Stars, galaxies and an eerie, green airglow light up the sky over a hotel famously infiltrated by James Bond in the 2008 film "Quantum of Solace." Located at the top of Cerro Paranal, a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert, the hotel houses astronomers and staff of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
Can you stay at the ESO Hotel?
Accommodation and Food The ESO Hotel at Cerro Paranal, La Residencia, provides accommodation and meals for ESO staff only. It is not possible for public visitors to stay overnight in Paranal. Accommodation and meals are provided in La Residencia only in the exceptional case of specially authorised media visits.
Does the hotel in Quantum of Solace real?
The hotel's exterior was featured in the 2008 Bond film Quantum of Solace, in which the structure was depicted as a fictional eco-hotel in Bolivia. A miniature of the hotel was built by the visual effects team for the shots in which the hotel is destroyed by a fire in the film.
Where is the Andean Grand hotel?
The Andean Grand Hotel in 'Bolivia' isn't really a hotel but is actually the Instituto Nacional de Cultura (National Institute of Culture) in the World Heritage area of Casco Viejo in Panama City.
Where was Quantum of Solace desert scene filmed?
Chile
What part of Italy was Quantum of Solace filmed?
Villa Le Torre, located near Talamone (6km), in Southern Tuscany, Italy, is featured in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. Bond, after leaving the Tosca Opera in Bregenz, visits René Mathis (and his girlfriend) in this beautiful villa and asks him to come and help him in Bolivia.
Where was the opening scene filmed in Quantum of Solace?
Quantum of Solace opens where Casino Royale ended: At Lake Como in Italy. Bond drives his car along the Via Gardesana Centro on the eastern shore the galleries are north of the village Malcesine.
Can you visit Paranal Observatory?
Public Visits to Paranal Observatory Tourist and student visits to Paranal Observatory are scheduled every Saturday at 10:00 or 14:00. Prior registration is always necessary. Please check the Weekend Visits to Paranal page for further information and the registration form.
What is the hotel at the end of Quantum of Solace?
It was also a key location in "Quantum of Solace." In the film, the hotel is called "Perla de las Dunas" (Pearl of the Dunes), and it is destroyed during a struggle between Agent 007 and villain Dominic Greene.