Hotel Cipriani, Venice

Location

Venice
Italy
45° 25' 37.128" N, 12° 20' 28.464" E
IT
General info: 

It’s not a wonder why one of the world’s most picturesque tourist destinations Venice has been chosen as the setting for several Bond films. Films such as Casino Royale, From Russia With Love, and Moonraker, had all major scenes shot in Venice.

During filming of Casino Royale Daniel Graig stayed in Hotel Cipriani in a private location on an island opposite St. Mark's Square. The hotel is also featured in the movie Casino Royale when Bond moors his yacht at Hotel Cipriani while making plans with Vespa to get supplies before their escape. A fast-paced chase leads the pair all through the city, into disused buildings and into the waters of Venice.

The filming locations were scattered around Venice and to see them all, the Cipriani hotel offers its guests a half-day film tour to sites throughout the city where the Bond films - and so many others - were shot.

Getting there: 

If you have a room booked from the Hotel Capriani, their complimentary 24-hour boat service whisks you to and from Piazzetta San Marco.

If not, you can just stroll around the Venice locations on your own.

Costs: 

Doubles in Hotel Cipriani from 660€/night.

Interesting places nearby

Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, a genuinely traditional resort where skiing is harnessed into a wonderful natural environment.

An altitude resort near the Italian border and sharing a lift ticket with Pra Loup and Le sauze Super Sauze (although not lift linked to them).

The newly opened ski resort Salamandra Resort is situated in the middle of the unique nature of Štiavnické hills near the historically important city of Banská Štiavnica. This resort offers modern ski lifts and moderate slope.

From the mountain station of the ski resort Salzstiegl at a highness of 1710 metres above sea level, there´s an amazing panorama view on the Seckauer Alps, the Niederen Tauern and the Hirschegger Alp.

Whoever goes for skiiing-vacation in Samedan, can choose between several winter activities. Besides the skiing you can also go on winter trails or going to tobogganging.

On a ski holiday in Samnaun you will discover a charming, small mountain village accompanied by a big ski resort. There you have state-of-the-art transport facilities and plenty of ski slopes of all difficulty levels.