Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)      the silver screen in 2000. The                                           movie Chocolat was filmed on          Based on the book of the same      location at a number of               title by American author Frances   spectacular locations around the      Mayes, the movie which tells the   Burgundy region of France. The        story of a woman who starts up a   medieval village of                   new life in Tuscany was filmed on  Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, close to        location at a number of pretty     Dijon is sure to melt your heart,     destinations around Tuscany and    as it did for Johnny Depp and         Florence. With Italy car hire,     Juliette Binoche in the movie.        it’s possible to experience the                                          amber sunsets and fascinating      5.Brave Heart(Scotland/Ireland)       Etruscan sites made famous by the                                        movie. Meanwhile, a drive around   Braveheart, the story of              Montepulciano, Siena will take     you to the magical setting for        the famous wedding scene.          About the Author Fiona writes for Argus Car Hire and Car Hire Italy Published At: www.Isnare.com