City-hopping Casino Royale tour

What: City-hopping Casino Royale tour
By: eShores
Photo: 007 Travelers


eShores' city-hopping Casino Royale Tour will take you from UK to Nice to Venice to Prague – giving you the chance to experience exciting nightlife, incredible dining and sightseeing.

Visit various Bond locations from "Casino Royale" (2006).

You can see some of them visited by 007 Travelers here:

The front yard of Hotel Splendide in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Body Worlds Exhibition exteriors in Prague, Czech Republic

Bond recovers / Bond and Vesper meet Mr. Mendel in Lenno, Lake Como, Italy

Villa del Balbianello, Lenno, Lake Como, Italy
Photo © 007 Travelers

10 Nights From £895

Price is a guide for this multi-centre holiday including all your flights and 4 star hotels on B&B.

Itinerary

UK - Nice (Flight) 3 Nights: The first stop on your Casino Royale itinerary is Nice, on the South Coast of France. Nice offers a fantastic start to your trip – with opportunities for watersports in the crystal-clear waters of the French Riviera or exploring local cuisine and architecture inland.

While here, you will take a day trip to Monte Carlo, Monaco – even though it’s not a filming location, the Monte Carlo Casino features heavily in Ian Fleming’s novel. 

Nice - Venice (Flight) 3 Nights: From the sweeping coastline of Nice to the grand canal thoroughfare of Venice – your second stop is a must-see city for history and food lovers. 

Venice appears in Casino Royale when Daniel Craig’s Bond confronts Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) as she escapes into an empty palazzo on the Grand Canal. Wander down to the Fondamenta Vin Castello in the Cannaregio District for the perfect viewing platform.

Optional 4 Night Trip to Lake Como - From an Extra £320pp: After your stay in Venice, you’ll get a direct train from Venice to Milan, where you’ll pick up a hire car and drive to Lake Como (transfers available at a supplement). You’ll spend four nights there, before driving to Milan Airport for a direct flight to Prague to continue the rest of the itinerary.

Venice - Prague (Flight) 4 Nights: Key locations for Casino Royale fans in Prague include Danube House, which was the venue for Bond’s earning of the 00 status at the start of the film, and the library of the Strahov Monastery, which appears as part of the House of Commons.

Your stay in Prague comes with the option of a day trip to nearby Karlovy Vary and Loket – both well-connected with the Casino Royale filming. Karlovy Vary is home to the Grandhotel Pupp, better known as The Hotel Splendide where Bond and Vesper Lynd spend the night. In Loket, you will find the Kaiserbad Spa, an iconic building for Bond fans, as it takes on the role of Casino Royale itself on the big screen.

Prague - UK (Flight) 4 Nights: At the end of your trip, eShores will fly you home direct to the UK.

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007-tapahtuma: "Club For Five: Casino Royale K-18" - show (9. -17.11. 2018)

Mikä: Club For Five: Casino Royale K-18 -show
Missä: Logomo, Teatro-sali, Köydenpunojankatu 14, Turku
Milloin: 9.- 17.11. 2018
Liput: Casino Royale Show & Dinner 115 euroa, Goldfinger snacks-menu 85 euroa

Osta liput täältä (Lippu.fi)

Kaikki Bond-fanit: smokit ja iltapuvut päälle ja suunnaksi marraskuussa Turku!





Turun coolein pikkujoulushow Logomossa!


Koe James Bond - huumaa Club For Fiven "Casino Royale" - pikkujoulushown merkeissä Turun Logomon Teatro - salissa! Varaa liput jo nyt, niin pääset mukaan 007:n maailmaan!


007 Travelers kokemuksesta suosittelee lämpimästi Club For Fiven taatusti laadukasta showta!

Vietä huikea ilta James Bond - teemabiisejä kuunnellen Club For Fiven upeina a cappella- tulkintoina. Pääset hienolle aikamatkalle ensimmäisistä Bond - kappaleista aina tähän päivään saakka. Club For Fiven esityksissä nähdään myös taitavat ammattitanssijat. Illan täydentää maittava Casino Royale - menu.

