Welcome to Hobbiton Sign — Attraction in North Island

DONT DREAM OF GOING WITHOUT A TICKET. RYANAIR FLIGHTS meets Tellytubbyland for Tolkien fans. Go if you like fantasy make believe or like film special effects. Or happy to lose 2.5hours of your life. Very cleverly and slickly arranged. Surrounding countryside is vast and smartly manicured for film sets. We were advised: About 50% of visitors HAVEN'T read or viewed Tolkien (so guessing they're on a tour group admission). The other 50% might just be groupies or IG poseurs. A great opportunity to photobomb these. Disneyesque entrance regime demands timings adherence or admittance can be cancelled even if you've driven several hundred km. Bring waterproofs: there's nothing like trudging through the hillside in the pouring rain with a coach load of bedraggled parents hoping to photo an elf or a troll or cabbage patch plastic legume (in the rain); the sound effects of their kids is life-like, especially in the rain. The special effects sizing is so realistic that that the tavern beers and pies are all 2/3rd real sized as well (but the prices remain real life sized). Hence the overall rating for this pixaar palace is scaled at 2/3rds. Meh. (Watch the film, or...

It’s just a sign in the middle of the road, but worth a visit if you’re a fan and already in the area to do the Shire tour. Recommend parking at the nearby visitor center (which also has some LOTR...

It's a good sign to see the Hobbiton sign, unlike the books where it was a bad sign or omen.

Not much to do there except take a photo for fake internet points. Which I...