"Wild West, Basque edition"
World Famous
Monument Valley
USA
The iconic sandstone buttes of the American West. Every Western movie you've ever seen was filmed here.
“Game of Thrones chose the European version. So can you.”
European Alternative
Bardenas Reales
Spain
A semi-desert badlands in Navarre that looks like it was transplanted from Arizona. Sandstone formations, mesa buttes, and vast emptiness. UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Game of Thrones filming location.
Why These Two?
Both feature dramatic sandstone buttes and mesa formations rising from arid desert plains, popular as film locations.
Monument Valley
Bardenas Reales
The True Cost
World
Monument Valley
flight
Europe
Bardenas Reales
train
€1007
True Cost Saved
1.5t
Less CO2
98%
Emission Reduction
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