NZ: Hobbiton

We visited the Hobbiton Movie Set, where the Hobbiton scenes of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies were filmed.

We actually visited there decades ago, before The Hobbit was filmed, where they encouraged us to help trample the paths as they were preparing the site for filming. It’s expanded quite a bit since then; there was no Green Dragon Inn or Bagshot Row there back then.

Selfie by the sign (as seen in yesterday’s post):

Path into Hobbiton:

Hobbit holes:

A photo of us in a hobbit hole doorway (there’s nothing but a wall behind us):

Bag End:

Looking down at the Green Dragon Inn:

More hobbit holes:

Bagshot Row:

Going inside:

It looks bigger on the inside than the outside… because they cheated a bit. Here’s a 3D floorplan I found on Reddit (the tour is split into two groups; we went in the left side; others go in the right side). Don’t look if you don’t want the magic spoiled:

The Green Dragon Inn, “home of the brew for the brave and true!”

We had a “Sackville Cider” (hard apple cider):

A magical experience.