Casino Royale 2006 Film Locations

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Casino Royale is a 2006 spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions James Bond film series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name. This trend can be seen in Syriana, the Bourne film series and the more recent James Bond films Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace and Skyfall. likebtn theme='custom' bgc='#a3a3a3' showdislikelabel='1' richsnippet='1' alignment='right' position='top' shareenabled='0' bpnotify='0'. British filming locations for the movie 'Casino Royale (2006)' including maps, screenshots, and other nearby film locations. Film location guide for 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig; in the Czech Republic, including Prague and Karlovy Vary; Nassau in the Bahamas; Italy, including Venice and Villa Balbianello on Lake Como.

A look at the principal filming locations used for Daniel Craig’s first appearance as 007.

During Casino Royale (2006) James Bond travels to locations such as Madagascar, the Bahamas, Montenegro and Venice, and required a number of weeks on location in addition to studio work.

Principal photography for Casino Royale commenced on January 31st 2006 and ran all the way through to July 21st.

Zoom in for individual sites at the shooting locations

Czech Republic

The film is one of the few in the series not to primarily shoot at Pinewood, but instead was based in Prague.

Prague

Most studio work took place at Barrandov Studios in order to cut costs. Sometimes known as the “Hollywood of the East”, the studios have been used by franchises such Mission: Impossible and Bourne.

Filming also took place at a number of locations across the city. These include exteriors of Danube House (Karolinská 650) in the black and white sequence when Bond earns his licence to kill.

After attending a meeting in the House of Commons M ends her rant to Villiers telling him “Christ, I miss the Cold War”. This was filmed in the library at Strahov Monastery (Strahovské nádvorí 1). The exteriors of the Body Worlds exhibition are the Ministry of Transport (Nábrezí Ludvíka Svobody 1222). And Prague’s Václav Havel Airport stood in for many of the Miami airport scenes.

Even the lobby of the hotel Bond and Vesper stay at while in Venice were filmed in Prague. The hotel was in fact the Natural History Museum (Václavské nám 68, Wenceslas Square).

Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary, formerly Karlsbad or Carlsbad, is the largest spa town in the world. In Casino Royale it was used for the Montenegro scenes in which the casino was supposedly located.

After Bond and Vesper arrive in Montenegro the station from which they are collected is in fact Mill Colonnade (Mlýnské nábř 360), within which are five of Karlovy Vary’s thirteen springs. From there they set off along the noew pedestrianised Tržiště and begin to discuss their cover story.

Hotel Splendide, where Bond and Vesper stay, is in reality Grandhotel Pupp (Mírové námesti 2) while the nearby Kaiserbad Spa (Mariánskolázeňská 2) stood in for the actual casino.

Loket

Another Czech location was the medieval town of Loket, used in the scene in which Bond and Vesper meet Mathis for the first time. These scenes were filmed in the picturesque marketplace.

Loket Marketplace. Photo by Franzfoto

Arriving in Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 the car swings into a parking space outside a rather grand looking building. They drink at an outdoor cafe near Hotel Goethe, although the name was changed for filming. While they chat Michael G Wilson can be seen at a table behind. Until he is arrested that is.

The Bahamas

The Bahamas have a long association with 007 with both Thunderball and Never Say Never Again filming there. After Thunderball both Sean Connery and Kevin McClory bought property there.

New Providence

New Providence is the most populated island in the Bahamas and where the capital Nassau is located.

Filming took place at Coral Harbour in the south, which doubled as a construction site in Madagascar. A shanty town was constructed close to the shell of an unfinished hotel used in the parkour scenes. It is located within the perimeter of a Royal Bahamas Defence Force base and so generally off limits.

The scenes for the Nambutu Embassy were shot at the site of the abandoned Buena Vista Hotel on Delancy Street in Nassau. Today the building is used by John Watling’s Distillery and is considerably more colourful than it was during filming.

Another site used for filming was Albany House, now owned Ernie Els and Tiger Woods as part of Albany Golf and Beach Club. It was used as home of Dimitrios and where 007 emerges from the sea in those skimpy swimming trunks.

Paradise Island

Around 500 metres north of Nassau is Paradise Island, reached by road bridge or ferry. Here you’ll find the Ocean Club, where Bond has a villa.

Bond walks up some steps at night on his way to encounter Dimitrios. This scene was shot in the Versailles Gardens with a swimming pool just behind the French Cloisters in the distance. At the Ocean Club’s Library Bar he bar he orders his first drink of the film.

