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With Bond 25’s location finally revealed, here’s 20 places to visit in Jamaica


007 will return to Jamaica for sun, sea and… martinis in the 25th Bond movie. As the winter getaway of author Ian Fleming and the setting for the first Bond film, 1962’s Dr No, the island features heavily in the books and movies.

The yet-to-be-named blockbuster, with Daniel Craig once again playing 007, was announced last Thursday at Goldeneye, Fleming’s home there, and shooting has already begun. So here’s our guide to living the spy life in Jamaica.

 Daniel Craig was in Jamaica this week for the launch of Bond 25

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Daniel Craig was in Jamaica this week for the launch of Bond 25
 Ursula Andress and Sean Connery starred in the 1962 Dr No. film

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Ursula Andress and Sean Connery starred in the 1962 Dr No. film

ONE

Films Dr No and Live And Let Die were made near the town of Oracabessa, where the 12 original James Bond novels were written at Goldeneye.

TWO

The White River dividing the parish of St Ann and St Mary is the location for the river scenes in Dr No.

THREE

 Laughing Waters is a private beach in Ocho Rios
Laughing Waters is a private beach in Ocho Rios

The scene where Ursula Andress meets Sean Connery’s James Bond, for the first time was filmed at a private beach called Laughing Waters in Ocho Rios. Other scenes were filmed at the nearby Dunn’s River Falls.

FOUR

Reggae legend Bob Marley nearly bought Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye home in the Sixties.

It was eventually sold to Chris Blackwell, the music producer and founder of Island Records, who turned it into an upmarket hotel resort with villas in the gardens.

FIVE

The Couples Sans Souci resort was also in Live And Let Die. Bond’s hotel room there is remembered and is called The Roger Moore Suite D-20.

SIX

The voodoo dance scene in Live And Let Die was shot in The Ruins restaurant in Ocho Rios back in 1973. Unfortunately it is no longer in business, but the nearby waterfalls are well worth a visit.

SEVEN

 Cottage 10 is where Roger Moore spent the night with a CIA agent

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Cottage 10 is where Roger Moore spent the night with a CIA agent

Several Jamaican hotels have been used as locations.

What is now Cottage 10 at the Half Moon resort is the bedroom where Bond — played by Roger Moore — spent the night with CIA agent Rosie Carver in 1973’s Live And Let Die.

EIGHT

Jamaica’s capital city Kingston was a principal location for Dr No. The home of Jamaica’s Governor General, today called King’s House, was used in Dr No as the Government House where Bond met UK intelligence officers at the beginning of his mission.

NINE

Explore Savanna-La-Mar, just outside Negril. Here at No. 3½ Love Lane, Bond meets assassin Scaramanga for the first time in the novel The Man With The Golden Gun.

This address really exists — and resembles Fleming’s description of it.

TEN

 Parts of Live and Let Die were filmed at Rosehall Great House
Parts of Live and Let Die were filmed at Rosehall Great House

The grounds at Rosehall Great House, an 18th century plantation house in Montego Bay, were used in Live And Let Die.

A makeshift grave-yard was built there and the scene in the poppy field was shot in the hills behind the house.

ELEVEN

Jamaican soca band The Dragonaires, led by Byron Lee, recorded and performed, Jump Up in Dr No and are on the first Bond soundtrack. Lee, later a famous reggae producer, was instrumental in setting up the Byron Lee Jamaica Carnival, an annual Kingston music festival.

TWELVE

The Reynolds Pier in Ocho Rios, now part of the Ocho Rios cruise ship facility where many ships dock while in Jamaica, was used as Crab Cay in Dr No.

THIRTEEN

 You must pay a visit to the Green Grotto Caves
You must pay a visit to the Green Grotto Caves

The Green Grotto Caves, a tourist attraction on the north coast of Jamaica, is the location of many of the underground scenes in Live And Let Die.

FOURTEEN

The first Bond girl — Casino Royale’s Vesper Lynd — was named after a cocktail Fleming had been given in Jamaica, a mix of frozen rum, fruit and herbs. In the book, Bond creates a gin and vodka version and names it after her.

FIFTEEN

The Crab Cay swamp scenes in Dr No were filmed at a swamp at Fal-mouth in Trelawny.

SIXTEEN

 Treat yourself to a trip you'll never forget
Treat yourself to a trip you’ll never forget

Jamaica, and particularly Ocho Rios, was the location for the fictional island of San Monique in Live And Let Die.

SEVENTEEN

Ian Fleming was a keen bird-watcher and took the name James Bond from a leading American ornithologist. Two of his heroines, Solitaire from Live And Let Die and Domino from Thunderball, are named after rare Jamaican birds found in the island’s beautiful and lush forests.

EIGHTEEN

The Grand Port Royal Hotel, (formerly called Morgan’s Harbour Hotel) in Kingston features in several scenes in Dr No.

NINETEEN

The Man With The Golden Gun was set across many island locations, including Morgan’s Harbour Hotel, Green Island and Lucea.

TWENTY

Check out Jamaica Xplored on TripAdvisor for private Bond tours of the island. It’s an ideal trip from a hotel in Montego Bay or even a day out from a cruise ship.

GO: JAMAICA

GETTING/STAYING THERE: Seven nights’ all-inclusive at Sandals Royal Plantation – which has hosted Ian Fleming and Sir Winston Churchill – is from £2,145pp in a Viceroy Honeymoon Ocean-front Butler Suite, based on two sharing, including return flights from Gatwick and transfers.

Travel between May 1 and July 7. See sandals.com.

First look at one of the sets being built in Jamaica for the filming of Bond 25







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