Where is princess diaries filmed

The cable car accident. Give us feedback. Read Next View. San Francisco Proper Hotel. Argonaut Hotel - a Noble House Hotel. Palihotel San Francisco. Axiom Hotel San Francisco. Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco. Hyatt Place San Francisco Downtown. The school interior and grounds, though, are even further away — near Los Angeles. When Queen Clarisse Julie Andrews and Mia take a day off to enjoy the city they drive east over the Golden Gate Bridge , for no other reason than visual effect.

You might remember the Sutro Baths site from cult comedy Harold and Maude. Everyone else is simply early'. Anne had some experience in acting and TV, but had never made the leap to the silver screen.

The magic of cinema, eh? We're very relieved that they didn't mess with Meg's original title. We had a soft spot for her pre-makeover look though. Each tiny hair had to be individually glued in place. Which makes our morning brow routine look rather low maintenance by comparison, really.

Thanks Hector. Suppressing a scream, I cling on for dear life and make my way down. Perhaps one of the most beloved coming-of-age stories of the early aughts, the Disney film based on the bestselling series by Meg Cabot follows an awkward San Francisco teenager Anne Hathaway, in her breakout role who discovers that her deceased father was a prince, making her the heir to the throne of the fictional European country of Genovia.

The late Garry Marshall, who directed the film, liked the idea so much that he changed a line in the script, said Berke, adding a joke about a frustrated Mia storming off to her tower. Although the interior scenes were shot on a sound stage in Los Angeles, the space bears a near-identical resemblance, with its high ceilings, a spiral staircase and, of course, the fire pole.

Not Fat Louie, but Sapphire, one of two cats living inside the Engine 43 art studio, sits in her favorite position on the spiral staircase. Hagenstroem has lived in the refurbished fire house now the Engine 43 Art Studio with her husband and 9-year-old son since , but at first she was unaware of its ties to the popular film and was more interested in its origins as a fire house dating back to , when Engine Company No. It was run with horse-drawn carriages that were replaced by engines seven years later, and functioned as a fire house until , when the company relocated.

It was then sold to Dr.