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For the more enthusiastic James Bond fan, why not take a 10 hour
James Bond Tour, which includes the some of the original
James Bond cars and gadgets used throughout the movies.
This museum is situated at Beaulieu a 90 minute drive outside London
in the heart of the New Forest.
While there you can have time to take in the stately home and The
National Motor Museum , before coming back into London and continuing
with the London part of the tour. |
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The Ant Factory who are
producing the next James Bond 22 Game for Activision.
With
our expert knowledge of the James Bond sights we where chosen to
escort The Ant Factory team around and explain all the James Bond
sights within London.
Our
guide will be featured in the special CD that comes with this console
game, along with the producers of the game. |
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FODORS Write-up
‘Want to see the sites without
blowing your cover? Just grab a cab. London Taxi Tours runs
three-and-a-half hour themed trips costing $370 for up to five adults.
You'll see top-secret locales (like a central London square that
doubled for one in St. Petersburg during the filming of Goldeneye) as
well as the real MI6 headquarters and the birthplace of Bond author
Ian Fleming’
.http://www.fodors.com/news/story_2183.html
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VISIT BRITAIN Write-up
The River Thames east of MI6 provided
the setting for one of the most action-packed Bond scenes – the
high-speed boat chase in The World is Not Enough. Spot the locations
all the way past Westminster and the Houses of Parliament to Tower
Bridge and the London Docklands. To find some of Ian Fleming’s London
haunts, head for 22 Ebury Street in Pimlico, where a blue plaque marks
his birthplace, or the Admiralty in Whitehall, where in a ground-floor
room overlooking Horse Guards’ Parade, Commander Ian Fleming worked
with the Director of Naval Intelligence throughout World War II. Track
down the Ritz on Piccadilly, where movie-Bond stayed in Diamonds are
Forever (note for dedicated 007 buffs – Fleming’s Bond always stayed
at The Savoy). The College of Arms near St Paul’s Cathedral is where
Bond went to check Blofeld’s ancestry in On Her Majesty’s Secret
Service, and Sotheby’s auction house is where Bond switches a rare
Fabergé egg with a fake in Octopussy. And then, of course, there’s
Buckingham Palace, official London residence of the sovereign, which
puts in a dramatic appearance in Die Another Day, when arch-villain
Gustav Graves drops in to collect his knighthood by helicopter. For a
guided tour of some of the London locations associated with 007, take
a James Bond Tour with London Taxi Tours
(www.londontaxitour.com).
by Lindsay Hunt,
www.visitbritain.com
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