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Travel Like 007

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In Quantum of Solace, opening in November 2008, James Bond chases a villain over the rooftops around the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. Thousands of people cram into the piazza twice a year to scream for their favorite in the Palio di Siena horse race. (Getty)
The Piazza del Campo played host to Daniel Craig (as Bond) last summer for the filming of the 22nd Bond film, Quantum of Solace. (Courtesy ENIT - The Italian Government Tourist Board)
The Fountainebleau Miami Beach hotel stars in the opening aerial shot of Goldfinger (1964). Plus, Bond, played by Sean Connery, gets a massage by its pool. The hotel is undergoing a $1 billion renovation, which will include a new look for the famous pool. (Courtesy Fountainebleau Miami Beach)
In The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Roger Moore, as Bond, travels to these pillars of rock, where an assassin waits for him. You can take a tour of Ko Tapu, or "James Bond Island" as it is commonly known; it's near Phuket, Thailand. (Courtesy Tourism Authority of Thailand)
In Dr. No (1962), Bond (Connery) and Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) take a refreshing dip in Dunn's River Falls in Jamaica, now a popular tourist attraction. (Courtesy Dunn\'s River Falls)
Bond (Connery) poses as a regular guy touring Hagia Sophia in From Russia with Love (1963). As he prowls inside the premier example of Byzantine architecture, in Istanbul, Turkey, viewers can spy some of the 40 windows along the dome's base. (Getty)
The Taj Lake Palace, which sits on a four-acre island in Lake Pichola in Udaipur, India, appears in Octopussy (1983) as a jewel smuggler's hideout. Bond (Moore) reaches it by wearing a crocodile suit that doubles as a submarine. Today it's a luxury hotel. (Courtesy Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces)
The Le Casino de Monte Carlo in Monaco plays host to Pierce Brosnan as Bond in GoldenEye (1995). The casino is a classic belle epoque structure and the centerpiece of the Monte Carlo quarter of Monaco, a tiny principality near the border of France and Italy. (Courtesy Service Presse S.B.M.)
Inside the Le Casino de Monte Carlo, Bond (Brosnan) and criminal agent Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) play cards in GoldenEye (1995). You can gamble in the casino—formal attire is standard. (Courtesy Service Presse S.B.M.)
The swanky One&Only Ocean Club appears in Casino Royale (2006). The newest Bond, played by Daniel Craig, wins a criminal's Aston Martin—and then beds the man's wife, of course. The club is located on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. (Courtesy One&Only Resorts)