Where was From Russia with Love filmed

Locations

• Hagia Sophia

  In movie

  Scene where Bond is meeting with Tatiana but he finds out she is being followed.

  Real

  Hagia Sophia on the map

  Scene was shot Haghia Sofia is officially known as the Noble Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque. It was built in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial capital of Constantinople. It was the largest Christian church of the eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire) and the Eastern Orthodox Church, except during the Latin Empire from 1204 to 1261, when it temporarily became a Roman Catholic cathedral. In 1453, after the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935, the Republic of Turkey established it as a museum, a role it served for 85 years until its status was annulled and it was re-converted into a mosque in 2020.

  İstanbul

• Rio di Palazzo - Bridge of Sighs

  In movie

  Scene where James Bond and Tatiana Romanova cruise under the Bridge of Sighs.

  Real

  Rio di Palazzo - Bridge of Sighs on the map

  Scene was shot The Bridge of Sighs passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace.

  Venice

• The Island of Spectre

  In movie

  Scene where Rosa Klebb arrives on the Island of Spectre to chose an agent suitable for operation in Turkey.

  Real

  The Island of Spectre on the map

  Scene was shot outside Pinewood Studios in suburban London.

  London