Club For Five tarjoilee Logomon yleisölle glamouria, upeita iltapukuja ja vaarallisia juonenkäänteitä. Tämä vuonna 2001 perustettu a cappella -yhtye tehoaa niin kotimaassa kuin ulkomaillakin, ja on saavuttanut lukuisia kultalevyjä! 

Älä Kieltäydy Kahdesti vaan lähde Vaaran Vyöhykkeelle Logomoon jännittävän Bond-illan pariin!

Ikäraja 18 vuotta

Teatro avoinna klo 15 alkaen
www.teatroturku.fi

Show-illat:

Pe 9.11.2018
La 10.11.2018
To 15.11.2018
Pe 16.11.2018
La 17.11.2018

Casino Royale -aikataulu:

klo 18.30 Teatro-salin ovet auki ruokailijoille, baarit auki & oheisohjelmaa
klo 19:00 pöytäjuomien myynti, leipä ja levite
klo 19:30 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 19:50 alkuruoka
klo 20:10 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 20:30 pääruoka
klo 20:50 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 21:10 jälkiruoka
klo 21:30 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 21:50 esitys päättyy, salissa jatkuu musiikki
klo 22.00 jatkot Teatrossa - esiintymässä agenttijazz-duo NIEMINEN & LITMANEN

Goldfinger-aikataulu:

klo 18.30 Teatro-salin ovet auki ruokailijoille, baarit auki & oheisohjelmaa
klo 19:00 Friteerattuja kanatikkuja ja yrtti-jugurttikastiketta (L,G), Katkarapu cocktail tarjottuna minituutista (L), Lohipastramia ja wasabimajoneesia (M,G)
klo 19:30 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 19:50 "Goldfinger" (L)
klo 20:10 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 20:30 tauko 20min.
klo 20:50 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 21:10 tauko 20min.
klo 21:30 show (kesto n. 20min)
klo 21:50 esitys päättyy, salissa jatkuu musiikki
klo 22.00 jatkot Teatrossa - esiintymässä agenttijazz-duo NIEMINEN & LITMANEN

Casino Royale -menu:

Samettista maa-artisokkakeittoa (L,G)
Savustettua siian mätiä ja vesikrassia
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Surf & Turf (L,G)
Härän sisäfileetä, grillattua merirapua ja béarnaisekastiketta
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Crème brûlée (L,G)
Marinoitua appelsiinia ja marenkia

Goldfinger snacks -menu:

Friteerattuja kanatikkuja ja yrtti-jugurttikastiketta (L,G)
Katkarapu-cocktail tarjottuna minituutista (L)
Lohipastramia ja wasabimajoneesia (M,G)
”Gold Finger” (L)

Pöytävaraukset tehdään automaattisesti tilausten perusteella.
Vesi sisältyy hintaan, muut juomat voi tilata paikan päällä.
Ryhmille yli 10 henkilöä suositellaan juomien etukäteistilausta: 
info@logomokitchen.fi tai puh (02) 44 56 700.

007 Event: Casino Royale In Concert (29 December 2018)

What: Casino Royale In Concert
Where: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
When: Saturday 29th December 2018

Tickets: From £32.50 (including booking fees)

Film Concerts Live! proudly presents "Casino Royale" (2006) in Concert, produced in association with EON Productions and Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM).


For the first time ever, audiences will be able to experience Bond on the big screen accompanied by the full force of the Hallé performing composer David Arnold’s thrilling musical score live and in sync to the picture!


Directed by Martin Campbell, Casino Royale brings us Bond at the start of his career, having just earned 00 status and his licence to kill. It also marked Daniel Craig’s first appearance as the legendary MI6 operative.


Casino Royale also features Mads Mikkelsen as ‘Le Chiffre’, Eva Green as ‘Vesper Lynd’, Judi Dench returning as ‘M’ and locations for the film include the Bahamas, Montenegro, and a jaw-dropping finale on the Grand Canal in Venice.

