Where was The English Patient filmed?
The English Patient was filmed in Tunisia and Italy. We hold 7 confirmed locations, including Basilica di San Francesco, Tamerza and Chott el Jerid. 6 of them are open to visitors.
On screen: Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo is Grand Hotel des Bains, Venice, Cairo medina is Medina of Sfax, Sfax and Cairo hotel is Hotel des Bains, Venice.
Locations
7
Countries
2
You can visit
6 of 7
- Basilica di San FrancescoArezzo · ItalyFrescoed chapel visit
- Sant'Anna in CamprenaPienza · ItalyMonastery flashback setting
- Medina of SfaxSfax · TunisiaCairo medina scenes · as Cairo medina
- TamerzaTamerza · TunisiaMountain oasis shoot
Chott el JeridTozeur · TunisiaShimmering salt lake crossing- Grand Hotel des BainsVenice · ItalyCairo hotel scenes · as Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo
- Hotel des BainsVenice · ItalyCairo hotel stand-in · as Cairo hotel
Common questions
Where was The English Patient filmed?
The English Patient was filmed in Tunisia and Italy. We hold 7 confirmed locations, including Basilica di San Francesco, Tamerza and Chott el Jerid. 6 of them are open to visitors. On screen: Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo is Grand Hotel des Bains, Venice, Cairo medina is Medina of Sfax, Sfax and Cairo hotel is Hotel des Bains, Venice.
Can you visit the English Patient filming locations?
6 of the 7 locations are open to visitors. The rest are private homes, working studios or restricted sites — each page says which.
How many English Patient filming locations are there?
We hold 7 confirmed locations across 2 countries.
Take the whole English Patient map with you.
Venture puts every one of these on a single map and sorts them by how far you are from each. It also tells you what else was filmed nearby — often something you would never have looked up.
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