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Travel in James Bonds' footsteps

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    Robert Reid takes a look at the iconic travel destinations featured in the James Bond films.

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Joining us right now.

It is Robert Reid.

Robert.

It's fifty years of James wise yes -- first came bond film came out fifty years ago yeah can you believe it.

Feels like now it does rather like only yesterday.

You have taken the novel approach of putting together.

-- travel.

Plan that -- to visit.

Many of the places that James Bond went is that correct I don't know that.

There's -- movie.

It gives you sense of wonder of exotic luxurious destinations as much as -- James Bond series has over the fifty years that was done and home screens so it.

I wrote a piece for lonely planet -- moment I -- -- about just some of the ones that stand out and just kind of put it.

Around the world as if someone was gonna go around and followed James -- all these places -- a dream double 07 travel itinerary that's right now.

I can't even put out some of the places that are on some of these lists that you put and that's why -- -- she's okay that's a Hummer tough -- let's go through it.

This is the dream double 07 travel itinerary you wanna go or James Bond.

Went.

We start in -- -- you make this is ground zero because they -- the James Bond novels Ian Fleming himself was naval intelligence in Britain.

And -- and knows the -- -- through fourteen novels there and goldeneye was the little retreat they had on the north coast now you can stay there for 12100 dollars a night.

-- actually wrote the song every breath you take there kind of and the first -- doctor knows all filmed around Jamaica Jamaica is really the -- can respond particularly because of Ian -- connection they -- -- -- -- gold -- he -- if you can afford it if you can what is the name of this town and Iceland.

I -- okay that's joke books are long.

Of course now there won't -- it can probably tell what film was there -- a couple movies later movies die another day and I've been killed went there this Iceland is really kind of kind of a secret.

You know particularly because the US because I -- the -- Alaska there.

It's actually closer to us.

-- San Francisco in terms of a flight.

They went took place in the north east southeast corner.

Idea of the country that has a floating.

Lagoon of glaciers.

It's it's a blue water part of it freezes they had a car chase scene just stunning it's -- been to bring her to the movie Tomb Raider.

And there's just a stunning unreal said -- -- I've heard everything about it now you put us stoke park golf club England on here is that.

The gold finger that's goaltender that's is where Sean Connery -- Developed his lifelong love of the game of golf grand challenge gold -- this is a very historic places the first country club in Britain.

It's it's histories a thousand years -- actually built the golf course -- money that they made by selling Pennsylvania -- -- -- this country clever Pennsylvania apparently.

This -- in the late seventeen hundreds.

There are specials even if you don't -- a number you can go and stay there for about 200 pounds and I.

This fall so you can -- and then Irish.

Born in Switzerland -- -- -- a little more -- -- -- people forget there's another James -- 1969 George lives in me was in the movie on her majesty's Secret Service in 1969 he's actually Australia and they dubbed as the weights.

This could be -- James -- like.

Huge scene up there and actually his Gloria at the peak as a restaurant it's named for him plans.

Novel he named himself much hyped up there and I don't know hike again you can see France and Germany is a massive climb up there.

You can take a cable car and get the restaurant that's right there and your dream travel itinerary AA ends in the Czech Republic.

Well -- will be very is in casino Royale it's the first movie that Daniel Craig here and the guy.

Cries blood tears and they -- to -- this Texas hold tournament.

It's at the hotel public grand hotel -- and the Czech Republic as a spot on I've been to it actually set and Montenegro.

But the real one in the Czech Republic glorious ourselves -- real.

Now this this tour available for them further inspection on lonely planet right on your web site -- -- And and you're suggesting that people actually go to all these places in one trip.

Well yeah I mean you know and people -- your budget might be able to do that was none of us have to pick and choose as we know.

-- the travel itinerary being that includes India Thailand Japan and then.

Punishment warship after.

War yeah.

Yeah -- there was meeting with the CIA of all places Fisherman's -- amounts to a steep place perhaps and San Francisco.

We get to clam chowder ball out of this yeah.

They -- -- everywhere hiding in plain -- you know the funny thing is a lot of people credit James Bond for these itineraries but actually he's just -- -- because he's just following the villains all these places and away the real.

Travel in sire here is James Bond villains that -- Maybe we have to focus on them because they're the ones that go to these places and -- -- have you done all these places no I haven't been to all these places has not stayed at that.

At the the 12100 dollar place in Jamaica and and around him.

-- almost all of them.

-- -- more about lonely planet home planet say you travel -- been around since having three make guidebooks.

And travel content for every single country in the world so we have offers that do go to all these places in the -- -- because travels everywhere and now it apps and you know guides on iPhone and phrase books so I'm gonna plan a trip -- how to lonely planet helped me.

Well it can make it possible really I mean it's it's all independently researched contact on every destination in the world so you might go to Amazon -- get a Tuscan Villa.

It's all covered.

Lonely planet dot com you can see with the books and read about it online.

Our video personal and whose idea wanted to put this came on tour again well I got to take the blame him credit for that you know I always look for ways of taking travel out of travel.

What are different themes that you know that resonate outside of travel and the people can incorporate their trips different themes are becoming an increasingly.

Big part of how people travel and James Bond is massive it's fifty his new movie coming out later this year right that's I was always comes out November mean.

And so it's like you know that the movie than the man with the golden gun and then the elements in -- limestone towers in Thailand you can take a fifteen dollar boat tour -- -- and go see these.

Just unbelievable once on towers as a -- -- the most supportive to him.

You can go see his stuff and that's that's the point -- -- real places Robert -- US travel editor on the planet thanks very much for being with --

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