Quantum of Solace (2008)

Malcesine, Italy

Section of tunnels of the SS249, the Gardesana Orientale, in the hamlet of Navene, on the east bank of Lake Garda.

The scene : The film opens on this ribbon of asphalt clinging to the cliff: Bond's Aston Martin, with Mr. White tied up in the trunk, is being chased by three black Alfa Romeos, weaving between tunnels and curves above the water.

Limone sul Garda, Italy

The scene : The opening chase crosses this commune on the west bank, along the road that overlooks the lake.

Riva del Garda, Italy

The scene : At the northern tip of the lake, the chase shifts to the west bank. A shot-by-shot analysis precisely situates this section on the Trent side, slightly above the dock of the Surf Hotel, and corrects the locations that had placed it on the opposite shore.

Tremosine sul Garda, Italy

The Tremosine sul Garda gorge road, the provincial road 38 known as Porto-Pieve, climbs from the lakeshore to Pieve through a succession of tunnels.

The scene : The left turn taken by the cars opens onto this gorge road, narrow and carved into tunnels in the rock, with the lake below.

Massa, Italy

The scene : This is where the editing deceives without saying: the Aston Martin emerges from a double tunnel and speeds down the road, three hundred kilometers from the previous shot.

Carrara, Italy

Fantiscritti marble basin, located north of Carrara, at the northern tip of Tuscany. Carrara marble has been extracted there since the Roman era.

The scene : The sirens get involved and the chase plunges into the quarry: white marble stands, dust, and trucks, before Bond reaches Siena.

Sienne, Italy

The scene : Bond rushes under the porch leading to the MI6 command post and opens the trunk on a very much alive Mr. White. It is also through this small square that he exits later, when everything falls apart inside.

Sienne, Italy

Fan-shaped square of Siena, venue for the Palio, the bareback horse race that takes place there twice a year, on July 2 and August 16: ten of the city's seventeen contrade race there, each under its own colors.

The scene : The large shell-shaped square is packed with people for the Palio: Bond loses and then finds Mitchell in the crowd, before the chase resumes on the rooftops.

Sienne, Italy

The scene : The town hall closes off the square where the chase takes place on foot. The film location notes mention it without specifying the relevant shot.

Sienne, Italy

The scene : This street in the center appears in the record of locations used in the filming, at the intersection of Via Magalotti, although the corresponding scene is not specified.

Sienne, Italy

The scene : Bond walks up this street to enter Siena, then turns onto Via Giovanni Duprè.

Orbetello, Italy

Restored medieval tower on the Tuscan coast, a few kilometers east of Talamone, in the municipality of Orbetello. Also known as Villa Le Torre, it is available for weekly rental.

The scene : Bond comes to ask René Mathis for new papers, retired in this massive tower overlooking the sea.

Bregenz, Austria

Bregenz Festival House, opened in July 1980: both an opera house, theater, and congress center.

The scene : Bond follows Greene into the grand evening: it is through the hall of this festival house that one enters the performance of Tosca where Quantum holds a meeting.

Bregenz, Austria

Floating Stage of Bregenz, the largest in the world, moored on Lake Constance and boasting seven thousand seats. The city's festival takes place there every summer.

The scene : On the floating stage, the Tosca is in full swing and the members of Quantum are speaking to each other through earpieces, convinced they are invisible. Bond taps into their frequency, and the evening ends with a gun.

Feldkirch, Austria

The scene : Greene's car comes out onto the market square of the old town and turns right into the neighboring alley, Bond closely following behind her.

London, United Kingdom

Private residential complex of three modernist towers from the 1960s, at the corner of Sussex Gardens and Edgware Road. Despite their brutalist architecture, apartments there sell for over six hundred thousand pounds.

The scene : The MI6 team searches the apartment of the traitor Mitchell, at the top of one of the three towers. The Range Rover bringing Bond takes the closed driveway that leads to Burwood Place.

London, United Kingdom

Barbican Centre, in the City of London: theatres, a symphonic hall, cinemas, and a museum, the largest complex of this kind in Europe. Opened in 1982 according to the designs of the agency Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, this Grade II listed building is one of the landmarks of British brutalism.

The scene : Mr. Tanner and M walk through a crescent courtyard discussing Mr. Slate to a Bond perched on his motorcycle. The MI6 headquarters on screen is this concrete complex.

London, United Kingdom

Gentlemen's Club of Pall Mall founded in 1836, known for its majestic Italian-style atrium. Designed by architect Decimus Burton in neoclassical style, it is a Grade I listed historic monument. The club has admitted women among its members since 1981.

The scene : It is in these salons that the minister summons M to demand answers.

Farnborough, United Kingdom

Historic aerodrome of Hampshire, the cradle of British aviation, now a business airport.

The scene : Greene's private jet lands here, supposedly arriving in Bregenz. This is also where Bond, on the run, discovers that MI6 has canceled his credit cards and must find another way to reach Bolivia.

Aldershot, United Kingdom

Montgomery Lines Barracks in Aldershot. The buildings used by the film were demolished in 2015.

The scene : The Russian house where Bond confronts Yusef, and then the snow where he meets M and drops Vesper's necklace: the final scenes of the film were shot here, not in Kazan.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

Large British film studio founded in 1936 in Iver Heath, birthplace of the James Bond saga.

The scene : The British studio of the saga hosted part of the film's sets, including the desert hotel built on the backlot.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

The largest soundstage in Europe, at Pinewood Studios, built in 1976 for the James Bond saga and reconstructed after a fire (1984, 2006).

