New Zealand’s own Hobbiton has found a place on an international ranking list again, after being ranked amongst the world’s top ‘hidden gems’.
Online car rental reservations and blog site DiscoverCars.com has put together a list ranking the world’s most unusual tourist attractions.
Hobbiton found itself ranked seventh on the list, under Fingal’s Cave in Scotland, Rakontzbrucke Devil’s Bridge in Germany, Valle Dei Mulini in Italy, Sedlec Ossuary ‘Bone Church’ in the Czech Republic, Hidden Beach in Mexico, and Skellig Michael in Ireland.
“Hobbiton is the real-life set as seen in ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ but is also an active sheep farm. All in all, the attraction is intriguing to any fans of the popular films,” the website says. They also noted that the attraction has 1972 people listed as ‘wanting to visit’ on Atlus Obscura.
The website used Atlus Obscura to source attractions and analysed the number of people wanting to visit each attraction according to the website. They excluded the popular tourist traps found outside major cities to focus in instead on those special hidden gems.
As part of their ranking system, DiscoverCars.com also noted the price of a rental car, the distance from the closest airport to each attraction and how long it would take to drive there, and the price of fuel per litre.
