• Property for Sale
  • To Rent
  • Holidays
  • Directory
  • Articles
  • Jobs
    • € EUR
    • Professionals/Advertiser Login
    • Advertise your Property on thinkSPAIN
    • Sell your property with an estate agent
    • Add your Business to the Directory
    • Advertising with thinkSPAIN
    • List a job vacancy on thinkSPAIN
    • By Signing up you are agreeing with our Terms and Privacy Policy.

      Looking for the Professionals/Advertiser Login?
      or

      Don't have an account?  

      • Follow us:

By Signing up you are agreeing with our Terms and Privacy Policy.

Looking for the Professionals/Advertiser Login?
or

Don't have an account?  

Sign up

By Signing up you are agreeing with our Terms and Privacy Policy.
or

Already have a thinkSPAIN account?

Sign in/Register

By Signing up you are agreeing with our Terms and Privacy Policy.
or

Don't have an account?

Forgot your password?

thinkSPAIN Logo

Was 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner in Benidorm?

 

Was 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner in Benidorm?

thinkSPAIN Team 12/06/2019

Was 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner in Benidorm?
FANS of cult historic fantasy series Game of Thrones have been plunged into confusion with conflicting stories about whether or not Sansa Stark – known in real life as Sophie Turner – spent her hen weekend in Benidorm.

Pictures on Twitter appeared to show Turner and her closest friend Maisie Williams, who plays her sister Arya Stark in the show, boarding a plane and chilling out in a hotel conservatory with a large group of girls of a similar age, in the Alicante province coastal town.

But Benidorm local authorities and tourist board say they had no information about the star-studded guests' having been there, and there is no actual evidence from the actress' or their guests' photographs or comments on social media to confirm the venue.

One picture shows background scenery, with relatively low-rise blocks of flats in sandstone colour and dense trees, including the odd palm, but no landmark stands out to show it is in fact Benidorm.

The story run by several Spanish media claims Sophie Turner took a flight on a private jet from London to Alicante on Sunday (June 9) and checked into a hotel with an infinity pool near Aqualandia water park, overlooking Levante beach.

But no hotel in Benidorm has said the Game of Thrones bachelorette party was staying there.

Tweets and pictures by a Maisie Williams fan in Roşiori de Vede in Romania – who calls herself Maisie Sweet – appear to have started the rumours.

Speculation is now rife that the newlywed and her on-screen sister allowed the public to believe they were in Benidorm as a red herring, in order to put the paparazzi off the scent and enjoy some privacy.

The hen party, unusually, took place after the wedding: Sophie married singer Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers – currently at number one in the Spanish charts with Sucker for You – on May 1 in Las Vegas.

She and Maisie were then in London on May 7 for a magazine launch.

But at least one member of the Game of Thrones cast has, indeed, been to Benidorm in the last couple of years, as his photograph of the mountain and skyline proves.

HafÞór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays Gregor Clegane, spent a few days' catching the rays in the popular beach town in summer 2017.

 

Photograph: Maisie Sweet on Twitter (@FanAlexandru)

 

 

Related Topics

  • Entertainment

You may also be interested in ...

  • Property for sale in Benidorm
  • Property for rent in Benidorm
  • Businesses & Services in Benidorm

Advertisement

Advertisement

More News & Information

How to get the best out of Valencia's Fallas festival, according to the experts
Culture 16/03/2024
How to get the best out of Valencia's Fallas festival, according to the experts

IF YOU'RE in the Comunidad Valenciana any time between now and the early hours of March 20, you may notice an awful lot of noise and colour on the streets. It's the season for the region's biggest festival,...

View
Goya Award for Ghostbuster Sigourney Weaver...and other winners for 2024
Entertainment 11/02/2024
Goya Award for Ghostbuster Sigourney Weaver...and other winners for 2024

SIGOURNEY Weaver and survivors of a South American plane crash took centre stage at Spain's answer to the Oscars this week, the Goya Awards – and one film netted 12 prizes out of its 13 nominations.

View
Bruce Springsteen in Barcelona and Madrid
Entertainment 07/11/2023
Bruce Springsteen in Barcelona and Madrid

BRUCE'The Boss' Springsteen and The E-Street Band are heading to Spain next spring, and tickets have gone on sale today (Tuesday).

View
Princess of Asturias Award winners: Meryl Streep, Mary's Meals, Haruki Marukami...
Culture 25/10/2023
Princess of Asturias Award winners: Meryl Streep, Mary's Meals, Haruki Marukami...

A HOLLYWOOD legend joining folk-dancers from Asturias and showing off her fancy footwork in the street is not a scene your average Oviedo resident witnesses during his or her weekly shop. Even though their northern...

View

Advertisement

  1. Spain
  2. Valencia region
  3. Alicante province
  4. Costa Blanca
  5. Benidorm
  6. Was 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner in Benidorm?