It’s the riveting sensation of leaping from rooftop to rooftop and traipsing vast deserts on camelback the exchange of coins and banter in a Tangier marketplace, and the roar of a Rolls-Royce speeding along a cliffside road–all while staring down the barrel of an enemy’s pistol.ĭespite his base in London, Bond maintains a spiritual home in Jamaica. These locations are attuned to the fantasy of luxury travel, to which fans of the franchise live vicariously and on the edge of their seats. The secret agent’s high-speed, intrepid odysseys established the classical film series as the ultimate travel guide, beholding audiences to far-off settings one could only dream about. When Bond first graced the silver screen, cinema-goers were spellbound. In the early to mid-1960s, international travel was comparatively rare, so people turned to various forms of entertainment, such as the movies, in order to sate their wanderlust. Each chapter contains remarkable behind-the-scenes shots and rarely-before-seen photographs, detailed with exotic locales and complete with insider insights. In Assouline’s newest publication, James Bond Destinations, crime novelist and bonafide Bond aficionado Daniel Pembrey takes readers to more than 20 iconic international locations featured in EON Productions’ long-running series of films.
