Skyfall
Bond’s rooftop chase over the Grand Bazaar. Hagia Sophia and Sultanahmet are in the Istanbul shoot too.
Before we go
Movies
Films shot where we are going. A few for the flight or the nights before.
Istanbul
From Russia With Love
Classic Bond. Bosphorus ferries and the Orient Express.
The Edge of Heaven
Real, unpolished Istanbul.
A Touch of Spice
A food-soaked love letter to the old Greek community of Istanbul.
Topkapi
A sixties heist around the Topkapı Palace treasury.
Cappadocia
Winter Sleep
Palme d’Or winner. Cave hotels and fairy chimneys. Slow and haunting.
The Ottoman Lieutenant
First World War romance, filmed around Ürgüp.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Nicolas Cage, over the top, in the lunar landscape.
Aegean & Lycian coast
Mutluluk / Bliss
A quiet journey from the far east of Turkey to the sea. Shot around Bodrum and Marmaris.
The Water Diviner
Russell Crowe, after Gallipoli. Shot in Istanbul and on our coast: Kayaköy, Tlos near Fethiye, and Kalkan. We walk out of Kayaköy on the 22nd.
Hadi Be Oğlum
A fisherman and his young son. Shot largely in Kaş and the coves nearby.
Nefes: Vatan Sağolsun
A hard army-outpost drama. The border post was built on the summit of Tahtalı Mountain, above Kemer.
If you only watch two, make them Skyfall and Winter Sleep — one for the city, one for the stone.