He follows the ‘Ellipsis’ trail to 'Miami'. Well, no. The 'Miami' airport is Prague Ruzyne Airport, the city's international airport, 17km to the northwest of the city. The runways, on which Bond saves the gigantic Skyfleet prototype from a bomb attack, however, is Dunsfold Aerodrome, near Guildford in Surrey.

And the 'Miami Body Worlds' exhibition? Not Florida, but Prague again. It's the Vitkov Monument in Vitkov Park, on the hill between Zizkov and Karlin. Their are great views from the hill, and the monument is occasionally open for events.

Now it's off to ‘Montenegro’. The ‘Hotel Splendide’, into which Bond and Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) check, can be found in the town of Karlovy Vary in Bohemia, west Czech Republic. It's the Grandhotel Pupp, Mírové námesti 2, 360 91 Karlovy Vary. ‘Casino Royale’ itself is the old Kaiserbad Spa in the town. The picturesque town square in which Bond meets his contact Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini), is the town of Loket.

The lakeside sanatorium at which Bond recovers, after having his itch scratched by Le Chiffre, may be familiar to movie fans. It's Villa del Balbionello, near the village of Lenno, about 15 miles north of Como on Lake Como's western shore. The villa, standing on the tip of a steep, wooded promontory, was the Lake Country retreat in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.

Casino Royale location: Bond recovers at the sanatorium: Villa Balbianello, Lake Como

Bond and Vesper head to Venice, sailing their yacht along the Canal Grande between the Accademia and Rialto bridges. But even this is not so simple as it seems. You won't be able to stay at the venerable luxury hotel with its spectacular view of Piazza San Marco. You might recognise the hotel's grand lobby as the site of the disastrous operation at the beginning of Brian de Palma's Mission Impossible. It's Prague's National Museum, Václavské nám 68, on Wenceslas Square.

Casino Royale location: interior of the grand 'Venetian' hotel: National Museum, Prague Photograph: Glen Platts

The palazzo which appears to collapse into the water, is on Venice's Canal Grande opposite the Rialto's vegetable market. Don't worry – it's still there. It's spectacular demise was, of course, reconstructed in the studio, on the 007 Stage at Pinewood.

Finally, the villa to which Bond traces the mysterious Mr White, is back on Lake Como. It's the 1920s faux-Medieval Villa La Gaeta, a private villa at Sant'Abbondio, on the edge of the lake in the shadow of the Bregagno, it is the mouth of the Val Senagra, a protected wildlife area still inhabited by deer.

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