Kael, Mission Imposslible 2 was filmed in Sydney, so I think a Bond movie will get to Adelaide sometime. Loved MI 2 , by the way.
Kael, Mission Imposslible 2 was filmed in Sydney, so I think a Bond movie will get to Adelaide sometime. Loved MI 2 , by the way.
I was recently in Paris and took a train and a taxi to visit Vaux Le Vicomte - Lord Foquet's estate that was used as the Drax estate in Moonraker, 1979. It was the inspiration to build Versailles and in fact, the same builders architects and gardeners cut their teeth on this one.
I was where the helicopter landed and of course the famous Pheasant scene.. all available to visit!
I can post pictures and perhaps some video if anyone is interested.
A few but we hired Villa Balbianello in Lake Como for our wedding. It's where they filmed the Bond recuperation scene towards the end of Casino Royale. Absolutely beautiful.
We've stayed at the Grand Hotel Pupp several times in the early 90's but never stepped
foot in the casino. The restaurant was excellent and had tradition Czech food. Of course
I've been to Frankfurt, San Francisco, and Vegas but never thought much about 007 movies
while visiting. I'll pay better attention next time.
“After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.”
William S. Burroughs
I've been to many MANY bond locations. It's one of my favourite (and my girlfriends least favourite) activities. Too many to name but here are a few. All the US casinos from Diamonds are Forever, the town hall in San Francisco (that gets burnt down on a View to a Kill).
In Europe:
Bern (the area with the bears),
Piz Gloria,
Grand Hotel Pupp (my favourite) and surrounding areas in the Kalovy Vary. At the hotel pupp my girlfriend and I ate at the same table Bond and Eva eat after Bond beats LeChiffe!!!!
All the lane ways and canals used in Venice for Casino Royale and St Marco plaza where Roger Moore Drove his gondola.
The theatre in Vienna from The Living Daylights as well as the chocolate shop across the road
Several locations in London including Tobacco Dock, took a speedboat tour on The River Thames, felt like Pierce Brosnan. I also purchased my Omega Seamaster from the omega store on "Bond Street". I stayed a night at The Ritz, had a martini at Dukes, went shopping at Harrods, Floris, Sunspel, had lunch at The Savoy, tea at the Dorchester. Also got my photo out the back of the MI6 building and got my hair cut at Geo F Trumpers. Oh and of course I went to the front of Ian Flemings house!
Went to Chateu de Chantilly in France as well as the eifel tower in Paris.
Monte Carlo Casino and the outdoor amphitheater in Monaco.
Skinny Bridge and the house Sean Connery visits in Amsterdam
The Blue Mosque, Grand Bazar, and the Basilica Cistern in Istanbul
And as a surprise birthday gift I was taken to James Bond Island in Thailand earlier this year in March.
I also tried to visit a whole heap of Star Wars locations on a trip to Tunisia last year but it turned into a disaster...
Last edited by Dion; September 5th, 2012 at 10:00 AM. Reason: photos
James Bond Places I have travel to!
Giza pyramids, Cairo Egypt
Austria,Quantum of solace
Amsterdam skinny bridge, The Netherlands
Paris, France
Cap D'Antibes, France
Château de Chantilly, France
Vaux-le-Vicomte "Drax's villa" France
Monte Carlo, Monaco
West Berlin, East Berlin, Germany
Venice, Italy Casino Royal
London, UK
Switzerland
New York City, USA
San Francisco, USA
Miami, USA
Bangkok, Thailand
Istanbul,From russia with love, Skyfall
India
Greece
Just came back from ABU DHABI, UAE.
"SEMPER OCCULTUS"
Last edited by John; September 30th, 2012 at 02:01 PM.
Even though I'm relatively young as I have structured alot of my travels around bond locations as I'm sure many here also have , so it's one thing I can say I've been lucky to visit lot of bond locations over the years , here goes:
Iceland
Scotland
London
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
Paris ( dinner at Jules Verne a complete rip off for the quality of the food and service , avoid )
Monoco
Lyon
Geneva
Interlaken
Furka pass (need your wits about you driving it)
Zurich (where I purchased my first seamaster it was a limited edition around the time of casino royal, black face red 007 on the second hand)
Mürren/schilthorn/ piz gloria
Prague
Vienna
Venice
Lake Como and lake Garda
Corfu
Cairo
Bangkok
Phanga bay (ko kow ping khan& ko tapu)
Macau
Hong kong
Shanghai
I thinks that's all,I would love to see an Irish location used some time as its by country of origin and also where I currently live Sweden or actually any part of the Nordic region, looking at my list I really got to head west in the near future and see America and the carribean locations
Last edited by Wolffkran; September 28th, 2012 at 03:00 PM.
“After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.”
William S. Burroughs
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