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Real filming locations together with screens of scenes filmed in these places. Film scene on top and my location photo at the bottom.
– Raoul Silva came out of the tube station. In fact that was staff entrance to the Farmes Club with fake “UNDERGROUND” sign attached to the metal frame. (location photo: 2016). Read the story behind the scene: “Skyfall” at Embankment Station in London.
– Raoul Silva leaving the tube station. In fact that was staff entrance to the Farmes Club. (location photo: 2016). Read the story behind the scene: “Skyfall” at Embankment Station in London.
– Raoul Silva got into a police car parked at Whitehall Place. There was fake “UNDERGROUND” sign visible in background. It was placed above a disused Charing Cross exit, between the Playhouse Theatre and Embankment Place. Real entrance to the Embankment Underground Station is located at the end of Embankment Place. (location photo: 2016). Read the story behind the scene: “Skyfall” at Embankment Station in London.
– The police car with Raoul Silva drove off down the Whitehall Place and turned left in front of the entrance to the Corinthia Hotel.. (location photo: 2016). Read the story behind the scene: “Skyfall” at Embankment Station in London.
– Palazzo Cardenza in Rome was doubled by Blenheim Palace in Woodstock (Oxfordshire), UK (location photo: 2016). Read the story behind the scene: 
– Palazzo Cardenza in Rome was doubled by Blenheim Palace in Woodstock (Oxfordshire), UK (location photo: 2016). Read the story behind the scene: 
– Palazzo Cardenza in Rome was doubled by Blenheim Palace in Woodstock (Oxfordshire), UK (location photo: 2016). Read the story behind the scene: 
– Via della Conciliazione in Rome, Italy (location photo: 2015). Read the story behind the scene: 
– Spring Gardens, London, Great Britain. Secret MI6 Safe House. Read the story behind the scene: 
That sequence was filmed in April 2002. Film crew got permision to work around the Buckingham Palace for one day only, until lunch time.
About 250 members of the film crew arrived on the set very early that day. Actress Rosamund Pike said that she had to wake up at 4 a.m. At 6.30 a.m. filming could begin as sun was rising.
Film crew moved to the park behind Canada Gate (see photo below) to complete filming the scene. At that time houndreds of tourists were gathering to see Changing of the Guard. 
Second picture was taken from the 
Film crew was working at Blenheim Palace in February 2015. The interior however was filmed in Pinewood Studios.
The Great Court was filled with super-expensive cars. To light them the film crew used two 40-by-40 feet soft boxes.
When he was recognized at the Spectre meeting he jumped out of the window and ran to the Collonades. 
Mr. Hinx got into the Jaguar C-X75. Both cars left the Palace Great Court 
They left the Blenheim Palace through east gate (photos below).
Both cars jumped when they were driving through the gate and continued the high-speed car chase that was filmed in Rome.
There is a poster with the title of the play above the entrance to the Playhouse Theatre. In March 2012 it was “
The Silverstone Circuit is located in England next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. It was built on the site of the RAF Silverstone. There are still airfield’s runways within the outline of the track. It is the host of different racing series including Formula 1. There are headquarters of several Formula 1 teams not far from the circuit with Sahara Force India Formula One Team headquarters in the very Silverstone village.
In the chase scene Bob Simmons replaced Guy Doleman, who played Count Lippe. 
James Bond passed through the Trafalgar Square and climbed the stairs on the right side of the building. In the next scene he was sitting on a bench inside the National Gallery, looking at the painting hanging on a wall. The man sitting next to him turned out to be Q.
The film crew was working on Trafalgar Square on November 19th 2011. They were working inside the gallery during closing hours at night. Daniel Craig and Ben Whishaw (who played James Bond and Q) were sitting in front of the famous oil painting called ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ painted by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1839. It can be found on Level 2 in Room 34 in the National Gallery in London. In photos below you can see where 007 climbed the stairs and entered the gallery.
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In the next photo you can see similar frame as the one in the film with Madeleine Swann saying good bye to James Bond.
The sequence was filmed at Rules restaurant at Maiden Lane, Covent Garden. The restaurant established by Thomas Rule in 1798 is the oldest one in London.
The scene was filmed on May 22nd 2015. The Rules, which is usually open seven days a week, was closed also the day before shooting. The restaurant published on its website rather mysterious note that it would be closed due to “essential work being carried out in the kitchen”.
