Architecture on screen · 2006
Casino Royale filming locations
Czech spa architecture and Italian lakeside villas stand in for several places in Bond’s story.
Directed by Martin Campbell · 4 documented locations
Grandhotel Pupp
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Fellner & Helmer and earlier builders
Imperial Spa — Lázně I
Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer
Villa del Balbianello
Tremezzina, Lake Como, Italy
Architect not established; commissioned by Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini
Villa La Gaeta
San Siro, Lake Como, Italy
Gino and Adolfo Coppedè
Grandhotel Pupp
On screen: Hotel Splendide in Montenegro
The Czech Film Commission identifies Grandhotel Pupp as the hotel used by Bond and Vesper. Karlovy Vary supplies the screen Montenegro setting.
- Architect / attribution
- Fellner & Helmer and earlier builders
- Building chronology
- Earlier halls from 1701; present complex completed 1907
- Place
- Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Filming evidence
Imperial Spa — Lázně I
On screen: Casino Royale exterior
The Imperial Spa provides the ornate casino exterior. The poker-room action should not be assumed to take place inside the real spa.
- Architect / attribution
- Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer
- Building chronology
- Opened 1895
- Place
- Karlovy Vary, Czechia
Filming evidence
Villa del Balbianello
On screen: Bond’s lakeside convalescence
The villa’s owner identifies the location as the place where Bond recuperates after being injured.
- Architect / attribution
- Architect not established; commissioned by Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini
- Building chronology
- 1787
- Place
- Tremezzina, Lake Como, Italy
In the film
Movie frames and production stills are shown separately from photographs of the real building. Film and image credits remain with their respective owners.
Movie frame
Eon Productions / MGM / Columbia Pictures · Scene image source
Filming evidence
Villa La Gaeta
On screen: Mr White’s lakeside villa
Italy’s tourism board includes the villa in its Casino Royale locations trail. The house is associated with the film’s closing confrontation.
- Architect / attribution
- Gino and Adolfo Coppedè
- Building chronology
- 1921
- Place
- San Siro, Lake Como, Italy
Filming evidence
Filming does not imply public access. Many locations remain homes, workplaces or heritage sites; consult each venue before visiting.