The Peninsula, Hong Kong, China
In The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Bond’s girlfriend Andrea Anders (Maude Adams) is taken for a ride in the Rolls-Royce provided by the hotel. The iconic facade of this luxury hotel appears in several scenes. The film crew also spent a night at this hotel near Victoria Bay, Hong Kong.
Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur, India
In 1983 this hotel was the home of Octopussy (Maude Adams) in the movie of the same name. The white marble Taj Lake Palace was built in 1746 and is located on Lake Pichola in Udaipur, India. The hotel is completely surrounded by the water and for once in your life you should stay here to feel like a maharaja.
Pera Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
If you are a true fan of the movies you might know that James Bond has been to Istanbul more than once. It is worth remembering From Russia with Love (1963) and Skyfall (2012). In the first film, Sean Connery stayed at the Pera Palace (today Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah). In 1955, Ian Fleming himself, the author of the James Bond novels, was also there. Would you like to book a room in this hotel for yourself?
Atlantic Kempinski, Hamburg, Germany
In 1997 Pierce Brosnan spent time at Lake Alster in northern Germany where he was shooting for the movie Tomorrow Never Dies. The film paid special attention to the terrace and the balloon on the roof of the hotel Atlantic Kempinski. There is a really nice view.
Couples Sans Souci, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
This hotel appeared in not one Bond movie but three: Dr. No (1962) and Goldfinger (1964) with Sean Connery and Live and Let Die (1973) with Roger Moore. The tropical islands are a true holiday paradise. By the way, there is another one island hotel – British Colonial Hilton, Nassau, Bahamas. This is where Kim Basinger walked in Never Say Never (1983) and where they shot Thunderball (1965) with Sean Connery.
Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
The hotel is located not far from the building, where the casino Royal was located in the movie of the same name in 2006. Grandhotel Pupp itself “played” the role of Hotel Splendide de Montenegro in the film. In its garage Bond was reunited with his Aston Martin DBS. In the restaurant of this hotel, 007 had dinner with Vesper (Eva Green). Today Grandhotel Pupp is a 111 room 5-star luxury hotel with spa, restaurants and bars, conference facilities and, naturally enough, a casino, where you can play roulette, poker and blackjack.
Cala di Volpe, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Sardinia, Italy
After the movie The Spy Who Loved Me was released in 1977, the hotel began offering its guests the opportunity to spend the night in the room where James Bond lived. Room reservations are still available today at very reasonable room rates. There is another one hotel in Italy where the agent 007 was. It is Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. In 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, Moore stayed in Room 108 overlooking the Dolomite Alps.
Other Luxury Hotels in James Bond Footage
Canary Riverside Plaza (formerly Four Seasons Canary Wharf), London, United Kingdom is surprisingly chic. Look at the rooftop pool in “007: Skyfall Coordinates” (2012). Gran Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico is a hotel where Timothy Dalton in License to Kill (1989) and Daniel Craig in 007: Spectre (2015) appeared. Bond played golf on the lawn of Stoke Park, Stoke Podges, England in the movie Goldfinger. The hotel was also used during the filming of Tomorrow Never Dies.