| A couple of years ago I had a bit of a shock when I | | | | Prague and somewhere I occasionally deliver |
| was carrying out my standard Prague airport to city | | | | passengers to, stands in for Montenegro. The |
| route, I turned to go down to the Karolinska and came | | | | spectacular Grandhotel Pupp stands in for the Hotel |
| face-to-face with Daniel Craig, who was shooting | | | | Splendide, where Vesper and Bond stay before the |
| scenes for his first Bond movie 'Casino Royale'. I later | | | | competition. You may also recognise this hotel as the |
| watched the film and discovered that Danube House | | | | place Queen Latifah stayed in the film 'Last Holiday'. |
| on the Karolinska is where Bond first earned his | | | | The Casino Royale itself is actually the Kaiserbad Spa |
| license to kill. | | | | and the town Bond meets his contact Matthias is the |
| After Bond killed Mollaka, M got a bit of a dressing | | | | small town of Loket. |
| down from her superiors in the House of Commons. | | | | Supposedly Bond and Vesper then head over to |
| However, I instantly recognised the committee room | | | | Venice and check into a luxurious hotel with stunning |
| as not in London, but rather as the library of Strahov | | | | views of the Piazza San Marco. However, this grand |
| Monastery. This historical library is open daily for a | | | | hotel is a place that many of my passengers ask to |
| small charge and I often recommend that Bond fans | | | | see on their Prague airport to city transfers - Prague's |
| take a visit. If the place looked strangely familiar, even | | | | National History Museum. Strangely most of the people |
| before Casino Royale this may be because the | | | | that I take there aren't as interested in the history as |
| Johnny Depp film 'From Hell' was also filmed in parts in | | | | the fact that this place was the scene of the |
| this library. | | | | disastrous operation at the beginning of Tom Cruise's |
| I also recognised the so-called Miami Airport as | | | | Mission Impossible. The museum is located on |
| Prague's Ruzyne Airport, and I should know - I visit it | | | | Wenceslas Square and contains several million items, |
| almost every day on my Prague airport to city jaunts. | | | | which are definitely worth looking around. Many other |
| Prague also stood in for Miami when Bond visited The | | | | scenes in Prague where shot in the Barrandov Studios, |
| Bodyworlds Exhibition. This exhibition was actually held | | | | which is one of the most sought after studios in |
| in Vitkov Park in the Vitkov Monument, which affords | | | | Europe. |
| spectacular views all over Prague. Occasionally the | | | | If you have the chance whilst in Prague, make like |
| Vitkov Monument is open for special events and if this | | | | James Bond and try your luck in the Casino |
| coincides with your visit then I definitely recommend | | | | Ambassador. We can't promise that you'll win quite as |
| checking it out. | | | | much as Bond, but if you're lucky you may come |
| James Bond must have loved the Czech Republic, as | | | | away something of a Miss Moneypenny. |
| the town of Karlovy Vary, located on the outskirts of | | | | |