You’ve watched every episode. You know the map of Westeros better than your own city. But can you stand on the spot where Daenerys chained her dragons? Or walk the same stones as Cersei’s Walk of Shame? Most travel guides for Game of Thrones locations bury the useful info under fluff. They tell you to …

The most persistent myth in travel is that reaching 50 means scaling back — shorter itineraries, group coaches, famous capitals only, nothing complicated. Travelers who have genuinely figured out European travel at this stage have quietly reached the opposite conclusion. The problem was never capability. It was destination choice. Paris in August, Rome during Easter …