He then wins an Aston Martin DB5 off Dimitrios in a game of poker before seducing his wife, Solange.

United Kingdom

The film did also return to Pinewood where an elaborate set was constructed on the enormous 007 stage. However, a week after filming had wrapped the famous sound stage burned to the ground for the second time in its life. Luckily there were no casualties and the film’s schedule was unaffected.

While filming for the pre-title sequence took place at the cricket pavilion at Eton College, the footage was never used. However, scenes shot at a number of other sites across the UK were used.

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Dunsfold Aerodrome

The scenes in Miami with Bond out on the airport tarmac were filmed at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey. The Skyfleet S570 that Bond is trying to stop being bombed by terrorists is in fact a Boeing 747 altered through CGI.

As well as appearing in Casino Royale, Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey is home to the Top Gear test track. Constructed in 1942, the airbase was used by the Royal Canadian Air Force and later the RAF. The airfield was also to be used during the Berlin Airlift in 1948.

Millbrook Vehicle Proving Ground

Millbrook Vehicle Proving Ground in Bedfordshire was originally constructed by General Motors. It consists of several circuits including a picturesque hill route complete with gradients and tight bends; a banked high speed circular test track; and handling test circuits. The first track is constructed like a winding mountain road and was used for the stunt in which Aston Martin was rolled. The tarmac was damaged by the car flipping and the point on the track where the stunt took place is easily visible.

Italy

While the most obvious location used in Casino Royale is Venice, where Bond arrives with Vesper about a yacht, it is also where he recuperates after being rescued from Le Chiffre and provides the backdrop to Bond’s showdown with Mr White.

The lakeside sanatorium where Bond recovers is Villa del Balbianello (Via Guido Monzino, 1 near Lenno) at the tip of a small peninsular on Lake Como. It is a museum but check opening hours on the website. And Bond tracks down Mr White to Villa Gaeta (SS340dir, 12). It’s also on Lake Como, near the town of Menaggio.

Venice

If you’re visiting Venice there are a number of Bond locations to visit near the tourist Mecca of St Mark’s Square and near the Rialto Bridge in particular but also on the island of Giudecca that lies just south of Venice.

Bond and Vesper arrive in Venice aboard a Spirit 46 yacht, with some great views of the architecture in the distance. While their hotel appears to be in St Mark’s Square it turns out to be fictitious and the interiors filmed in Prague (see above).

But if you follow Vesper’s path through the city you’ll walk along narrow passageways and cross canals on dainty bridges in the maze of old Venice.


Location Guide - Casino Royale

Prague, Czech Republic
Young British security officer, JamesBond, is sent on an assassination mission to Praguewhere the bent 00-section chief, Dryden is sellingBritish security secrets to the highest bidder. Bondfaces the MI6 agent at Danube House - a glossyoffice complex in the centre of Prague. In the deadof night, Bond commits his second kill and rises tothe ranks of 007.


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Uganda
Le Chiffre meets with Obanno and Mr.White, cutting a deal to invest his millions. Inthis humid and muddy rebel's camp LeChiffre sells his services to the Ugandan rebel fighter.


Madagascar
Hot on the trail of a global terrorist ring,the newly promoted 007 is deployed to the island state.Joined by a junior agent, Carter, they attempt tocapture and question a known terrorist and skilled bombmaker,Mollaka.Madagascaris the backdrop for a grueling chase that tests 007'sagility and skill. The pursuit takes Bond from a run-downshanty town to a gigantic building site on the ruggedcoast.



London, UK
After devastating his surroundings and making Britishnewspaper front pages in pursuit of the bomb maker,Bond is summoned back to the UK. M isfurious after a meeting with the Home Secretary atthe famous Houses of Parliament and Bond is grilledin her Canary Wharf apartment where she instructshim to take a leave of absence.


New Providence Island, The Bahamas
Bond, still intrigued by Mollaka's terroristconnections, pursues the source of a text message tothe Ocean Club - on the western shore of the island.Here he tracks down Dimitrios, the terrorist middleman,and learns of his next attempt to hire a second bomber. 007ditches the beautiful Solange inhis beachfront villa in favour of following her husband.007 would later return to rendezvous with his disgruntledboss at Albany House, where he is debriefed and sentto do battle with Le Chiffre at the card tables.


