Travel
Pat Fearing:
"What exactly do you do?"
Bond:
"Oh, I travel... a sort of licensed troubleshooter."
- from the movie Thunderball, 1965
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Q's House, 42 Roupell St, London
It looks like Q's home in the movie No Time To Die is located at 42 Roupell St, 42 Roupell St, London SE1 8TB, UK.
Matera, Italy
An important sequence of No Time To Die takes place in the beautiful town of Matera in Italy.
The small city is situated on a rocky outcrop in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy.
Faroe Islands
The stunning Kalsoy island, part of the Faroe Islands, is a prominent location in No Time To Die.
Filming for No Time To Die took place on the islands in autumn 2019.
The winding roads and tunnels through the dramatic mountains on Kalsoy island will form a perfect backdrop for the film.
Rules Restaurant, London, UK
M, Q and Moneypenny meet at Rules restaurant in the 2015 movie SPECTRE.
Filming took place inside and outside the Rules restaurant on Friday 22 May with MI6 members M (Ralph Fiennes), Q (Ben Whishaw) and Moneypenney (Naomie Harris) all attending.
Hashima Island, Japan
The deserted island of Bond's adversary Silva in the movie SkyFall (2012), might seem the result of the writers' fantasy, but does actually exist. The island is called Hashima, and is located off the coast of Japan.
In 1959, the island was one of the most densely populated areas on earth. On the tiny island (400 x 160 meter), more than 5000 people lived and worked.
Villa Le Torre, Talamone, Southern Tuscany, Italy
Villa Le Torre, located near Talamone (6km), in Southern Tuscany, Italy, is featured in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. Bond, after leaving the Tosca Opera in Bregenz, visits René Mathis (and his girlfriend) in this beautiful villa and asks him to come and help him in Bolivia.
Villa del Balbianello, Lenno, Como, Italy
Villa del Balbianello is located next to Lake Como, Italy. In the spring of 2006, the movie Casino Royale was filmed in front of the villa. The villa doubles as a hospital where James Bond (Daniel Craig) is recovering, together with Vesper (Eva Green) and where the Swiss banker comes to get the code to transfer the money.
Villa La Gaeta, San Siro, Lake Como, Italy
This James Bond Villa is located next to Lake Como, near San Siro and Menaggio, Italy, surrounded by a beautiful park with paths, benches and a lit fountain. In the spring of 2006, the movie Casino Royale was filmed in front of this villa (the last scene of the movie when Bond shoots and meets Mr. White, and utters the famous words "Bond... James Bond").
Villa del Balbianello, Lenno, Como, Italy
Villa del Balbianello is located next to Lake Como, Italy. In the spring of 2006, the movie Casino Royale was filmed in front of the villa. The villa doubles as a hospital where James Bond (Daniel Craig) is recovering, together with Vesper (Eva Green) and where the Swiss banker comes to get the code to transfer the money.
Hotel Cala Di Volpe, Sardinia, Italy
In the movie The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), James Bond (Roger Moore) and Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) stay at Hotel Cala Di Volpe on the Italian island of Sardinia.
Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Grandhotel Pupp, a 228-room luxury hotel located in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic, doubles for Hotel Splendide in Montenegro in the 2006 movie Casino Royale.
Four Seasons Hotel London at Canary Wharf, London, UK
Two scenes in SkyFall (2012) were filmed in the Four Seasons Hotel at Canary Wharf in London (update: now called the Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel).
Les Ambassadeurs Club, London, UK
Les Ambassadeurs Club was the fictional location of the first time we see James Bond in the film Dr. No (1962), and it was also the real location of the first meetings between Ian Fleming and Albert R. Broccoli in (summer 1959) and later with Harry Saltzman (December 1960). The club also features in The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night (1964).
Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco
One of the most glamorous Bond locations is the Casino Monte Carlo in the country of Monaco, the second smallest country in the world (after the Vatican). The beautiful casino with it's impressive facade features prominently in Never Say Never Again and GoldenEye.
Fort Antoine Theatre, Monaco
In the 1995 James Bond movie GoldenEye, Pierce Brosnan as Bond watches from the Fort Antoine Theatre how Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) and the admiral board a Riva speedboat that takes them to the Manticore yacht in Monte Carlo's port.
Château de Chantilly, France
Both the Château de Chantilly and the Great Stables were featured prominently in the Bond movie A View to a Kill (1985), as the estate of evil Max Zorin (played by Christopher Walken). Max Zorin organises his annual horse sale here and Bond (Roger Moore), together with Sir Godfrey Tibbett (Patrick Macnee), a horse trainer, infiltrate the event.
Stoke Park, Stoke Poges, United Kingdom
The James Bond films Goldfinger (1964) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), were filmed in and around the Clubhouse and on the championship golf course, Stoke Park at Stoke Poges.
The famous golf match between Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe) and James Bond (Sean Connery) were filmed on this course and in front of the main club building.
SIS/MI6 Headquarters, Vauxhall Cross, London, UK
The Vauxhall Cross SIS Building, also commonly known as the MI6 Building, is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service.
Luton Hoo, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK
The Luton Hoo Mansion House doubles as health clinic Shrublands in the movie Never Say Never Again (1983) and a staircase in the building can be seen in The World Is Not Enough (1999).
Chalfont Park House, Buckinghamshire, UK
Chalfont Park House in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, doubles as the Shrublands health clinic in the movie Thunderball (1965). The exterior of the building can be seen in several shots.
