Game of Thrones
Manikata (Lhazareen village)
In Maltese: Il-Manikata
Old farm ruins around Manikata, a small farming village in Malta's north-west, played the Lhazareen village sacked by Khal Drogo's Dothraki in Game of Thrones season 1, episode 8 'The Pointy End', filmed in late October 2010.
What was filmed at Manikata (Lhazareen village)?
Game of Thrones (2011–2019) · S1 E8 · “The Pointy End”
Khal Drogo's Dothraki sack the Lhazareen village among old stone ruins on what is now the Manikata Rural Heritage Trail; Drogo kills the challenger Mago but is wounded in the chest, and Daenerys stops the rape of village women and takes Mirri Maz Duur under her protection. It played The Lhazareen (Lamb Men) village in Essos.
About Manikata (Lhazareen village)
Manikata is a quiet farming village in Mellieħa's countryside, surrounded by valleys of vines, melons and strawberries and known for Richard England's 1974 parish church, shaped like a traditional girna stone hut. Towards the end of October 2010, Game of Thrones used old rubble-stone ruins along what is now the Manikata Rural Heritage Trail as the village of the Lhazareen, the 'Lamb Men'. In episode 8 the Dothraki raid the village; Khal Drogo fights and kills his rider Mago, who challenges him, and takes a cut to the chest; Daenerys stops the rape of Lhazareen women and claims the healer Mirri Maz Duur, whose 'cure' later dooms Drogo. Today it's working farmland with a walking trail, rural ruins and wide views towards Għajn Tuffieħa — no set remains, so come for the landscape.
Best time to go
Spring (March–May) when the fields are green and the walk is cool.
Questions people ask
Where was the Dothraki raid on the Lhazareen village filmed?+
In Manikata, a farming village in north-west Malta, at the end of October 2010, for season 1 episode 8 'The Pointy End'.
Is anything left of the Game of Thrones set in Manikata?+
No — the crew used existing old ruins and fields. You can walk the Manikata Rural Heritage Trail through the same countryside.
Sources
- The Pointy End — Wikipedia (Filming locations)
- Manikata — Wikipedia
- Game of Thrones — il-Manikata (village website)
- Production timeline — Game of Thrones Wiki
Exact spot not yet checked on site — we visit every location before launch.