In the Season 7 premiere Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) finally made it to Westeros after a long path to raise an army and consolidate her power. But she hasn’t gone to the continent proper yet Daenerys Targaryen has made it home to Dragonstone. The season seven premiere of Game of Thrones is jam-packed with everything from planning wars to poisoning the entire Frey family, but possibly Gaztelugatxe Island, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. There be dragons in northern Basque Country. Well, maybe not, but this is the region in Spain where Game of Thrones filmed the scenes for the mystical island of Dragonstone. Gaztelugatxe (“castle rock”) is the islet where Daenerys, the Mother of Dragons, had her castle perched high on a cliff. Game of Thrones, the HBO series based on the George R. R. Martin novels A Song of Ice and Fire, is an international phenomenon like nothing else. Since it first aired in 2011, it has captured audiences with its incredible cinematography, gripping storyline, thought-provoking themes, and shocking plot-twists. Every Game of Thrones fans would probably love to spend at least a day in Westeros and explore the many different places this continent hides. Well, it turns out you actually can – after all, most of the show’s scenes were filmed in real-life locations and some fans even dedicated themselves to travel the world and find them. 00:00/01:27. The Twins Began As A Rickety Bridge. The Twins is one of the most memorable locations in Westeros, comprised two of identical castles and a massive bridge connecting them. It is the seat of House Frey and is meant to protect the crossing of the Green Fork of the Trident. This location started its life roughly six hundred years ago as a rickety Game of Thrones was known for its dragon action over its eight-season run, but there might have been one we didn't see as it was under the Stark home of Winterfell, as this theory claims. The HBO show was directly based on the book series by George R.R. Martin , and based iterations spawned a wealth of different fan theories across the years. Centuries before the Mad King and the Mad Queen, the Targaryens were a great family of Valyria, one of several noble houses of dragonriders. However, the Targaryens left Valyria to take up residence on Dragonstone (thanks to prophetic dreams of the Doom), and became the only house of dragonriders to survive. For a time, they lived and ruled on XUEd.