What Bond locations have you been to?

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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Looks fantastic, you old romantic you.
    I am ;% I would highly recommend it. Especially for a man of your photographic skills, it's difficult to take a bad picture there.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    1.Monte Carlo-Goldeneye casino
    2.French Riveria-NSNA boat dock (I think it was the same)
    3.NYC-Voodoo shop
    4.Rome
    5.London-SIS building, 10 Trinity Square, Whitehall, Trafalgar square, Somerset house, college of arms, DAD door, old royal naval college, Virgin Active Canary riverside club, Broadgate tower, Westminster station, Isle of dogs bridge, Ormamental canal, Millennium dome, Rule's restaurant, Duke's bar, I'm probably missing a few.
    6. Scotland-Eilean Donan castle, Glencoe
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    I was in Monte Carlo in the start of July, putting a little video together on how and why and my impressions on it.
    Lake Como/Garda followed thereafter and it's easy to see why so many celebrities live there.
    One of my favourite locations. Didn't go outside Whyte's estate though.
    a reasonable rate of return
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I've also been to Venice, in fact I got married there. I've also been to Vienna, siena, Lake garda and como, costing, sardinia, new York, Paris, Hamburg, Rome, Miami, loads of places in Greece, Egypt, Gibraltar and of course London and Scotland. I'm sure there are others but I can't quite recall any more bond locations. Nassau is on the list of places I want to visit, I've also been to Croatia so if rumours are true I'll be able to add that.
    Vesper, how did you like Venice?
    To be honest I was not a fan of Venice. It was stunning but the locals were openly hostile. I can understand why. The food was unimpressive. It kind of was like Disney Land but no one smiled. I will add I am not a romantic and play the accordion so I was not charmed by 'O Sole Mio being played on gondolas.
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • OrnithologistOrnithologist BerlinPosts: 583MI6 Agent
    I have been to some or actually most of the European and American cities, but the most impressive Bond location so far was certainly the temple of Karnak in Egypt.

    And I live quite close to the Kurfürstendamm in (former West) Berlin and seeing it in a Bond film is what I like most about Octopussy.
    "I'm afraid I'm a complicated woman. "
    "- That is something to be afraid of."
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I've also been to Venice, in fact I got married there. I've also been to Vienna, siena, Lake garda and como, costing, sardinia, new York, Paris, Hamburg, Rome, Miami, loads of places in Greece, Egypt, Gibraltar and of course London and Scotland. I'm sure there are others but I can't quite recall any more bond locations. Nassau is on the list of places I want to visit, I've also been to Croatia so if rumours are true I'll be able to add that.
    Vesper, how did you like Venice?
    To be honest I was not a fan of Venice. It was stunning but the locals were openly hostile. I can understand why. The food was unimpressive. It kind of was like Disney Land but no one smiled. I will add I am not a romantic and play the accordion so I was not charmed by 'O Sole Mio being played on gondolas.

    Remarkable that was your experience. I found the locals very friendly and outgoing, we were treated very well indeed. The street food is very unimpressive but relatively cheap but I never had a bad experience in any of the restaurants, we ate in the Grand Canal hotel restaurant many times and went there for our wedding meal (again as did Clooney), the manager always remembered my name and we got complimentary prosecco and zabaglioni. We've returned to stay in the Hotel Saturnia every time the room we always ask for is the one I stayed in my first visit and 5 minutes after entering the room the sounds of one sole mio rang out being sung from a gondola that was in a small canal under my balcony, as I found because of the acoustics there they all sing it there! It's a nice experience once a day but 20 times a day over 14 days it wore a bit thin :))
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Remarkable that was your experience. I found the locals very friendly and outgoing, we were treated very well indeed. The street food is very unimpressive but relatively cheap but I never had a bad experience in any of the restaurants, we ate in the Grand Canal hotel restaurant many times and went there for our wedding meal (again as did Clooney), the manager always remembered my name and we got complimentary prosecco and zabaglioni. We've returned to stay in the Hotel Saturnia every time the room we always ask for is the one I stayed in my first visit and 5 minutes after entering the room the sounds of one sole mio rang out being sung from a gondola that was in a small canal under my balcony, as I found because of the acoustics there they all sing it there! It's a nice experience once a day but 20 times a day over 14 days it wore a bit thin :))
    I think we might have been working with different budgets hence seeing different things. Clooney is out of my price range. I was in the area where little old ladies gave you dirty looks and threw dog poop into alleys :))
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Remarkable that was your experience. I found the locals very friendly and outgoing, we were treated very well indeed. The street food is very unimpressive but relatively cheap but I never had a bad experience in any of the restaurants, we ate in the Grand Canal hotel restaurant many times and went there for our wedding meal (again as did Clooney), the manager always remembered my name and we got complimentary prosecco and zabaglioni. We've returned to stay in the Hotel Saturnia every time the room we always ask for is the one I stayed in my first visit and 5 minutes after entering the room the sounds of one sole mio rang out being sung from a gondola that was in a small canal under my balcony, as I found because of the acoustics there they all sing it there! It's a nice experience once a day but 20 times a day over 14 days it wore a bit thin :))
    I think we might have been working with different budgets hence seeing different things. Clooney is out of my price range. I was in the area where little old ladies gave you dirty looks and threw dog poop into alleys :))

