20 Famous Movie Scene Locations That You Can Actually Visit

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Doctor Strange – Kathmandu

Ancient cities always provide a great back drop, as movie goers are transported back in time to places that remain untouched by the outside world. In Doctor Strange, Benedict Cumberbatch plays a brilliant surgeon whose skilled hands become crushed in an accident, plunging him into a dark depression. Searching for a cure, he travels to a sacred place known as ‘Kamar Taj’, seeking the guidance of ‘The Ancient One’.

With fantastic traditional architecture, colorful street markets and sacred temples, Kathmandu was the perfect setting, as its rich history was juxtaposed against the amazing special effects used to transport actors across space and time.

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Many tour guides have now started offering ‘Doctor Strange Tours’ to show visitors the exact spots where the movie was filmed. Important locations include World Heritage Site Pashupatinath Temple and Patan Durbar Square, but tourists to Kathmandu will find the ancient alleys and old markets equally enthralling. Be aware that Kathmandu was heavily damaged by a huge earthquake the same year the movie was made, but the city’s famous sites are being carefully reconstructed and repaired, and can still be visited.