The characteristic guard booth at the parking lot in front of the hotel will not escape the attention of film fans.Īnd I definitely recommend Karlovy Vary as a great escape from everyday life a place with an unusual, undeniable charm. “Splendide Hotel”, where Bond and Vesper stays, is actually the neo-Gothic Grandhotel Pupp (lobby looks familiar anyway), while the dinner they both enjoy after the winning tournament was filmed at the hotel restaurant, the extremely stylish Grandrestaurant Pupp, which today also is decorated almost identically. In the film we can see not only the magnificent facade of the building, but also partly its interesting interior. And secondly: the interiors of the buildings were also used - which, despite everything, was a surprise to me.Īnd so the title casino is actually the Emperor’s Spa “Lazne I”. In this particular case, however, satisfaction is all the more so because, first of all: despite the thirteen years since its premiere, the places that have served the creators of “Casino Royale” look almost exactly the same as during the screening. The very possibility of being in places so well known from the movie is already fascinating in its own way.
Inspired by the recent screening of “Casino Royale”, on an impulse, I visited Karlovy Vary last weekend. Casino Royale (2006) Casino Royale, 139min, United States, Germany, Bahamas, Czechia.
