Where Was Casino Royale Filmed? Guide to ALL the Filming Locations: The Hotel & the House
Posted by Ra Moon
Daniel Craig's introduction into the world of James Bond features locations that span from the beautiful beaches of the Bahamas to the iconic streets of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.
Casino Royale takes viewers on an adventure around the world as only Bond films do, like the last of Craig's 007 movies, No Time to Die, primarily filmed in Italy.
Casino Royale takes viewers on an adventure around the world as only Bond films do, like the last of Craig's 007 movies, No Time to Die, primarily filmed in Italy.
French actress and model Eva Green (Penny Dreadful, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) played the Bond girl, Vesper Lynd.
Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, Judi Dench as M, the head of MI6, M, Jeffrey Wright as CIA agent Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini as René Mathis completed the main cast.
Welcome to our comprehensive guide to all the filming locations of Casino Royale, in order of appearance.
Casino Royale Locations
Much of Casino Royale was filmed in the Czech Republic, although most of it was pretending to be somewhere else.
The black and white pre-title sequence was filmed in the Danube House building at Karolinská 650 in Prague.
Image courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Map
Very few scenes were shot in the United Kingdom, although one exotic location, the Ugandan rebel camp, was a set built at Black Park Country Park in Wexham, Buckinghamshire.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
However, the next scene in Madagascar was filmed at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Base in Nassau.
There was no actual filming in Montenegro, Madagascar, the United States, or Uganda.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
The opening scenes at a construction site in Madagascar were shot in the Bahamas.
The embassy was recorded at the John Watling's Distillery, also located in Nassau.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
The Bahamas was also the filming location for scenes that took place in New Providence itself.
On the south shore of the island is the Albany House, where Bond meets Dimitrios' wife, Solange.
There is also a run-in with Dimitrios that was filmed at the One and Only Club, out on Paradise Island.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
The Palace of Westminster interior was actually filmed in the library of the Strahov Monastery in Prague.
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The Body Works exhibition building in Miami was also filmed in Prague at the Czech Ministry of Transport.
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The Miami airport scenes were filmed between the Václav Havel International Airport in Prague and the Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.
There was no filming in Montenegro itself (a very country with a very small railroad network).
The iconic Mill Colonnade in Karlovy Vary served as the train station where Bond arrives with Vesper.
Image courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Map
The Casino Royale Hotel
Karlovy Vary features as the Casino town, with the Grandhotel Pupp doubling as the Hotel Splendide.
Opened in 1701, this famous landmark of the city inspired the Grand Hotel Budapest movie.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
Near Karlovy Vary is Loket, which is also in Bohemia.
With a well-preserved town center, Loket is the quaint village where Mathis and Bond meet.
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The Kaiserbad Spa, just across the street from the Grandhotel Pupp, doubled as the Casino Royale exterior.
This 19th-century bathhouse, which closed in 1994, witnessed the splendor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's elite.
The fictional casino in Skyfall, built on a set at Pinewood Studios, was one of the most spectacular in any of the 007 movies.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
The Casino Royale House
Several scenes from Casino Royale were filmed on Lake Como in northern Italy.
After his torture by Le Chiffre, Bond spends time recovering at the exclusive Villa del Balbianello.
Built on the remains of a Franciscan monastery, this spectacular estate also appears in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002).
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
There are a few scenes and establishing shots filmed in Venice, in Piazza San Marco, and all along the Grand Canal.
However, the interior of the hotel in Piazza San Marco, pictured, was filmed in the lobby of the National Museum in Prague.
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Bond follows Vesper through the narrow streets of Venice. Past the small Colonne Bridge, the action unfolds at the Conservatory of Music Benedetto Marcello.
The square with the well at the entrance to the palace under construction was filmed at the studio.
Image courtesy of MGM - Maps: Bridge / Conservatory
The collapsing house sits across from the Rialto Mercato along the Grand Canal.
The crumbling facade was CGI'd into an existing house combined with the footage filmed at Pinewood Studios.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
Bond's yacht is docked near Le Zitelle church (officially, Santa Maria della Presentazione) on Giudecca Island.
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The final scene was shot at Villa la Gaeta, a magnificent private house in San Siro, on the shores of Lake Como.
Completed in 1921, the villa combines Gothic Revival and Art Nouveau styles.
Image courtesy of MGM - Map
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2 comments:
1- Anonymous - Aug 27, 2024, 9:12 AM
Great report on locations!
2- Anonymous - Nov 6, 2024, 5:40 PM
Not entirely correct... there is at least one scene that was filmed in Miami. As Demetrius is taking a taxi to the museum with Bond following, there is a shot that shows his taxi taking the Miami Avenue exit (also visible is the exit for Biscayne Boulevard). This is a real exit in downtown Miami where the "downtown distributor" breaks off from Interstate 95 heading south. I take this exit several times each week going to work downtown, and I assure you that it is real and in Miami.
1- Anonymous - Aug 27, 2024, 9:12 AM
Great report on locations!
2- Anonymous - Nov 6, 2024, 5:40 PM
Not entirely correct... there is at least one scene that was filmed in Miami. As Demetrius is taking a taxi to the museum with Bond following, there is a shot that shows his taxi taking the Miami Avenue exit (also visible is the exit for Biscayne Boulevard). This is a real exit in downtown Miami where the "downtown distributor" breaks off from Interstate 95 heading south. I take this exit several times each week going to work downtown, and I assure you that it is real and in Miami.
Ra Moon
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