Sojourn | Sovereign Luxury Travel Magazine Autumn 2023

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Italy's Fabulous
Filming Locations
With such epic scenery and landscapes, it’s no surprise that Italy has been featured
on the silver screen since the early days of motion pictures. When films turned Technicolor,
Italy quickly established itself as a naturally photogenic destination. What you see on the
screen though is just a glimpse of the beauty that can be found in person. Join us as we
take you to some of Italy's prettiest destinations, as seen on screen in the last two decades!
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (2023)
When Harrison Ford returned to our screens this year for
the fifth instalment of the legendary adventure franchise
Indiana Jones, it was Sicily that was chosen as the
filming location. And how could it not be? The southern
Italian island has so much spellbinding natural beauty
and archaeological treasures to unearth. A 600-strong
crew went on location to deliver the time-travelling
storyline. Featured in the film was Syracuse, renowned
for its impressive collection of ancient Greek ruins and
unusual caves and a Gothic citadel, as did the pretty
coastal marina of Cefalù, where scenes were filmed at
the beautiful Lungomare Beach and where entire piazzas
were transformed back into the 1960s. Also, Trapani in
the west of Sicily was put in the limelight, with Roman
gladiators roaming the steep, winding streets of historical
Castellammare del Golfo, and where a yacht got sunk off
the coast of Marsala.
Cyrano (2021), the romantic musical film starring Peter
Dinklage as the 17th century writer Cyrano de Bergerac,
was also shot entirely on location in Sicily - and apparently
the crew narrowly avoided an eruption from the island’s
famous active volcano, Mount Etna!
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