Accompanied by colleague Dr Madeleine Swann, he is seen hurrying through the tangled streets of a high-walled medina, before taking a train that heads into the desert. Tucked into the Őtzal valley, 60 miles south-west of Innsbruck, the town has one five-star hotel, Das Central, where the Spectre stars stayed.īond’s mission takes him from the swirling snow of the Austrian Alps to the searing heat of North Africa. Sölden boasts three summits, each reaching above 3000 metres, with 90 miles of ski runs. At 3048 metres above sea level, it is reached by the cable car which features in one of the movie’s major action sequences.įrom the stunning stone and oak dining room at Ice Q you look out through walls of sheer glass at the jagged white peaks of the Tyrolean Mountains. This building doubles in Spectre as a private medical clinic and the lair of Bond’s nemesis, Blofeld. Ice Q, a modernist three-storey glass-and-steel restaurant perched on a snowy crag above the Austrian ski resort of Sölden, is likely to become Spectre’s iconic location. Here, too, is the Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, another Spectre location, with its fabulously lavish Art Nouveau interior. This UNESCO World Heritage site extends from the Square in all directions, seducing sightseers with museums, cafes, restaurants, the National Palace, the largest cathedral in the Americas, the remains of an Aztec temple, and more than 1500 other buildings of historical importance. The scene is filmed in the streets around the enormous Zócalo Square, where Sciarra attempts an airborne escape by helicopter.Īlso known formally as Plaza de la Constitución, Zócalo Square has been a gathering place for Mexicans since Aztec times and lies at the heart of Mexico City’s Historic Centre. This ghoulish scene of skulls and skeletons, ominous with the ever-present threat of death, is a representation of the Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), an annual event which usually takes place in early November. In the breathlessly dramatic opening sequence of Spectre, James Bond chases white-suited villain Marco Sciarra through central Mexico City, struggling to make his way through streets jammed with people dressed as the deceased.
There’s no need to worry, either, that in travelling like Bond you will be plagued by evil villains – you will only find, upon reaching these destinations, scintillating scenery, grand architecture, atmospheric dining, and ready-made memories as vivid as anything on the big screen. But these breathtaking places aren’t guarded secrets and you don’t have to be licensed to kill to visit them. Glamorous locations pepper the new James Bond movie, Spectre, like bullets from 007’s Walther PPK.
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