This year marks 25 years since The Beach was released, putting Thailand on the map with travellers keen to check out Leonardo DiCaprio’s desert island paradise (minus the gun-toting pot farmers, ideally). Over the years, numerous movies have supercharged visitor numbers to various islands, whether it’s Luke Skywalker’s Irish hideout in Star Wars: The Force Awakens or the Canadian island taken over by rampaging primates for the Planet of the Apes films.
If you fancy slipping into special agent mode at James Bond’s favourite island beach bar, belting out Abba classics during a Grecian getaway to the island used for the Mamma Mia! movies, or eating lobster rolls while gazing out over the shores shivering at the thought of Jaws, you’re in luck. We’ve rounded up eight idyllic getaways that you’ll almost certainly recognise from the silver screen – and most of them you can visit fairly easily.