Hotel Atlantic Kempinski, Hamburg, Germany
The Atlantic Hotel was featured in the 1997 Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. A few scenes were shot here, but one of the most memorable is the stunt scene in which Pierce Brosnan - or rather his stunt double - climbs from the Atlantic Suite to the globe on the roof of the hotel after Bond killed Dr. Kaufman.
Bregenz Open Air Theatre, Austria
An important scene in the Bond movie Quantum of Solace takes place in and around the stunning open air Opera building in Bregenz, Austria. From April 29th until May 9th, 2008, the Bond team filmed several scenes with Bond (Daniel Craig), two villains (played by Matieu Amalric and Anatole Taubman), and the beautiful Bond girl (portrayed by Olga Kurylenko).
One&Only Ocean Club, Bahamas
The Ocean Club, featured prominently in Casino Royale, actually exists. Several scenes were filmed in and around the Ocean Club.
The club was owned by One&Only at the time of filming, but has since changed ownership to The Four Seasons.
British Colonial Hilton, Nassau, Bahamas
Never Say Never Again (1983), starring Sean Connery as Bond, were shot at the swank, canary yellow, British Colonial Hilton Nassau hotel that is conveniently nestled in downtown Nassau, Bahamas.
Address:
One Bay Street Nassau
Bahamas N-7148
Goldeneye, Jamaica
Ian Fleming's beloved Jamaican home where he wrote 14 of his famous 007 novels. What Fleming loved most about Goldeneye was the out of doors, nature, the sounds and colors, the peace and drama of living by the sea. He delighted in "the blazing sunshine, natural beauty and the most healthy life I could live."
Udaipur, India
In the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, several palaces in and around the town of Udaipur, India were used, most notably Shiv Niwas Palace (Bond's hotel), the Taj Lake Palace and Jag Mandir Palace which double as the home of Octopussy (played by Maud Adams) and Monsoon Palace (Kamal Khan's residence).
Cerro Paranal, Chile
Cerro Paranal, in the Atacama desert in Chile, home of the ESO (European Southern Observatory) Very Large Telescope, has been chosen as one of the settings for the James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace (2008).
Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland
Many scenes were filmed at Piz Gloria for the 1969 James Bond 007 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Piz Gloria is located on top of Schilthorn, a 2,970 metre high summit in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, above Mürren. It's Blofeld's clinical research institute, and Bond spends some time there, eventually destroying the whole place.
Verzasca Dam, Lake Locarno, Switzerland
In the opening sequence of the 1995 movie GoldenEye, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) jumps off the Verzasca Dam in Switzerland.
The dam, also known as the Contra Dam, is 220 metre (720 feet) high hydroelectric dam, and is located close to the city of Locarno.
Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico is one of the largest radio telescopes in the world. It features prominently in the last part of the 1995 movie GoldenEye.
Villa Arabesque, Acapulco, Mexico
Villa Arabesque is a luxury villa in Acapulco, Mexico and was used as film location in the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1989) where it doubles as the house of drug dealer Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi).
Villa Sylva, Kanoni, Corfu, Greece
The luxury Villa Sylva is located on the island of Corfu, Greece. Not the villa itself, but the swimming pool and garden area is featured in the movie For Your Eyes Only (1981), with the villa visible in the background. The villa and swimming pool still exist and can be rented.
Skinny Bridge and canals, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In the movie Diamonds Are Forever (1971), several scenes were filmed in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. James Bond (Sean Connery), disguised as a professional smuggler and murderer Peter Franks, travels to Amsterdam to meet contact Tiffany Case. The real Peter Franks shows up, but Bond intercepts and kills him and switches IDs to make it seem like Franks is Bond.
Gran Hotel Ciudad de México
The 5-star Gran Hotel Ciudad de México features in both Licence to Kill (1989) and SPECTRE (2015).
Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
The Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel is featured in For Your Eyes Only (1981). James Bond stays at the hotel and looks out from his balcony.
Hotel Palácio Estoril, Portugal
Hotel Palácio Estoril, Portugal is not only Bond's hotel in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but Ian Fleming himself stayed here during the Second World War and it might have given him inspiration for his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.
The Peninsula, Hong Kong
The Peninsula Hong Kong hotel appears in The Man With The Golden Gun (1974). In the film, James Bond (Roger Moore) follows Bond girl Andrea Anders (Maud Adams) from Macau to Hong Kong, where she's picked up by one of the hotel's "Peninsula-green" Rolls-Royces.
Admiral Hotel, Milan, Italy
If you're a Bond fan and are looking for a hotel in Milan, make sure to visit the Admiral Hotel. You can visit the "Coffrini Dell'Orto private collection, a must for every Bond fan. In the lobby, hallways and breakfast room you can find several display cases with the Bond collectibles, merchandise, gadgets, model cars, and much more.
Reform Club, London, UK
The Reform Club in London appears in two James Bond films: Die Another Day in 2002 and Quantum of Solace in 2008.
Reform Club is a private members club on the south side of Pall Mall, in what is often called London's Clubland.
Ocean Sky Bombardier Challenger 604 private jet
James Bond only settles for the best, and so do his wealthy enemies. So when they travel to and from Austria in Quantum of Solace, they fly a Bombardier Challenger 604 private jet from Ocean Sky. Ocean Sky is one of the leading private jet operators and jet centres specialising in business jet charter and aircraft charter.
Elrod House, Palm Springs, USA
One of the most stunning villas seen in a James Bond film is Elrod House in Palm Springs, which doubles as Willard Whyte's summer house in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).