Skyfall was filmed in London in the United Kingdom, İstanbul in Turkey, and in Japan.
Hashima - Gunkanjima
In movie
Scene where James is taken to Silva’s island. Severine knows what awaits them.
Real
Scene was shot Hashima is an abandoned island of Nagasaki,. It lies about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the center of the city of Nagasaki. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands. More than 5,000 people lived on the island because of the under sea coal mines. The mine was closed and all of the residents departed soon after, leaving the island effectively abandoned for the following three decades. This island is also called "Gunkanjima" because the appearance of the island.
The scenes on the island were not actually shot there. Most of them were filmed in the studio (Pinewood Studios). Some of the exterior shots are real. The shot of the yacht arriving at the island is Computer Generated Images (CGI). The shots of the yacht were filmed in Turkey, according to jamesbondlifestyle.com.
There are tours to the island since April 22, 2009, but there is a set of rules to comply with.
Embankment Place
In movie
Scene where Silva escapes from Bond and gets into a police car outside the tube station.
Real
Railroad viaduct
In movie
Scene where James Bond is fighting an enemy on a moving train when he is shot, afterward he falls wounded into a river.
Real
Scene was shot at the Varda Viaduct, a railroad crossing over the Kapikaya Gorge north of Mersin, Turkey. By the way, you may notice that this is a viaduct across the gorge, i.e. there is no river there from below, so in reality James would have just fallen on the rocks.
Hankley Common - Road
In movie
Scene where Bond and M arrive at Skyfall estate.
Real
Scene was shot Hankley Common is a 560-hectare (1,400-acre) nature reserve in the south-west of Surrey. It is owned by the Ministry of Defence. Access depends on the military training exercises that take place. The site contains bunkers and walls created to practice for the invasion in Normandy in France in June 1944.
Farnham
Virgin Active Canary Riverside Health Club
In movie
Scene where Bond takes a swimm at a Shanghai rooftop.
Real
Scene was shot So the Shanghai rooftop pool is in fact the swimming pool of Virgin Active, a health club in London.
Note! If you want to visit the pool, you will need to be a member of Virgin Active.
London
Hankley Common - Field
In movie
Scene where Bond and M arrive at Skyfall estate to prepare for the storm that is coming.
Real
Scene was shot Hankley Common is a 560-hectare (1,400-acre) nature reserve in the south-west of Surrey. It is owned by the Ministry of Defence. Access depends on the military training exercises that take place. The site contains bunkers and walls created to practice for the invasion in Normandy in France in June 1944.
Farnham
The Grand Bazaar
In movie
Scene where After leaving the roof of the Grand Bazaar James Bond is still chasing Patrice. They drive through the bazaar in Istanbul.
Real
Scene was shot The Grand Bazaar - meaning ‘Covered Market - in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. In 2014, it was listed No.1 among the world's most-visited tourist attractions with 91,250,000 annual visitors. The Grand Bazar at Istanbul is often regarded as one of the first shopping malls of the world.
İstanbul