    :o :)) just to point out we got married in January, the hotels are less than half the price than in peak season.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Mr_OsatoMr_Osato Posts: 398MI6 Agent
    edited August 2017
    Let's see from the top of my mind:

    - London
    - Istanbul
    - Switzerland
    - Tokyo, even stayed at the hotel that is Osato's office in the movie YOLT
    - Las Vegas
    - Amsterdam
    - New York
    - Nice, France
    - Puerto Rico
    - New Orleans
    - Bangkok
    - Hong Kong (unfortunately not in the garden that was Hai Fat's house. It was closed.)
    - Rio de Janeiro
    - Monte Carlo
    - Venice
    - Paris
    - Berlin
    - San Francisco
    - Vienna
    - Miami
    - Cuba
    - Hamburg
    - Scotland (Eilean Donan Castle, Glencoe)
    - Lago di Como
    - Sienna
    - Shanghai
    - Rome

    Still on the list are:

    - Switzerland location of OHMSS
    - Jamaica
    - Bahamas
    OHMSS, FRWL, DN, GF, CR, GE, SP, YOLT, TB, TSWLM, LALD, TLD, TND, FYEO, SF, MR, TMWTGG, TWINE, OP, AVTAK, DAF, LTK, QOS, DAD

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  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    :o :)) just to point out we got married in January, the hotels are less than half the price than in peak season.
    We just missed each other. Congrats on getting married!
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    :o :)) just to point out we got married in January, the hotels are less than half the price than in peak season.
    We just missed each other. Congrats on getting married!
    Thanks but January 2014 :))
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • VesperMelogranoVesperMelograno The SouthPosts: 901MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    :o :)) just to point out we got married in January, the hotels are less than half the price than in peak season.
    We just missed each other. Congrats on getting married!
    Thanks but January 2014 :))
    We missed each other by a good bit!
    I've always wanted to have Christmas in Turkey
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    We just missed each other. Congrats on getting married!
    Thanks but January 2014 :))
    We missed each other by a good bit!
    :))
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,631MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I've also been to Venice, in fact I got married there. I've also been to Vienna, siena, Lake garda and como, costing, sardinia, new York, Paris, Hamburg, Rome, Miami, loads of places in Greece, Egypt, Gibraltar and of course London and Scotland. I'm sure there are others but I can't quite recall any more bond locations. Nassau is on the list of places I want to visit, I've also been to Croatia so if rumours are true I'll be able to add that.
    Vesper, how did you like Venice?
    To be honest I was not a fan of Venice. It was stunning but the locals were openly hostile. I can understand why. The food was unimpressive. It kind of was like Disney Land but no one smiled. I will add I am not a romantic and play the accordion so I was not charmed by 'O Sole Mio being played on gondolas.

