The legends surrounding these monuments, often do not coincide with their real history.
If you’re dreaming of this travel and of immersion in the history and atmosphere of the place where you are going, you should avoid these attractions.
After all, it is not enough that going all year round crowd of tourists, and the legends that enveloped these places have little relation to reality. Some of them were created in order to capitalize on the popularity of any movie, and others — to capitalize on distortions in history.
1. “Of Piz Gloria, Switzerland
2. Fans of James bond will remember the wonderful beauty of the views from the restaurant “Piz Gloria”, which is depicted in the 1969 film “On the secret service of Her Majesty”.
The actors from the movie “the secret service of Her Majesty” on the set “Piz Gloria” restaurant, built specifically for the film. When producer Hubert fröhlich appeared on the scene, it turned out that the restaurant is not ready yet. The production company paid for the completion of the restaurant under a special contract with the film Studio.
3. Sleepy hollow, United States
4. The settlement of Sleepy hollow in upstate new York in the late 1800s, it was known as North Tarrytown, but then changed the name because of the favorable Association with the famous short story by Washington Irving.
Johnny Depp in one scene of the 1999 film “Sleepy hollow”. The film became one of the reasons for wide popularity of this place.
5. Shangri-La, China
6. The role of the fictional country of Shangri-La from the novel by science fiction writer James hiltons 1933 “Lost horizon,” there are a lot of applicants. However, the Chinese town of Zhongdian officially changed its name to Shangri-La in 2001.
This is Zhongdian, Shangri-La or not, the views here are amazing. In addition to the thick emerald green forests and capped with snow peaks, there are many Tibetan temples.
7. The bridge on the river Kwai, Thailand
8. Through this the river Kwai is no bridge, so part of the Mae Klong was renamed the Kwai Yai, that it was in the novel. In the photo — the bridge on the river Kwai these days.
Novel by Pierre Boulle of bridge on the river Kwai” was successfully filmed in 1957 in the film with Alec Guinness in the title role. The river Mae Klong was renamed after the film’s release.
9. Checkpoint Charlie, Germany
10. The real checkpoint Charlie was dismantled in 1990, when Germany reunified, and has since been moved to the Museum. In the photo — reconstruction, which go to gawk at tourists.
Checkpoint Charlie (pictured) was a border post between East and West Germany during the cold war. This is the only place where American and Soviet soldiers were on duty next to on opposite sides of the border.
11. The house at 221b Baker street, United Kingdom
12. Most people realize that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, but that’s not stopping fans from going to the Museum of this famous detective.
Although the building with the sign “221b”, actually the house is located at the address Baker street 239. What is most interesting when he published the first book about Sherlock Holmes, such address did not exist.
13. Bran Castle, Romania
14. Bran castle (pictured) has long been associated with Dracula, but actually it was different. However, it is believed that the descriptions of castle Dracula in the novel by Bram Stoker was inspired precisely by the bran castle.
The vampire described in the novel, was modeled on Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), a nobleman who lived in a nearby poenari castle, which now lies in ruins.
