In “Casino Royale,” Bond girl Solange is seen arriving at the resort before checking into Villa 1085. Posh pods: Go inside Tokyo’s most interesting capsule hotels The hotel was built in 1964 by former sumo wrestler Yonetaro Otani, and is famous for its revolving restaurant and enormous Japanese gardens. In 1967’s “You Only Live Twice,” the New Otani hotel is the headquarters of Osato Chemicals, the Japanese front for Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s SPECTRE operation. The Peninsula Hong Kong, Salisbury Roa d, Hong Kong +852 2920 2888 from $603 per room per night The cast and crew also stayed at the hotel during filming.

In the film, Bond follows Bond girl Andrea Anders from Macau to Hong Kong, where she’s picked up by one of the hotel’s “Peninsula-green” Rolls-Royces.Īnders, it emerges, is staying in room 602 at the Peninsula and the spectacular frontage appears in several scenes. The Peninsula – and its fleet of Rolls-Royce Silver Shadows – appeared in “The Man With the Golden Gun,” starring Roger Moore. It continues a trend of featuring opulent hotels in the secret agent franchise – so here are 10 of the most memorable:

The new James Bond novel, “Solo,” has just been published with the opening scene coming courtesy London’s Dorchester hotel.

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