Miami, USA
Following Dimitrios, Bondwinds up in Miami International Airport where the middleman offloadsa suspicious duffle bag to an unknown assassin. Bondmust stop the next bomb from taking out the world-widelaunch of Skyfleet S570 - their brand new, next generationaircraft. On the searing tarmac of Miami International007 has to pull out all the stops to prevent the disaster!



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Casino Royale, Montenegro
Bond and treasury officer, VesperLynd, travel to the gaming tables of Casino Royale.Here 007 must counter Le Chiffre's last efforts torecover lost funds. In the lavishly ornate Casino andquaint mountain-town, Bond must bankrupt the terroristand feed him to his own wolves. First Vesperand then Bond are captured by the villain's goons andtaken to the Montenegro quayside. The pair escape afterthe arrival of Mr. White and are whisked away to Italy.


Lake Como, Italy
Bond and Vesper are given rest and recuperation time at MI6's facility in the villa Balbianello - set on the stunning shores of Lake Como, Lombardia. Bond and Vesper continue to unwind on a river cruise to Venice where they consider leaving their respective jobs for good. Bond returns to the shores of Lake Como and Villa Gaeta when vengeful 007 at last catches up with Mr. White.


Venice, Italy
The pair spend the night at the Cipriani Hotelon Giudecca Island before a staggering turn of eventsleads 007 to a grueling chase through the narrow streetsof San Marco, across the famous Accademia Bridge andfinally to a deserted Venetian house where he must faceMr. White's goons and save Vesper from herself...


Shooting Casino Royale
The 21st James Bond film began shooting on the 30th of January 2006 at Barrandov Studios, Prague, where much of the film's interiors were captured - including M's apartment and the complex gambling sequence. The Czech Republic also played host to the frontage of the impressive Casino Royale, doubling for Montenegro. The first unit shot at the Kaiserbad Spa in Karlovy Vary to can the impressive exteriors of the casino. Stahov Monastery in central Prague stood in for the interiors of the Houses of Commons where M fumes from the boardroom after the Madagascar incident. Finally, the crew relocated to the Ministry of Transport premises in Prague in order to capture exteriors for the Miami-based 'Body Works' exhibition.


Above: 'Casino Royale' see's007 jet set from Britain to Africa, Europe to the USand Bahamas...

The first unit relocated to the sunny Bahamasfor much of February and March in 2006 in order to capture sceneson the island of New Providence and Coral Harbour. The Bahamasdoubled for Madagascar, which featured in the opening sequenceof 'Casino Royale'.An abandoned hotel construction site in CoralHarbour was kitted out for the second unit to shoot the amazingfree-running sequence. 007 himself, and indeed the Bond crew,was already familiar with the balmy Bahamas as the island nationplayed host to Bond in several other adventures including: 'Thunderball' and 'ForYour Eyes Only'.

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While the second unit toiled on in the heat,the first unit journeyed to the luxury estate Albany house (ownedby pro-golfers Ernie Els and Tiger Woods). Here the Craig andDench shot scenes in which they discover the body of Solangeand brief for 007's trip to Montenegro.


Above:Jet setfrom the word go. Bond travels from Prague to Madagascarand back to London.

In late June '06, the first unit crew movedto Italy where the they shot idyllic scenes on the shoresof Lake Como (a location made famous by George Lucas' Star Wars)and moved on to Venice where landmarks such as St. Marks square,the Academy of Music, and the Grand Canals are utilised as abackdrop for 'Royale' finale.


Above:Up close and personal on the US side of 007's journey. After arriving in Coral Harbour, Bond journeys to The Ocean Club on the far shore of New Providence; from there, onboard the last flight to Miami, just in time to stop a bomb; back again to meet with M and receive further instruction...

Whilst the first unit shot on location, thesecond unit returned to the UK and 007's home, Pinewood Studios.In the gigantic 007 Stage, the crew filmed sequences for theflooding house. Production wrapped on Casino Royale on the 21stof Julyand on the 30th, while crew striked the Venice set, a gas firebroke out in the 007 soundstage. No one was injured and thedisaster had no impact on the 'Casino Royale' releasedate, the famous soundstage would need to be rebuilt from scratch

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Fan Facts
In a recent survey conducted by MI6, 2006's 'Casino Royale' rankedas the film with the most impressive and fondly rememberedlocations overall - collecting an impressive 30% of votes fromthe fans. It's no surprise to think that the film that transportedfans everywhere from the exotic Bahamas to untouched Montenegrowould rank highly among dedicated Bond enthusiasts.