    Remarkable that was your experience. I found the locals very friendly and outgoing, we were treated very well indeed. The street food is very unimpressive but relatively cheap but I never had a bad experience in any of the restaurants, we ate in the Grand Canal hotel restaurant many times and went there for our wedding meal (again as did Clooney), the manager always remembered my name and we got complimentary prosecco and zabaglioni. We've returned to stay in the Hotel Saturnia every time the room we always ask for is the one I stayed in my first visit and 5 minutes after entering the room the sounds of one sole mio rang out being sung from a gondola that was in a small canal under my balcony, as I found because of the acoustics there they all sing it there! It's a nice experience once a day but 20 times a day over 14 days it wore a bit thin :))

    My wife and I had a fantastic time in Venice too. We went in September and stayed in a small B&B which was a beautiful palazzo with three bedrooms for guests, a tremendous spread for breakfast overlooking a canal, and a glass of prosecco to welcome us. It was also very inexpensive. The owners told us the best restaurants to eat in, places mostly frequented by locals, inexpensive and simply superb. When we said that we didn't think we'd take a gondola ride because we'd heard bad things about them, they encouraged us, told us the maximum amount to pay so that we didn't get ripped-off. We took all of their advice and it was a fantastic experience! I would return to Venice in a heartbeat and although I'd go straight to that B&B again, one day I want to stay in the Gritti Palace!
  • Revs1972Revs1972 Posts: 78MI6 Agent
    Q.O.S - The Eco Hotel
    SF - Dragon Casino
    M's Office
    Mi6 Building

    SP - Hoffler Klinik
    Mi6 damaged building
    Mexico Collapsing building
    Train carriages

    Managed to do that without having to leave one location ;)
  • HinksHinks Peterborough, UKPosts: 40MI6 Agent
    I've just come back from a holiday in lake Como and took a boat past the Villa del Balbianello.

    I also live in peterborough and just up the road is the nene vally railway where they filmed Octopussy.
  • DrydenDryden UKPosts: 131MI6 Agent
    edited August 2017
    In no particular order

    Afghanistan
    New York
    San Francisco
    Rome
    Vienna
    Berlin
    Switzerland
    Monaco (Still paying off the casino)
    Croatia
    Portugal
    Spain
    Bratislava
    Prague
    Montenegro
    Amsterdam
    Hong Kong
    Tokyo
    Corfu
    London
    Scotland
    Aldershot (aka North Korea)

    Still many more to do......
  • MooresflaresMooresflares Posts: 30MI6 Agent
    MOONRAKER Venice, danieli, lido(Brazil m16 hq), st marks square (Venini glass and clock), ca rezonnico (draxs office/science lab, murano (glass museum), fondamenta di misericordia ( Jim bumps into holly and gets in gondola) , fenice (bond gets told to go on leave)

    QUANTUM OF SOLACE Lake como quantum of solace (car chase in the tunnels)

    LIVE AND LET DIE New York Oh cult voodoo shop east 65th street, 118th street Harlem and JFK airport, FDR drive

    DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER circus circus las vegas and Mccarran airport, Dover

    DIE ANOTHER DAY secret door off Westminster bridge

    GOLDENEYE Somerset house courtyard , for the st Petersburg square, greek cathedral interior and exterior Bayswater and Fulham , alpes maritimes

    SKYFALL Whitehall, national gallery and the Turner picture room, glencoe Scotland , trinity house,
    Primrose st broadgate tower,great Suffolk st,lake como, m's house

    THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH o2 arena

    LIVING DAYLIGHTS Trafalgar Square (universal exports)

    CASINO ROYALE Venice st marks square and back streets

    GOLDFINGER iver Heath and pinewood studios

    FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Beckton

    OCTOPUSSY Greenwich maritime museum and M16 building, sothebys

    SPECTRE riverwalk house, admiralty arch london

    And SIS building and the bridge at Vauxhall
  • lotuslotus englandPosts: 292MI6 Agent
    ive been to the eiffel tower a view to a kill ......gibraltar the living daylights .....crab quay.....and dunns falls where dr no and live and let die was filmed and some london locations .
  • MrGoreMrGore Posts: 129MI6 Agent
    Just did part of the Moonraker car chase route in Kent, UK. The book, not the movie.