The scene : The largest stage of the studio has hosted several sets from the film: the interior of the Siennese art gallery, the cisterns of Siena, the MI6 safe house, the abyss, and the interior of the Perla de las Dunas.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

Shooting stage (soundstage) of the Pinewood Studios complex, located in Iver Heath.

The scene : The suite of General Medrano at the desert hotel was built on this plateau.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

The scene : This set appears in the scenery report of the film, without specifying the corresponding scene.

Iver Heath, United Kingdom

The scene : The Perla de las Dunas hotel was built outdoors on the studio lot; the interiors of the final sequence were also filmed there.

Colón, Panama

Modernist building erected in 1940 in Colón, one of the first of its kind in the city and one of the most luxurious, with views of the sea and the entrance to the canal. Its reinforced concrete structure housed the first electric elevator in Colón, which served its five floors, and its walls as well as its floors were clad in marble and granite. Its ground floor hosted a Kodak agency and the first branch of the Panamanian social security.

The scene : Bond pushes open the door of the Dessalines Hotel to find Edmund Slate inside: the Haitian hotel featured in the film, it's this building. It is also at this street corner that the Port-au-Prince of the film unfolds, with the port just behind the facade.

Colón, Panama

The scene : The killer on Camille's trail gets stuck in traffic at this intersection.

Colón, Panama

The scene : Bond settles his score with the henchman, takes his motorcycle, and speeds up the avenue, cutting through the intersections of Calle 8 and then Calle 7.

Colón, Panama

Boat depot of the port of Colón.

The scene : Camille arrives at the dock and goes to find Dominic Greene, who is meeting General Medrano there. It is in this basin that the speedboat chase was filmed, during which Bond rescues her without knowing who she is.

Portobelo, Panama

Islet off the coast of Puerto Lindo, in the province of Colón, between the northeastern tip of Isla Linton and Isla Grande.

The scene : Bond's speedboat runs along this northern island of the country.

Colón, Panama

Fuerte Sherman Marina, on the west bank of the Caribbean entrance to the canal, opposite Colón.

The scene : Bond drops Camille off at the boatyard of the marina.

Colón, Panama

The scene : Bond follows Greene to the airport, where the charter flight arranged by the CIA is set to take him to Austria.

Panamá, Panama

Airport developed on the former American airbase Howard, west bank of the Panama Canal.

The scene : Bond and Mathis arrive in Bolivia and are greeted at the airport by Strawberry Fields. The terminal, like the buildings in the suburbs of La Paz seen later, is located here.

Panamá, Panama

The scene : The taxi takes Bond, Mathis, and Fields through a bustling neighborhood, along this avenue that intersects with Calle 18 Este.

Panamá, Panama

The scene : The taxi stops in front of the Bolívar hotel, which Bond flatly refuses. The establishment does not exist: it is a façade dressed up for the film.

Panamá, Panama

Building of the Plaza de Francia constructed in 1931, which first housed the Supreme Court of Justice. It now shares its walls with the Teatro Anita Villalaz.

The scene : Bond and Fields, posing as two teachers on sabbatical who have won the lottery, finally descend into a distinctly more glamorous palace: the Andean Grand Hotel from the film, which is not a hotel at all.

Panamá, Panama

Former club of the Panamanian elite, long one of the most exclusive circles in the capital and a reception venue for General Noriega. The building was ravaged during the American invasion of 1989, left abandoned, and then demolished in the early 2010s to make way for a luxury hotel.

The scene : Greene holds his fundraising evening for his ecological park in these ruins. Cars drive up Avenida Central to stop there, and it is there that Bond departs with Camille, closely followed by motorcyclists.

Panamá, Panama

The scene : Back at the hotel where agents are waiting for him, Bond escapes through another exit and Camille picks him up by car in this street.

Antofagasta, Chile

Accommodation building of the Paranal Observatory, operated by the European Southern Observatory and in service since 2002. It is not a commercial hotel: no rooms can be booked.

The scene : Greene's hideout, from where he plans to control the Bolivian water supply, is this long concrete building situated in the desert. It is here that the climax unfolds.

Antofagasta, Chile

Private track serving the Paranal Observatory, along the B-710 road.

The scene : The plane lands on this runway in the desert, supposed to serve Bolivia.

Antofagasta, Chile

Remains of a coastal city in the Antofagasta region, now abandoned.

The scene : The villagers of the Bolivian village are suffering from drought, empty buckets in hand. Later, Bond and Camille emerge from the desert on foot and join the bus at the same spot.

Baquedano, Chile

Railway hub of the province of Antofagasta.

The scene : Bond departs, and Camille walks away towards the railway of this village, which stands in for a Bolivian town.

Michilla, Chile

The scene : This coastal hamlet of Antofagasta appears on the record of Chilean filming locations, without specifying the corresponding scene.

San Felipe, Mexico

The scene : The old DC-3 in which Bond and Camille are flying over the desert is intercepted by fighters: the aerial sequence was shot over this runway and the mountains of Baja California.

Craco, Italy

The scene : This abandoned village in Basilicat is listed among the filming locations of the film, with no scene associated with it.

Maratea, Italy

The scene : This municipality on the Tyrrhenian coast of Basilicate is listed as a filming location for the film, although no scenes are associated with it.

Madrid, Spain

The scene : The Spanish capital is listed among the filming locations of the film, with no specific scene or site associated with it.