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007 Related hotel: Hotel Santo Mauro

HOTEL SANTO MAURO

Location: Madrid, Spain
Address: Calle de Zurbano, 36
Bond connection: Madrid photo call of "Casino Royale" (2006) was held here


The Hotel Santo Mauro invites you to embark on a journey back to the 19th-century and stay at the former residence of the influential character of Madrid’s society at the time, the Duke of Santo Mauro, located in the aristocratic and exclusive area of Chamberí. With a French influence design, similar to the Parisian palaces of the era, the Hotel Santo Mauro consists of three buildings surrounded by a magnificent garden starring a few centuries-old chestnut trees; making it an oasis in the heart of Madrid. The 49 rooms, carefully designed to the last detail, will make your stay in the palace an unforgettable one. Resulting of an avant-garde décor, gaze at the common rooms by which the Duke of Santo Mauro once walked through; The Red Room of pure French style, The Chinese Lounge where oriental pieces dazzle, The Gin Bar with an art deco, and the former Library of The Duke of Santo Mauro, today’s main restaurant. Each with its own personality, but in perfect harmony, are designed to enhance your stay.


007 Travelers visited this magnificent hotel, Hotel Santo Mauro, where "Casino Royale" (2006) photo call took place. Daniel Craig (James Bond), Caterina Murino (Solange Dimitrios), Mads Mikkelsen (Le Chiffre) and director Martin Campbell attended this event.

After introducing ourselves, we got a nice guided walking tour in and around the lovely hotel.

Daniel Craig, Caterina Murino,
Mads Mikkelsen and Martin Campbell
Photo: Getty Images

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Look, is that Daniel Craig? :)

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"Forever and a Day" competition for UK residents

Dead Good Books are giving a lucky 007 fan the chance to be one of the first people in the world to read "Forever and a Day" (2018) by Anthony Horowitz, while luxuriating in surroundings enjoyed by both James Bond and his creator Ian Fleming. 

To be in with a chance of winning a night at The Savoy Hotel, London, with a limited edition advanced copy of "Forever and a Day" and a Martini; simply fill in your details here. Good luck!

Note: This competition is open only to residents of the United Kingdom, aged 18 years or over. Entries must be received by 11:59 pm on 30th April 2018

"Forever and a Day", the explosive prequel to "Casino Royale" (1953), is published on 31st May 2018

Read more here

Source: Dead Good Books


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Report: Show & Dinner: Casino Royale - Club For Five @ Casino Helsinki (2 March 2018)

What: Show & Dinner: Casino Royale - Club For Five / Premiere
Where: Casino Helsinki, Mikonkatu 19, Helsinki, Finland
When: 2 March 2018


A friday night, 2nd of March 2018 and Casino Helsinki. This evening was full of excitement, danger and seduction: The premiere of renewed Casino Royale - show and dinner by Club For Five. A perfect timing for the premiere, the same day when Daniel Craig celebrated his 50th birthday.

GOLDFINGER

The staff of Casino Helsinki works fast and are extremely polite, even when people are rushing in and leaving their belongings to the cloakroom. If you are visiting casino for the first time, you have to show your ID card, then move to the photographing place and you will receive a Casino card. When visiting next time, it is enough to show your casino card. The age limit to casino is 18 years. There are plenty of different games in casino and 007 Travelers moved in front of Fennia Salonki and had already mood of Casino Royale, even before ordering drink called "Goldfinger".

The staff in front of Fennia Salonki guided us to our table at 7 PM. Our host Heidi Kemppinen took care of us and was very professional. Thanks for the excellent customer service!













THE SECRETS OF FENNIA SALONKI

There are seats for 150 diners in Fennia Salonki. There are beautiful pillars in the salon and the pyramid shaped ceiling is awesome.

YOU ONLY LICE TWICE!

First we got soft roll and especially tasty and nicely salted butter.

All food for the evening were just perfect. 007 Travelers tested menus "Casino Royale" and "You Only Live Twice".

Pirita's choice was a fish menu, which included white wine "Le Petit Balthazar Viognier Sauvignon Blanc" as wine recommendation by the staff and "Valmiñor Albariño" white wine with the main food.

Casino´s skagen with fennel gravad lax

Roasted white fish with oyster sauce

Lemon cake with mascarpone ice cream and rhubarb jam

Mika had a meat menu, which included "Meyer-Fonné Gentil" white wine as wine recommendation by the staff and "Ébano Viñedos y Bodegas Ébano6" red wine with the main food.