    The A20 route followed in the book where Bond chases Drax in Chapter 20, Drax's Gambit, can still be followed. The geography described in the book is very accurate, as you'd expect from Fleming. From Charing there is a roundabout (not a fork like in the book) and then a steep rise up to a flat run of around one mile straight. It is all in the book and can still be followed just as it happens on the text Fleming wrote.

    I had someone reading the book to me as I drove the route. It was a lot of fun on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

    I did part of it at the weekend, and ended my journey at the Duck Inn country pub which was one of Fleming's haunts in the 1960s whenever he wanted to stop off for a quiet drink.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    MrGore wrote:
    Just did part of the Moonraker car chase route in Kent, UK. The book, not the movie.

    The A20 route followed in the book where Bond chases Drax in Chapter 20, Drax's Gambit.
    Did you get overtaken by an Alfa Romeo?
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • MrGoreMrGore Posts: 129MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Did you get overtaken by an Alfa Romeo?

    Yeah, and the guy stuck two fingers up at me.

    I kept looking for the bit in the road where Drax runs them off.

    Luckily I made it in one piece :)
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    MrGore wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Did you get overtaken by an Alfa Romeo?

    Yeah, and the guy stuck two fingers up at me.

    I kept looking for the bit in the road where Drax runs them off.

    Luckily I made it in one piece :)
    :# wasn't me
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    A few days ago I had a long lunch at Scott's restaurant with my two former colleagues from my bookshop days. I had reserved a table several weeks ago and the taxi dropped me outside with the doorman rushing over to open the door and escort me in. Scott's has a history in the James Bond world as being a favourite haunt of Ian Fleming. As a Vesper was on the menu I ordered one for each of us - my first James Bond cocktail I can remember having. Whether it is the same blend as the one in the books I don't know but it was rather good -{

    I was imagining Fleming smoking here and wondering what he would have thought of the smoking ban :)) . On mentioning the Fleming link to the waiter he told me that in those days Scott's was in the Haymarket and had moved to the present Mayfair location sometime after his death which was a disappointment. Putting that aside I was still happy to be in the spirit of the restaurant even if the wrong location.

    So still trying to be Bondian I ordered beluga caviar followed by lobster thermidor and cheese to end the lunch. We also had Tattinger champagne which although was far from cheap was a positive bargain compared to the Dom Perignon. The beluga was spectacular and the lobster perfect - this really is a special place and we all enjoyed pretending to be Bond for a few hours.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • JBT0077JBT0077 GermanyPosts: 236MI6 Agent
    edited August 2018
    I ad my list too:
    Berlin
    Hamburg
    Amsterdam
    Malta
    Lake como
    Venice
    London
    Cádiz ( Cuba in dad)
    Rome( visited all spectre Locations)
    Sardinia
    Prague
    Karlovy Vary
    New York
    Paris
    Glencoe/Glen Etive
  • IanFryerIanFryer Posts: 327MI6 Agent
    There may be others, as we go to visit a lot of television locations, but the Bond ones that spring to mind are:

    Heatherden Hall, Pinewood (various)
    Reguliersgracht 36, Amsterdam (Diamonds Are Forever)
    Stoke Poges Golf Club (Goldfinger, Tomorrow Never Dies)
    Blenheim Palace (Spectre)
    Glencoe (or is it Glen Etive?) (Skyfall)
    Eilean Donan Castle (The World is Not Enough)
    Nene Valley Railway (Octopussy/GoldenEye)
  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    JBT0077 wrote:
    I ad my list too:
    Berlin
    Hamburg
    Amsterdam
    Malta
    Lake como
    Venice
    London
    Cádiz ( Cuba in dad)
    Rome( visited all spectre Locations)
    Next month I ad Sardinia to the list and in October Solden is planned.
    When did Bond go to Malta?
  • IanFryerIanFryer Posts: 327MI6 Agent
    He didn't, but several Bond movies used prodction facilities there: http://jamesbond.wikia.com/wiki/Malta
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
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    The Naval base at Faslane. I was there just prior to the shooting of the above scene- after a talk in a committee room (totally unlike what was seen in TSWLM) we were taken onboard one of the subs for a tour.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Interesting because as being a naval base I was wondering if you went down on any one .......
    ...... Of the subs ;) ( image it in a Kenneth Williams voice )
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