Saturday, 22 February 2014

007 Book location: Strada Cucina Italiana (formerly known as Campana), London, England

STRADA CUCINA ITALIANA, formerly known as CAMPANA

Location: London, England
Address: 31 Marylebone High Street
Bond book appearance: For Special Services (1982)
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2010

A modern Italian restaurant located on the High Street amongst the trendy boutique shops and restaurants of Marylebone Village.

"After dining at a small Italian restaurant - the Campana in Marylebone High Street - the couple had gone back to Q´ute´s apartment where they made love with a disturbing wildness, as though time was running out for both of them."

John Gardner: "For Special Services" 









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007 Theme Hotel: Bed & Breakfast Angolo di Roma, Rome, Italy

BED & BREAKFAST ANGOLO DI ROMA


Location: Rome, Italy
Address: Via Cairoli, 31
Bond connection: Movie theme posters, including James Bond theme



Situated in a very central area. Infact, it allows you to easily reach tourist attractions by foot.
For example, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Basilica of Saint John in Laterano, and the Basilica of Saint Maria Maggiore.


Connected with numerous modes of surface transportation as well as the metro station (metro stop is 100 meters away). It offers you the opportunity to reach the Spanish Steps in 5 mins, Saint Peter's Square in 10 mins, and any site in the city in 20 mins.
































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007 Hotel: Hôtel de Paris, Monte-Carlo, Monaco

HÔTEL DE PARIS MONTE-CARLO


Location: Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Address: Place du Casino
Bond movie appearance: GoldenEye
Bond book appearance: Role of Honour, James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007, Never Dream of Dying







  • 182 rooms, including 37 Junior Suites, 41 Suites and 2 Diamond Suites.


  • 3 restaurants: Le Louis XV- Alain Ducasse, Le Grill and Côté Jardin.


  • One grand function room: La Salle Empire.


  • Le Bar Américain providing a jazz ambiance.


  • A legendary wine cellar.


  • A hair dressing salon and luxury boutiques.


  • Access to the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo (pool, fitness centre, hammam, sauna, solarium…).


  • 8 comfortable and elegant lounges with international secretarial services, technical and audiovisual equipment on request.





  • ”At a little after six on Tuesday the Mulsanne slid into Monaco's Place Casino and up to the entrance of the Hotel de Paris. It was a splendid, clear spring evening, with hardly a breath of wind to stir the palm trees in the gardens which front the Grand Casino."

    John Gardner: "Role of Honour"








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    007 Hotel: Carlton Cannes, Cannes, France

    CARLTON CANNES


    Location: Cannes, France
    Address: 58 La Croisette
    Bond book appearance: Never Dream of Dying


    In classic French style, the hotel’s Belle Epoque façade overlooks the Bay of Cannes, a celebrated seaside destination that prestigious guests have enjoyed for a century. With its own exclusive beach restaurant and pier offering a host of water sports, this elegant Cannes hotel is ideally located on the Boulevard de La Croisette, famous for the Cannes Film Festival and designer shopping. Luxury suites overlook the Mediterranean Sea, and island boat trips are easily arranged.


    "They bathed together and then had a luxurious dinner in her room at the Carlton. Tylyn dressed Bond’s wounds and kissed them, then gave him a thorough massage."

    Raymond Benson: "Never Dream of Dying"











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    007 Related Hotel: Martinez, Cannes, France

    HOTEL MARTINEZ

    Location: Cannes, France
    Address: 73, La Croisette
    Bond connection: Daniel Craig has stayed here


    As spacious as it is extravagant, the hotel has an extraordinary infrastructure, both in terms of guest accommodation comprising 412 rooms and suites, and in the services the hotel has to offer. The Grand Hyatt Hotel Martinez has three restaurants, La Palme d'Or, a 2 stars Michelin gastronomic restaurant, Le Relais Martinez and the Zplage Beach Restaurant. There is a piano bar, a vast private beach, a heated pool, fifteen meeting rooms and reception lounges that total 2,500 square metres; all this puts the Hotel Martinez just behind the congress centre Palais des Festivals in terms of reception capacity in Cannes. The reception infrastructure is one of the major assets of the hotel, and in all seasons conventions, seminars and other social, festive and professional events, the majority of them international can be hosted.








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