Asparagus soup with false morel mousseline

Roast lamb marinated with lavender and ramiro pepper

Tonka bean pudding with lemon and almond ice cream

Casino host Mila opened the evening.

The show and dinner lasted for the next two and a half hours and there were nice pauses between the songs and the dinner, so you were able to concentrate at show itself as well as food when the band was not performing. The dinner was great and everything worked perfectly. Big thanks to Aku, Suski and others involved!

Club For Five had renewed their Bond show and we already liked a lot about the earlier version, this one we loved!



SHOWTIME!

It was 7.30 PM when the intro video started to roll and there the band travelled around the world and they were hurrying in Casino Helsinki. We can see shadow images of the band, only Juha Viitala is missing. From the video to this world, the entrance is dashing and unexpected... but let's not reveal everything. Finally the whole band is on the stage anyway.

You could guess that Casino Royale show's name comes from Casino Royale movies. There are two of them: Casino Royale from 1967, where David Niven is James Bond and another one with same name from 2006, where Daniel Craig plays the secret agent 007.

The opening act of the evening was "Live and Let Die". After that we heard Bond theme songs from different decades and this time there was a newest Bond song "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith in the track list. We heard it already as song number three and it was nicely adapted by Danny Fong.

Club For Five's show was energetic and wonderful, pure class!

Jouni Kannisto

Juha Viitala

Tuukka Haapaniemi and Maija Sariola sang a duet
"Diamonds Are Forever" as part of the medley

EEPPI & THE PENSIONERS

Maybe the most memorable moment of the evening was when Eeppi Ursin performed "Nobody Does It Better" to Leena, Eero, Mikael and Lauri who were about to retire from the company they worked. This was a really nice gesture from Club For Five band!

Eeppi Ursin

There were also dancers with the band and they also performed really entertaining acts, for example during the song "007".

Especially pleasing was when the band chatted with the audience during the pause. Nicely done, Club For Five!

Tuukka Haapaniemi

During the evening we also heard two other songs than Bond songs. Jouni Kannisto had called to Norma John band, which was Finland's last year's representative of Eurovision Song Contest, and Jouni asked if Club For Five can make their own version of their song "Blackbird". Maija Sariola's solo of that song was beautiful.

Maija Sariola

BANDITS AND A SONG OF ROGUES

Last performance of the sold out premiere night - not a Bond theme - before encore was Tuukka Haapaniemi's solo "Mustat silmät - Otshi tshornyje". This song described the idea that, if instead of Bond, the villain would come and take all the women. Lovely Tuukka and his voice was charming and was highlight of the evening!

The song list of the evening was following:

• "Live And Let Die" from "Live and Let Die" (1973)
• "GoldenEye" from "GoldenEye" (1995)
• "Writing's on the Wall" from "SPECTRE" (2015)
• Medley, which included pieces of "Goldfinger" from "Goldfinger" (1964), "Diamonds Are Forever" from "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), "Licence to Kill" from "Licence to Kill" (1989), "Thunderball" from "Thunderball" (1965) and "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" (2012)
• "You Only Live Twice" from "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
• "From Russia with Love" from  "From Russia with Love" (1963)
• "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" (2012)
• "James Bond Theme" from "Dr. No" (1962)
• "Tomorrow Never Dies" from "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997)
• "007" - theme song from several movies
• "Die Another Day" from "Die Another Day" (2002)
• "You Know My Name" from "Casino Royale" (2006)
• "Blackbird"
• "Nobody Does It Better" from "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
• "Mustat silmät - Otshi tshornyje"
• "Another Way to Die" from "Quantum of Solace" (2008)

Casino Helsinki and Club For Five really gave the audience a good time. This show must be seen again and again! Buy your tickets here (Lippu.fi)

Thank you Club For Five and dancers

Club For Five:
They are: Maija Sariola, Susanna Lukkarinen, Jouni Kannisto, Juha Viitala ja Tuukka Haapaniemi. Susanna Lukkarinen is on maternity leave at the moment and Eeppi Ursin is her substitute.


Club For Five's homepage here.



Special thanks to: Laura Sandström ja Jere Pellinen / Casino Helsinki


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